1945-1960 On Fashion
Fashion in the years following World War II is characterized by the resurgence of haute couture after the austerity of the war years. Square shoulders and short skirts were replaced by the soft femininity of Christian Dior's "New Look" silhouette, with its sweeping longer skirts, fitted waist, and rounded shoulders, which in turn gave way to an unfitted, structural look in the later 1950s.
Innovations in textile technology following the war resulted in new synthetic fabrics and easy-care fabric finishes that fitted the suburban lifestyle of the 1950s with its emphasis on casual sportswear for both men and women. For the first time, teenagers became a force in fashion.
General Trends
The return of fashion
By 1947, the Paris fashion houses had reopened, and once again Paris resumed its position as the arbiter of high fashion. The "orderly, rhythmic evolution of fashion change had been disrupted by the war, and a new direction was long overdue. A succession of style trends led by Christian Dior and Cristóbal Balenciaga defined the changing silhouette of women's clothes through the 1950s. Television joined fashion magazines and movies in disseminating clothing styles.
Casual clothing and teenage style
One result of the Post-World War II economic expansion was a flood of synthetic fabrics and easy-care processes. "Drip-dry" nylon, orlon and dacron, which could retain heat-set pleats after washing, became immensely popular. Acrylic, polyester, triacetate and spandex were all introduced in the 1950s.
Miss America contestant Yolande Betbeze wears the co-ed's uniform of a short-sleeve sweater and pencil skirt, with high heels, 1950.
Social changes went hand-in-hand with new economic realities, and one result was that many young people who would have become wage-earners early in their teens before the war now remained at home and dependent upon their parents through high school and beyond, establishing the notion of the teenage years as a separate stage of development. Teens and college co-eds adopted skirts and sweaters as a virtual uniform, and the American fashion industry began to target teenagers as a specialized market segment in the 1940s.
In the United Kingdom, the Teddy boys of the post-war period created the "first truly independent fashions for young people",favouring an exaggerated version of the Edwardian-flavoured British fashion with skinny ties and narrow, tight trousers worn short enough to show off garish socks. In North America, greasers had a similar social position. Previously, teenagers dressed similarly to their parents, but now a rebellious and different youth style was being developed.
Young adults returning to college under the G.I. Bill adopted an unpretentious, functional wardrobe, and continued to wear blue jeans with shirts and pullovers for general informal wear after leaving school. Jack Kerouac introduced the phrase "Beat Generation" in 1948, generalizing from his social circle to characterize the underground, anti-conformist youth gathering in New York at that time. The term "beatnik" was coined by Herb Caen of the San Francisco Chronicle in 1958, and the stereotypical "beat" look of sunglasses, berets, black turtlenecks, and unadorned dark clothing provided another fashion alternative for youths of both sexes, encouraged by the marketing specialists of Madison Avenue.
***Womenswear***
The New Look
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| Formal Gown by Dior, 1954 |
On February 12, 1947, Christian Dior launched the first collection of the House of Dior. The new collection went down in fashion history as the "New Look". The signature shape was characterized by a below-mid-calf length, full-skirt, pointed bust, small waist, and rounded shoulder line. Resisted at first, especially in America, where fashion magazines showed padded shoulders until 1950, the radical new silhouette soon became immensely popular, influencing fashion and other designers for many years to come. The "softness" of the New Look was deceptive; the curved jacket peplum shaped over a high, rounded, curved shoulders, and full skirt of Dior's clothes relied on an inner construction of new interlining materials to shape the silhouette.
Throughout the post-war period, a tailored, feminine look was prized and accessories such as gloves and pearls were popular. Tailored suits had fitted jackets with peplums, usually worn with a long, narrow pencil skirt. Day dresses had fitted bodices and full skirts, with jewel or low-cut necklines or Peter Pan collars.
Shirtdresses, with a shirt-like bodice, were popular, as were halter-top sundresses. Skirts were narrow or very full, held out with petticoats; poodle skirts were a brief fad. Gowns were often the same length as day dresses (called "ballerina length"), with full, frothy skirts. Cocktail dresses, "smarter than a day dress but not as formal as a dinner or evening dress" were worn for early-evening parties. Short shrugs and bolero jackets, often made to match low-cut dresses, were worn.
