1950'S FASHION

WOMEN HAIRSTYLES

• The 50s was a time for experimenting. We got many of our new styles for the rich and famous from the French hair fashion.
• Women started Perming, setting, styling, and spraying there hair.
• Women started getting things like an artichoke cut, pixie cut, and bouffant hairstyle.
• Teenage girls began wearing there hair in ponytails.

MENS HAIRSTYLES

• Mature men often wore there hair short and neat with hair oils.
• More rebellious wore there hair longer and greased back.
• Teenage boys wore crew cuts along with greaser comb back.

WOMENS CLOTHING

• Women were going for more of an hour glass figure wearing foundation garments to hide any budges.
• After wartime they wanted prettier things.women began wearing full skirts and stuff petticoats, along with highheels.
• They wore more dresses with bright colors and flowing skirts.

MENS CLOTHING

• Men's clothing began to get simpler.
• They got rid of shoulder pads and most double breasted suits.
• The ties got slimmer and while they still wore hats the brims on them got narrower.
• There suits were mostly dark blue, dark brown, charcoal, and gray fall new suits.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Book: The 1950s Fashion of a Decade
• Websites: "hairstyles in the 1950s" Wikipedia
• "1950s men wear" mens-fashion.lovetoknow.com
• "1950s women's wear" womens-fashion.lovetoknow.com