Fashion of the 1950s!

This week is theme week for the employees at Santa Monica's Anthropologie. To prep for it, I called in this afternoon to see what tomorrow's theme is. And...... <drum roll.>....... it's BESPOKE!

Who or what is Bespoke? Well, to put it simply, she is a vintage 50s girl. Bespoke is very classy and feminine - which was a main fashion focus during the 50's. Following her love for 50s fashion, Bespoke loves patterns & prints: stripes, polka-dots, floral. To top it off and finish the look, she would often be seen wearing red lipstick.

Although that's the simplest way to describe her, the 50s also had fashions that I realized I wear a lot of.
For instance these are a few fashion trends of the 50s:
1) Cardigans - cardigans that are form fitting and becomes tighter along the waist
2) Full A-line skirts - with the love of poodle skirts and such, 50s was all about full, pleated, "puffy" skirts. It was very easy to find skirts there were slimming and tight at the waist and poofs out from the waistline down.
3) Form fitting Dresses: Pencil Skirts- the 50s were popular for anything form fitting. The figure hugging pencil skirts were perfect at that time!
4) Scoop, sweetheart, bateau necklines, v-neck, square - pretty much anything that shows off the shoulders and neckline were popular during that time. 
5) Cinched waist lines & tight, form-fitting blouses and shirts - shirts, dresses, skirts, blouses that cinched and brought in the waistline, bugged the body and showed off the figure was a definite must for all 50s fashion.

I could possibly go on and on but I think you get the idea. 

Here's one example of a 50s outfit that i put together...

Banff Trail Belt photoshopped onto the Ihrin Shirtdress
Bowed Lacerta Mary-Janes
& White Oleander Scarf
all by Anthropologie

Other examples are the:

Lepidopteria Dress
more so the type or style of the dress rather than the print

Dantela Corset Top in Yellow & the perfect example of a 50s outfit on the right the printed skirt with a tight form-fitting top

Outlined Celandine Cardigan

And last but not least... a definite must is a nice... polka dotted clutch!

Polka Rounds Clutch

Of course.. this is only a small idea of what 50s fashion is like! If you are ever interested in more, feel free to google 1950s fashion.

Here's a link to a fellow eblogger: Yokelia's Blog

Having said all of this... and looking at the 50s fashion and thinking about what I have in my wardrobe... let's see what I'll turn up with tomorrow :)