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