'I have created flower women' - Christian Dior

Designers play homage to 1950 designs

 

Alexander McQueen still inspired by the 1950 era showcasing clinched waists and femininity

Fashion Icons - 1950's

Audrey Hepburn in Givency - Oscars

Minimal chicAudrey Hepburn is associated with black, pearls, diamonds, and big dark sunglasses (a must for any contemporary woman), but let's not forget the long gloves either

Grace Kelly - Ideally suited to Dior's small-waisted princess gowns- 'New Look'

One and only Marilyn Monroe

Elizabeth Taylor

Top 5 1950's Designers

This video includes amazing rare images of catwalks and movies displaying the top 5 designers of the 1950's.

1950's - Coco Chanel

 While many admired Dior's celebration of femininity, with full skirts and nipped-in waists ('New Look'), Chanel felt his designs were not modern nor suitable for the liberated women who had survived another war by taking on active roles in a ususally patriarchal society

The Chanel suit became a status symbol for a new generation. It was made of  either solid or tweed fabric, with its slim skirt and collarless jacket trimmed in braid, gold buttons  with patch pockets,  and sewn into the hem a gold-colored chain ensuring it hung properly from the shoulders - elegance and practicality combined.

1950's Fashion - 'New Look' Dior

The New Look Dress:
 In 1947, Dior decreed skirts should rise only 12” or 15” off the ground with a nipped in waist and curved bust that he called the ”New Look”.
 The full skirt persisted in the 1950’s, just shorter this time, often at or above the knee. Bustlines were accentuated, waistlines were high and in evening dresses, strapless was preferred for both short and long ball gowns. Sheaths, capris, pencil skirts and cardigans were popluar, and so was the wide circle skirt, often stiffened.