1950s fashion

1950’s Brief history of fashion in pictures.

1957 Sears Fall Winter Catalog, Page 8

I am so excited to share this post will you! I am a self-proclaimed Old Hollywood movie expert, and have often thought about all the different female character types. When I was little, I loved the happy faces of Judy Garland and Doris Day. When I was in high school, I went through a phase where I loved the dark, sophisticated girls like Veronica Lake or Joan Crawford. Though they might have different personalities off screen, each actress had a predominant character type throughout their…

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What were the 'must have' dresses in 1954 ? - 1950s fashion report for Glamourdaze.com - originally published by L'officiel-de-la-mode examines the spring /summer gowns from Christian Dior, Hubert Givenchy, Jean Patou and Jean Desses

1955 - slim trousers, men's style shirt, small waist, moccasin style shoes

This week I'm mainly obsessing (and I mean obsessing) over novelty prints, playsuits and mix-and-match holiday wardrobes. I absolutely love the idea of packaged "wardrobes" of interchangeable, co-ordinated pieces, and it seems they were quite the thing in the early 50s.

I have been planning on making this outfit since 2008 when I discovered the Modes Royale patterns. Of course other projects kept jumping in front of this one, and another designer made this before me, but I still was obsessed with making this design myself. I really like the idea of the lace sheath under an overdress or redingote. I started thinking about other possibilities and I ended up adding a sash, and a straight skirt to create four different outfit options. I wanted to make this…

Hey everyone! So if you've been following along with our life at all then you know that little baby girl is well past her due date and not showing any major signs of wanting to change that! I've had l