Timeline of Costume: 20th Century Western Costume: 1950 -1960

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Christy Lane's Learn the Dances of the 50's & 60's American Family of the 1950's Paper Dolls Claire McCardell : Redefining Modernism Fit to Be Tied : Vintage Ties of the Forties and Early Fifties	1952 Ward's Catalog	1954 Ward's Catalog
	William Holden, 1955	1956 Spiegel Catalog
	1956	1957 Ward's Catalog

Blueprints of Fashion : Home Sewing Patterns of the 1950s Hey Viv! Adult Sz: Poodle Skirt - Swing ! Hey Viv! Adult Size: Poodle Skirt Crinoline	1958	1959
	1959	1959 Ward's Catalog
	1959 Ward's Catalog	1959 Ward's Catalog

Glamorous Movie Stars of the 1950s Paper Dolls Vintage Wedding: Simple Ideas for Creating a Romantic Vintage Wedding Twentieth-Century Fashion Lisa Fonssagrives : Three Decades of Classic Fashion Photography Vintage Fashions for Women: The 1950s & 60s	Late 1950's expensive label American shoes in imitation of the style of Rodger Vivier	Late 1950's expensive label American shoes in imitation of the style of Rodger Vivier

		The Prom Dress Norman Rockwell Buy This Mounted Print At AllPosters.com

Aloha Attire: Hawaiian Dress in the Twentieth Century Great Fashion Designs of the Fifties Paper Dolls in Full Color Swing Style: Fashions of the 1930s-1950s

Autumn Fuchsia, August 1957 (Vogue Cover) Norman Parkinson Buy This Art Print At AllPosters.com
	Stalinist Fashion: Notebook Pages
	October 1957 (Vogue Cover) John Rawlings Buy This Art Print At AllPosters.com	Rose Red, August 1957 Norman Parkinson Buy This Art Print At AllPosters.com

Everyday Fashions of the Fifties As Pictured in Sears Catalogs (Dover Books on Fashion)	Available from the Nightmare Factory	Fashionable Clothing from the Sears Catalogs: Late 1950s
Fashionable Clothing: From the Sears Catalogs, Early 1950s	Fifties Forever!: Popular Fashions for Men, Women, Boys & Girls	American Family of the 1950's Paper Dolls
Miller's Collecting the 1950s	The Ties That Blind: Neckties 1945-1975 (Schiffer Book for Collectors With Value Guide.)	International Male: Franc ois Godfather Hat
Converse Men's All Star Hi	International Male: Davenport Jacket International Male: Davenport Pant	International Male: Litefelt Fedora
International Male: Munich Plain Toe Slip-on	International Male: District Two-tone Shoe
International Male: Napa Regal Lace-up	International Male: Franc ois Godfather Hat	Stacey Adams Zoot Hat
Savoir-Faire, December 1957 (Vogue Cover) Henry Clarke Buy This Art Print At AllPosters.com

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	Grey suede woman's shoes of the early 1950's	(click image for larger version) Summer white mesh shoe of the early 1950's
	1951	Doris Day, 1952