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  1. May 28, 2019 · What did 1950s teenager girls wear to school and on weekends? What were the fashion trends? How can I dress like a '50s teen today? Ansers within.

    • 1950s Fashion Dresses. In 1947, Christian Dior turned 1940s fashion upside down with his “New Look.” (Watch The Collection, a fictional story based on some truths about this collection.)
    • 1950s Day Dresses. At home, women set about the day cooking, cleaning, and tending to children. Her housewife dress was a full-skirted swing dress in simple cotton solids, small prints, checks, plaid, and thin stripes.
    • 50s Cocktail Dresses. Hosting a dinner or leaving for a night out on the town, a woman changed dresses again into a swing or sheath dress made of richer materials such as silk, taffeta, lace, damask, and velvet.
    • 1950s Evening Dresses. For very special occasions such as attending a ball or theatrical performance, a short cocktail dress wasn’t enough. Long, floor-length ballgowns or long, sexy tube gowns were worn to these fancy events.
  2. Nov 24, 2024 · Throughout 50s fashion, there were iconic trends, celebrity style influencers, and the transformative evolution of women’s attire. The era, marked by Christian Dior’s New Look and Marilyn Monroe’s glamorous outfits, has significantly influenced today’s fashion landscape.

    • 50s Housewife Outfit. Starting at the beginning of the day, a typical ’50s woman put her house dress and apron on in the morning. For a housewife, this was often her only outfit of the day, unless she went out to run errands or visit with friends.
    • 50s Teen / Sock Hop Outfit. 1950s teenagers dressed nearly identical to their mothers. On a daily basis, girls wore either a full swing skirt and a knit top or long pencil skirt and blouse with a cardigan layered over it for winter.
    • 50s Office Outfit – Work Clothes. The teenager wearing a pencil skirt, blouse, and cardigan sweater is also a signature look for women — especially professional women in a business office (Mad Men secretary anyone?).
    • 50s Waitress / Car Hop. Besides working in an office, many women worked in uniformed service positions such as nurses or waitresses. It is the roller skating car hop or ’50s diner girl waitress that is the most memorable from the 1950s.
  3. 1950s Teenage Girls’ Fashion Captured in Vintage Photos In the 1950s, Christian Dior’s “New Look” of 1947 continued to shape fashion trends. The focus on femininity was evident in the use of unpadded, rounded shoulders, shapely bust lines, and defined waistlines, as well as full, billowing skirts.

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  5. Sep 16, 2023 · The 1950s fashion aesthetic for women was very feminine, with defined waist and hourglass silhouette. After the more structured fashion of wartime 1940s, fashion and material restrictions loosened up in the 1950s to become more elegant, luxurious, ultra-feminine, with perfectly matched accessories.