Trends & Shopping Guides. The Best of 1950s Fashion. ... women were gravitating toward shape-defining silhouettes like billowing tea and poodle skirts–and experimenting with trousers in the process.

Here are 10 fashion trends from the 1950s to keep your eye on now. Cat-Eye Sunglasses Kogan notes that cat-eye sunglasses — a statement-making style for specs in the 1950s — are back in fashion.

1950s fashion will always ... Your favorite Y2K-inspired mini skirts are a far cry from the styles women were wearing in the 1950s. ... color was a central focus of the fashion trends in the 1950s.

What if I told you that the way women dressed just 60 years ago is now often viewed as "oppressive"? And what if that so-called "oppression" was, in fact, a unique form of empowerment for many? This ...

From halter-neck swimsuits that were popular in the 1950s to the comeback of printed suits throughout the 2000s, fashion trends are always in flux. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

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Philip Hulitar, a women’s fashion designer in the 1950s, a buildings preservationist and a patron of the arts, died Saturday at his home in the town of Palm Beach. He was 87.

The debut of Christian Dior’s well-known New Look collection in 1947 marked the beginning of modern fashion history as we know it. With frame-fitting designs, ladylike accessories, and opulent ...