1950s, Fashion History

1950s Wedding Dress – Year 1953 Bride in Short Cocktail Dress Photo

royal wedding princess grace 1950s

By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.comJackie Kennedy Wedding Dress 1953Jacqueline Bouvier married John Fitzgerald Kennedy on 12 Septemeber 1953.  She was 24, he 36.  They were married in Newport, Rhode Island.  Jackie’s wedding dress was a ball gown of ivory silk taffeta with a huge round skirt. The dress created by dressmaker Ann Lowe.The wedding dress …

Weddings

1999 Coloured Bridal Wear – Red Wedding Dress

By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.comA Modern Wedding for Paul and Wendy in 1999Paul and Wendy were married at Cambridge in 1999.  Paul is the son of regular website visitor Vera married in 1961.Paul and Wendy decided they wanted a wedding with elements of both the traditional and the modern.They were very much inspired by …

Fashion Resources

Best Fashion Books

General Fashion Theory BooksGeneral Fashion therapy section contains books about fashion theories, marketing, retailing, textiles and fashion technology.Techno Textiles: Revolutionary Fabrics for Fashion and Design: Textile technology examines fashion, textiles, design, engineering and science and the interplay between them.End of Fashion: How Marketing Changed the Clothing Business ForeverAn examination of some of the ideas posed …

Vintage Fashion

1950s Vintage Clothing: Dresses, Accessories and More

By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.comThe fashion of the 1950s is based primarily on the New Look style set in the late 1940s by Dior.  Many vintage styles of the 50’s are full skirted, but some are the slim sheath dresses favoured by other designers such as Jacques Fath, the sack dress of the late …

Vintage Fashion

Vintage Reproductions Dresses

Reproduction Costume Recollections Examples For Re-enactment By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com Reproduction Costume Collections Retro Repros (Retrospective Reproductions) -These are garments made for example for re-enactments such as Centenaries, Civil War, Medieval Banquets, Christmas and Autumnal Craft Fayres and living history weekends.  Fabrics available today are usually used to reproduce costumes as authentically as possible. …