Fabulous Fashions of the 1950s

As the decade went on, women stopped wearing as many hats. They spent so much time doing their hair that they didn’t want hats to mess it up!

Black and white continued to be popular colors during this time

Glasses, however, became a new accessory

The ponytail was one of the most popular hairstyles in the 1950s

A Touch of Spain
Bullfighters were popular in Spain, and their fashion was popular in the United States. The matador, or bullfighter, wears a certain type of hat and jacket. Designers offered matador hats and bolero jackets in rich colors from yellow to red and black. Fringe was frequently used in these designs.

You probably just wear gloves in the winter when it’s cold. In the 1950s, women wore them to dress up. It was one of the accessories that every lady had to have. Gloves were made of cotton or the new nylon. White and cream were the most popular colors.

They wore it in all seasons, during hot and cold weather. After work, men would relax in their gray flannel suits after removing their ties.

Gregory Peck (1916–2003) starred in the 1956 film The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. The gray flannel suit became a sort of uniform for middle-class businessmen. It was more than just an outfit. It came to symbolize corporate America.

While women had many choices in what to wear, men did not. Most men looked the same going to work each day, wearing their gray flannel suits.

This was the new look for the fifties. It was much more feminine than the utility look of the past decade. Best of all, you could use as much material and decoration as you liked. The war was over, and material was available.