What did people wear in the fifties? ?

Question

My little sister is going to a fifties party and needs to find the right clothes to wear. does anyone know what people would wear in the fifties other than a poodle skirt?

Answer 1

Here are some photos of 50's clothing

http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&q=5...

Answer 2

In the fifties ppl wore corsets, little white dresses, here is a video of a 50's clothes inspired fashion show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nlMS5k45...

Answer 3

http://www.fiftiesweb.com/fashion/fashio...

this link shows everything i love fifties fashion

Answer 4

Yeah I think they wore the poodle skirts , and blouses , and the cute glasses . Follow this link , hope it helps you out http://www.bravotv.com/Project_Runway/se...

Good luck

Answer 5

here is a couple of sites with fifties clothes

mables.com

fiftiesweb.com/

Answer 6

well they also wore fluffy dresses like this:http://static.flickr.com/100/274044964_7...

Answer 7

There are lots of retro dresses, you could try to find any one that looks like these:

http://www.daddyos.com/retro/img/epr36sm...

http://www.daddyos.com/retro/img/epr91sm...

http://www.daddyos.com/retro/img/brn3sm....

Or separates:

http://www.daddyos.com/retro/img/hp2sm.j...

http://www.daddyos.com/retro/img/ckc6sm....

http://s2.thisnext.com/media/230x230_no_...

Here are a bunch of illustrations:

http://www.fiftiesweb.com/fashion/teen-c...

If she has denim pedal pushers that roll up on the knee, some red flats and a button down short sleeve shirt that she can tie up on the waist it would be fine.