best way to describe the fashion? frumpy! The women have tried to make the dungarees as womanly as possible, adding belts around their waists to create a bit of shape. The dungarees actually seem to accentuate the ladies hips and the belts work fairly well to create the appearance of a smaller waist. Not bad for the little resources they had.
For an idea of colours, here's a photo of the main characters from the TV series "Land Girls", which was obviously filmed in the modern day, but based in wartime Britain. The colours were browns, cream and green, and the clothes definitely wouldn't have been as clean as these! The fabric wouldn't have been as nice either, these ladies look fairly stylish! I'd say this is a dressier representation of wartime fashion, made specifically for TV.
Anyway, back to the 50's!
So big skirts, small waists, bright colours...take a look!
Wow, just look how cheesy it all is! But the garments have colour schemes, they're patterned, bright!
Even the beachwear was sculpted to the female body! And again, colour schemes, patterns! Also note the little embroidered embellishments that are so well known from the 50s and are copied on most classic 1950s rock and roll costumes these days! Yeah, you get the idea, cheesy much?
Back to normal 1950s fashion, well, I say normal...the 1950s photos were probably taken in the USA, because after all, what do we immediately link the 1950s to? Rock and roll, American Diners, all that stuff! Of course, the whole world wasn't as extravagant as these photos show, there are always exceptions to fashion trends, like women wearing capri pants with high waists, often paired with a bullet bra and jumper, known as the "sweater girl" look, which Marilyn Monroe demonstrates so well!
But capri pants and jumpers are not what I want to tailor my designs towards, I'm thinking stereotypical 1950's dress?
So based on this, here's a little 50's inspired design :)
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