50s vintage

1950’s Brief history of fashion in pictures.

1950s blouses, like other pieces of 50s clothing, came in different shapes, sizes, colors, and styles. Here we take a look at the most popular 50s vintage looks for women.

"Play clothes" sound like something little kids would wear so they won't get dirty, but teens and grown women during the 1940s wore what were actually called playsuits. Vintage playsuits (also called Rompers today) were worn outdoors – either at the beach, in the backyard to catch some sun, or for sportswear. "Playclothes, though strictly

1956 Balmain | vintage 50s dress | 1950s green velvet evening gown

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.

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The 1950s decade was one of the first that embraced women wearing shorts for more than just beach wear or for pinup girls. Women's 1950s shorts came in several lengths and styles to fit a variety of leisure activities women enjoyed. The shortest length was the shorties short, followed by an above the knee Bermuda,

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…

Anne St. Marie, 1959

Swimsuits began getting daring in the 1920's and have been shrinking ever since; many of todays togs could fit inside a cigarette packet. There's freedom now to wear whatever you like and on some beaches it's okay to wear nothiing at all!