1950s fashion and fads

Girls wore pedal pushers and jeans, which became popular after Marilyn Monroe and Princess Alexandra were photographed wearing them. They also wore full skirts-with stiff petticoats or pencil skirts and sweaters. Some popular fads were wearing a man's shirt outside jeans, sweater sets, collared blouses, and full skirts. These skirts were usually made of a wool-felt fabric with bright motifs, such as a poodle on a leash. A tight, tucked in blouse, wide waist-cinching belt, and flat-heeled shoes usually accompanied these.

Women were  supposed to attend to household chores, but look stylish, fragile, and feminine doing it. The ideal wife was portrayed in the kitchen with a full skirt, frilly apron, nipped waist, and slim bodice all on top of tall stiletto heals. The figure-8 or hourglass shape of women was accentuated, and the small neck and waist in contrast to their larger shoulders and hips helped create it. Even the working women though were dressed with the same femininity. They wore trim, close-fitting skirt suits which accented their curves. They were accompanied by dainty veiled hats with

feathers, gloves, and small purses.

Boys wore a shirt, tie, and pressed trousers.

Beatniks/greasers wore either:        1. black turtlenecks and polo-neck sweaters or crumpled T-shirts with unpressed trousers, khakis, or jeans. Girls sometimes wore "sloppy Joe" sweaters, which were loose and oversized, in comparison to the tight blouses and sweater-sets worn by others. They wore these with a longs skirt or black tights         2.  jeans, T-shirts, and leather jackets in the same style as pilot jackets

hula hoops

panty raids

car hops

telephone booth stuffing

DA haircuts

Pez

coonskin caps

Frisbees

side burnspoodle skirts

letter sweaters

saddle shoes