Back to the 50's - Fashion

50's Fashion

World War II wasn't all bad, as it brought mass production of clothing with the war effort. Ordinary women now have access to buy designer inspired clothing for the first time.

The style of 50's is soft, feminine and romantic. It is still inappropriate for young ladies to wear sexy clothing, but dresses now accentuates the bust and waist and starts to showcase the female form. With the influence of the now glitzy Hollywood, fantasy dresses with style only limited by imagination is everywhere.


With the end of World War II, the fashion industry is now blooming. Major design houses re-open and styles are abundant. Chanel, Dior, Jacques Fath, all great influential fashion houses.

A Classic 1950s fashion garment is brought out by fashion powerhouse Dior. Dior shows his H, A and Y lines. The H line of 1954 was a slender tunic suit with a slim skirt that later became more of a dropped waist tubular twenties style dress with an upward creeping hemline.

The empire line dress, also known as baby doll dress, has also become favourite for teenagers back then. The dress has a child like quality, which was the teen fashion back in the days. The mature styles and sophistication is just like mother and the teens would not be caught dead in them.

Another classic of the 1950's is the double breasted shirtwaist slim line dress, usually made of hard wearing suiting material and sporting French cuffs.

The 1950’s are all about the dresses.
Fabric Croissant is inspired to have a dress collection for you sometime soon. Watch this space for news