Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire
Movie still
By: Warner Brothers
Date: 1951
Source: Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire. Movie still. 1951. The Kobal Collection/Warner Bros. Image number STR001BM.
Introduction
Youth fashion in the 1950s can be described entirely with the word "commercial." Designers marketed and sold heavily to teens, who for the first time had large amounts of disposable income to spend. Moreover, teens were influenced in their clothing choices by movies, television, and rock stars. They strove to imitate their heroes and each other. In so doing, they conformed to social expectations in a way that was not entirely unlike the overall conformity of the adult world in the 1950s, though many of them claimed to be rebelling against their parents' stilted values.
Most adolescent girls chose between the poodle skirt and the greaser looks. The poodle skirt crowd wore calf-length...
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1950's Fashion Primary Sources
The 1950's: Primary Sources
