Trends

Women: While the 1940's was all about short skirts and wide shoulders, [|fashion] in the fifties experienced a sea change with hourglass silhouetted clothes becoming the trend of the decade.

[|Men: 1950's fashion for men] placed comfort much above fashion trends. Therefore, most clothing for men from the 1950s was structured and easy to manage. Tweed and flannel became very popular with men wearing jackets made of tweed very often. Suit jackets with stripes became as much in demand as plain colored jackets. While for formal wear, the trousers remained fitted and creased, it was in this decade that bell bottoms made their first appearance. Even denim jeans were more structured and much in line with what fashion trends dictate today. 1950's fashion trends saw an emergence of shorter and narrower shirt cuffs that made them more comfortable. Sleeves were not baggy but well fitted. The colors that were prevalent for shirts were mostly light colors and many people stuck to white. While till the 1950s, bow ties were pretty prevalent, neckties started gaining prominence now.

Teens: In the 1950s, fashion was more conservative and gender-specific than it is today. Teenage girls were expected to wear skirts and dresses in all but the most casual circumstances. Teenage boys had a little more freedom to be casual, wearing dungarees (or jeans) in the style James Dean and Marlon Brando, popular screen actors of the day. The 1950s marked the first decade that teenagers were called teenagers, and companies increased their marketing of clothing to that demographic.