By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com These costume colouring in pictures reflect the variety of clothes styles girls mostly wore. Colouring in Pictures of Early C19th Regency Children’s Costume 1810 – 1820 The fashion for girls hardly changed, although sleeves showed more fullness as they were gathered into the shoulder and squarer necklines were used …
1950s Teenage Male Fashion History – Teddy Boys
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com The Growth of Teenagers as a Market Force in 1950’s Society 1950s Teenagers Until 1950 the term teenagers had never before been coined. Children were known as girls and boys were known as youths once they displayed signs of puberty. Then young people were grown up at 18 and …
1950s Timeline Chart – 1950-1960
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com The scientific and mass production advances made during the Second World War meant that the fifties changed forever the way people lived, for example, technological changes in fibres, communication and medicine. The fifties changed all our lives so that we do live differently now. Take a look at some …
1950s Dressmaking Patterns – Glamour Fashion Fifties Sewing Pattern History
Some popular patterns in 1950s fashion were polka dots, stripes, gingham checks, floral prints, and geometric shapes.
1950s Underwear 1950s Underwear Adverts of Fifties Corselette Girdles, Bras & SlipsGirdles, Bras and Corselettes – Fashion Glamour History
A look into the changes of undergarments in fashion history from girdles to french knickers set.
Pictures of 1950s Coats and Suits – 1955 Fashion Plates
1950s coat fashion plates
Baby Christening Cape
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com Christening Fashions in the Victorian Era Whilst pregnancy and birth were quiet private occasions for the Victorians, the whole family looked forward to the public occasion of the christening as an event of celebration. The Church insisted that babies were christened in a white garment, a symbol of purity and …
1950s ‘Never had It So Good’ – The Affluent Social History
The affluent society refers to the post-WWII era in which Western societies became wealthy with a growing middle class and abundance of consumer goods, creating new social and economic problems that continue to be relevant today.
1950s Stockings and Petticoat Adverts – 50’s Fashion History
Stockings in the 1950s typically had a seam that ran up the back of the leg, which was a popular and fashionable feature of the era.
Egyptian Akhnaton Leather Coat 1976 – Wearable Art by John Jones
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com Egyptian Art as a Source of Inspiration The decorative pattern elements within Egyptian art, and other archaeological finds, have fascinated me since childhood. Therefore, it was a wonderful surprise to receive these terrific images of wearable art coats from John Jones. John is a gifted textile and digital artist, …