1940's and 1950's Flashcards
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L-85 Regulations
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- U.S. War Production Board: Restricts kinds and quantities of materials that could be used in apparel manufacturing.
- Wool for uniforms, silk for parachutes, leather for boots, and nylon for paracutes.
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1940, Y-Line
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1944, Jacques Fath. Utility regulations. Masculine military styling. Tubular cigarette silhoutte.
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1944, Charles James
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L-85 Utility Suit
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The New Look
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Vertical Line, 1951
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Y-Line, 1955
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Trapeze Cut
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Evening Wear
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Evening Wear, Avant Garde
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Postwar Fashion
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Martingale Coats, 1954
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1942 Drape Suit
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Drape Suit
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Grey Flannel Suit
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Ivy League Suit
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Continental Suit
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The Bold Look
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1940’s History
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- WWII when Germany invaded Poland in 1939
- 1941 U.S. enters WWII
- Rationing
- U.S. War production board. L-85 regulations.
- 1945: Surrender of Germany and Japan
- British board of trade: Utility regulations
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1940’s Fashion
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- Parisian fashion comes to a halt
- American Designers
- Ease and casualness
- Demise of Chanel, her boyfriend was a Nazi. Exiled to Sweden for a decade.
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Utility Look
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Trim and narrow, wide shoulders and squared, natural waistlines, slim skirts, and knee length.
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1940’s Outerwear
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Utility regulations, masculine military styling, tubular cigarette silhoutte, lots of olive green and khaki.
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1940’s Accesories
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- Shoes
- Regulated use of leather
- 2 inch limit
- Hats
- Centered on hairstyle
- Source of individuality
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The New Look
* 1947-1959
* Round shoulders
* Full busts, feminine
* Enormous skirts
* Hand spun waists
* Built in corsets and boning
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Swimwear
* Restrictions
* Side lacing and shirring. Tailored look.
* Maillots: One-piece suit.
* 2 piece with modesty skirt
* Naval covered
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1950's History
* Cold War
* Fought in space with satellites. Scared of missiles in Cuba.
* Korean War
* U.S. saw Russia as a threat
* Materialism
* Suburban society and the baby boom
* Seperate but equal
* Everything seperate
* Counterculture groups
* Beats and beatknicks
* Teddyboys
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Alphabet Lines
* Alphabet Lines
* H-Line: Tubular, dropped below natutal waistline. More feminine bust.
* Y-Line: Focus on shoulders, vertical line dress.
* A-Line: Waistline above natural line, slightly flared.
* Trapeze Cut
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Pret-A-Porter
Ready to wear
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1940's Sportswear
* U.S. Domination
* Seperates: Skirts/sweaters/tops
* Shirtwaister
* Dress that looked seperate, belted, color coordinated.
* Denim very popular
* Capri's, pedal-pushers, bermuda's
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1950's Outerwear
* Fitted bodices with full flaring skirts or peplums.
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Toppers
Hip length coat, smallest one.
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Cocoons
Similar to clutch coat. Had closures and wrapped around.
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Martingale Coats
Most popular. Two styles were fitted and unfitted. Mid-calf length. Half-belt in back.
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Fur
Prosperity, more exotic, more wealth.
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1950's Underwear/Swimwear
* Merry Widow
* Extremely tight. Worse than corset. Lingerie look.
* Torpedo bra:
* Pattened. pointed like torpedo.
* Corsets
* Full body
* Swimwear
* 1946: Bikini
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1950's Shoes
Hyper feminine
* Sandal toes
* Stilettos
* Minimum 4 inches
* Sling-backs, mules
* Egg-point toes
* Ballet slippers
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1950's Hats
* Edwardian grand hat revival.
* Two types of new look.
* More hat contingency: revival of picture hats
* Less hat contingency: carried over from WWII
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English Drape Suit
Athletic silhoutte, broad shoulders, roomy armholes, tapered waist, narrow hips.
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Zoot Suit
Criminalized fashion. Ethnic. Started by young black men to retaliate against government. Hispanics not allowed to fight in war so they wore these as well.
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Swank Suit
White rebellion
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Men's 1950's Shoes
For fighting, double heel so they were super heavy.
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Men's 1950's Outerwear and Hats
Narrow and short, military inspired. Khaki and olive green.
Hate were military inspired colors, wide snap brim fedora.
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Bold Look
Double breasted, wide shoulders, snug hips, bold accesories, long hem, and padded.
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Ivy League Suit
Tubular jacket, no waist, natural shoulders, narrow lapels, 3-button closure, narrow, pleatless, tapered legs.
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Continental Look
Tailored, shorter jacket than ivy league, tapered waist, natural shoulders, close-fitting trousers, straight front and narrow.
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Grey Flannel
Older men, single breasted, narrow lapel, similar to ivy league, 3-button closure.
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Men's 1950's Post-War Fashion
* Dress shirts took on pastel colors
* Chinos
* Khaki pants, post-military inspired
* Shorts
* Knit sportswear
* Jeans
* James Dean
* Cowboy look popular
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Men's 1950's Outerwear Post-War
Suburbans: Full, big, baggy, comfy to sit in car for long commute. Traditional wide fit
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Men's 1950's Underwear Post-War
Boxers: Patterns and colors
Scant bikini
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Men's 1950's Post-War Hats
* Reduced sizes
* Paralleling reduction in suits
* Tyrolean
* Green, Austria, feather, angled crown in back, reduced.
* Porkpies
* Walter White, jazz culture, popular with young men.
* Newsboy Caps
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Teddy Boys Dress
Edwardian style, working class, mocked aristocratic class
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Beats Dress
Existentialist look, middle/upper class, poetry in coffee shops and acid, all black but was just plain at first, played bongos.
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Children's
L-85 restrictions, Dior's New Look, licensed logo's because of TV, and Davy Crockett and the cowboy look.