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| Model with Shirtdress 1960s |
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| Ballerina Lenght |
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| Coctail Dress 1960s |
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| Beautiful Bolero Jacket |
***Men'swear***
Suits
Immediately after the war, men's suits were broad-shouldered and often double-breasted. As wartime restrictions on fabric eased, trousers became fuller, and were usually style with cuffs (turn-ups). In America, Esquire introduced the "Bold Look", with wide shoulders, broad lapels, and an emphasis on bold, coordinated accessories. In Britain, clothing rationing remained in place until 1949. Demobilised soldiers were provided with a suit by the government, usually in blue or grey chalkstripes. Savile Row, the traditional home of bespoke or custom tailoring, had been heavily damaged in the Blitz and was slow to recover. In 1950, Harper's Bazaar proclaimed the "Return of the Beau". Savile Row introduced the "New Edwardian Look", featuring a slightly flared jacket, natural shoulders, and an overall narrower cut, worn with a curly-brimmed bowler hat and a long slender overcoat with velvet collar and cuffs. This was the style commandeered by the Teddy Boys, who added bright socks and a bootlace necktie, achieving a "dizzy combination of Edwardian dandy and American gangster." The horrified tailors of Savile Row dropped the overtly Edwardian touches, but the style of business suits continued to move away from the broad English drape cut, and single-breasted two-piece suits with narrower lines and less padding in the shoulders became fashionable everywhere. Dark charcoal gray was the usual color, and the era of the gray flannel suit was born. By the later 1950s, a new Continental style of suit appeared from the fashion houses of Italy, with sharper shoulders, lighter fabrics, shorter, fitted jackets and narrower lapels.
Sportswear
Sport coats generally followed the lines of suit coats. Tartan plaids were fashionable in the early 1950s, and later plaids and checks of all types were worn, as were corduroy jackets with leather buttons. Khaki-colored pants, called chinos, were worn for casual occasions. Bermuda shorts, often in madras plaid, appeared in mid-decade and were worn with knee socks. Knit shirts and sweaters of various kinds were popular throughout the period. Some young men wore tight trousers or jeans, leather jackets, and white tee shirts.
Hats and hairstyles
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Elvis Presley's look – especially his pompadour hairstyle was very influential in the mid-1950s. |
Men's hair fashion favored the wet look, achieved by the use of products such as Brylcreem. Young men often grew their hair out and, with pomade or other hair treatments, coiffed their hair into pompadours.
2010s in Fashion
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| Men In Fashion |
In contrast to the 2000s, the fashion of the 2010s so far have not seen the mash-up styles of the previous decade. Clothing is worn in a more unified style, with vintage clothing carefully coordinated with similar modern garments. Rather than haphazardly mismatching styles from many decades. The 2010s has many fashion elements from the period 1945-1991, especially the 1930s, 1950s and 1980s.
General Trends
Western fashion trends have been driven by World War II military-inspired clothing, with trenchcoats, dress uniforms, combat boots and epaulettes on casual button-down shirts and jackets. Madras shirts with tartan prints and bright colored casual clothing are popular for both men and women in the West.
Vintage clothing remains popular, although it is becoming increasingly common to remake older garments into something new (for example, by sewing white cotton tape around the lapels of a navy blue 1990s blazer and adding a vintage boating crest) or cut unused stock of older fabric to modern patterns.
