Charles James 1950’s

CHARLES JAMES1950’S

By Jasmine SantosMW 11:10am-12:35

Portrait 1929

NEWS OF THE TIME Korean War begins Construction of hydrogen bomb Immigration & Naturalization Act Korean War ends Racial segregation ruled unconstitutional Rosa Parks refuses bus seat Federal Highway Act First domestic jet-airline service

PREVAILING FASHION Conservative

Men: gray flannel suits Women: dresses, pinched waists, heels

French Designers Dior, Chanel, Givenchy Copied in America

Gender roles strongly held Girls: Barbie dolls, Dale Evans gear Boys: Roy Rodgers & Davy Crocket

paraphernalia Cars

Showed coolness

FASHION SUCCESS Bill Blass: Blue jeans, poodle skirts Girls: ponytails Boys: Flat Tops & crew cuts Saddle shoes, blue suede loafers Teens: James Dean

Rebel without a cause Fashion and attitude

Fads Hula hoops Hop along Cassidy guns Western gear

GARMENTS

Vogue, 1948Dinner Suit 1951

Swan 1954

Butterfly 1954

Four-Leaf Clover 1953

REFERENCESBritannica Blog : Charles James: The Structure of Couture

American Culture History

Witness This

20th Century Fashion by Linda Watson

Met Museum

C-Monster.net