***Women’s Clothing***
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| Summer Fashion |
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| Autumn-Winter Fashion |
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Fashion bacame an iasntant fashion trend in 2010 and which will play a role in this instant the trend is in the dominance of technology. |
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| Paris Hilton in NkiBiki Denim Printed Leggings |
The early 2010s, so far, have seen many recycled fashions from the 1950s, 1970s and 1980s such as acid wash skinny jeans, bell-bottoms, tunics, baseball jackets, denim print leggings, oversized cardigans, 1940s
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| Blue Denim Printed Legging |
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| Tribal Oversize Cardigans Fashion |
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| Bell Bottoms |
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| Acid Wash Skiny Jeans |
New Look dresses and trenchcoats, leg warmers, Ray-Ban Wayfarer or aviator sunglasses, Tube tops, western shirts, Perfecto motorcycle jackets customized with studs, job skirts, floral camisoles worn with matching hot pants, sundresses, pencil skirts, jean skirts, small handbags rather than the large designer It bags of the early-2000s, alpaca wool Peruvian hats, geek chic inspired nerd glasses, high top sneakers, and baggy one-size-fits-all Empire line skirts, blouses and dresses. In America it is also very popular to wear designer brands like Gucci, Abercrombie & Fitch, Baby Phat, Dooney & Bourke, neon colors such as pink, green, teal, black, purple, and yellow. Ballerina flats, cavalier boots, Uggs, flip-flops and gladiator sandals are very popular footwear for women.
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| Snuggie |
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| Leopard Snuggie |
An increasingly popular type of nightwear is the sleeved blanket: a sleeping bag combined with a dressing gown known as a "Snuggie" in America
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| Blue Snuggie |
***Men's Clothing***
In the early 2010s, many styles from the late 2000s remain fashionable in both Europe and America, including Ed Hardy T shirts, Polo Ralph Lauren, J Crew, shawl collar cardigans, V-neck t-shirts, Cargo pants, shemaghs, skinny jeans, aviator sunglasses, wayfarer sunglasses, Tartan flannel shirts, converse all-stars, acid wash denim work shirts, cable knit pullovers, Nike Air Jordans, Vans and retro sneakers, Uggs, flat caps, newsboy caps, and black leather jackets.
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| Bermuda Short |
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| The Bermuda Short |
In Britain, there has been a resurgence of Edwardian fashions among indie kids, sloane rangers, and college students, including suits with contrasting piping, boots based on US Civil War era Jeff Davis boots, Barbour jackets, bowler hats, Homburg hats, seersucker or tweed sportcoats, waistcoats, thin ties, Ascots, dress boots, cricket-style sleeveless sweaters (also very popular in India), velvet jackets, and striped boating blazers, albeit in less loud colors than the type worn by the mod subculture in the 1960s.
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| Semi Formal |
Semi Formal Clothes
This retro style semi-formal wear is often paired with modern casual clothing and accessories like Topman or Superdry T shirts, Jack Wills sweatpants, sneakers, scarfs, record bags, Doc Martens and jeans.
-_- HairStyle -_-
Younger women favour the long side-swept, much volumised/curled hair like the Rachel haircut that trended in the early-mid 1990s.
The pixie cut and bob cut are popular in Japan.
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| Bob Hairstyling |
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| Short Bob Hairstyle |
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| Long,Straight Hair |
Elsewhere the long, straight or wavy side-banged hair of the late-2000s remains popular, often kept in place with a cloth headband or plastic Alice band.
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| Wavy Shuolder Lenght Hairstyle |
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| James Dean |
For men, short hair remains the norm, although it is becoming increasingly popular in the early 2010s to grow it out "short with texture," with blunt ends inspired by contemporary pop groups and the young James Dean. 1940s and 1950s haircuts have undergone a revival, with many British professionals wearing side partings, quiffs or slicked back hair, while Italian men opt for spiky hair, sometimes frosted at the tips. For African American men, the buzz cut is slowly declining and long hair natural, straight, or jheri curl is coming back. In America goatees and short haircuts like the buzzcut remain popular, but elsewhere beards and sideburns seem to be declining in favor of a clean-cut, professional look.
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| Robert Downey Jr-Messy Top hair |
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| Teen - emo guys hair |
Many teenagers, especially indie teens and preppies, continue to wear the mid-length surfer hair and wings haircuts in the early 2010s, while British chavs wear a type of short mullet or fauxhawk with a single blonde stripe down the center and patterns known as train tracks shaved into the sides. Undercuts, pompadours, wide unstyled mohawks, beards, side-banged hair and long 1970s hairstyles are popular among older hipsters. Emo style fringes decreased in popularity and an increasing number of scene kids began to cut their hair short for a hardcore punk look, a move away from the androgynous big hair popular in the late-2000s.
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| Long hair cut guys hair |
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