Monday: Forum posts and Korean War
Tuesday: Decades presentations
Wednesday: Decades presentations
Thursday: Decades project work day
Friday: Decades presentations
1950's Notes:
- Women Fashion
- Unpadded, rounded shoulders, shapely bust lines, closely-defined waistlines, and fully, billowy skirts
- Blouses, jeans, and long narrow skirts
- Boxy structure of 1940's women's fashion came to an end in the 1950's as Christian Dior's soft, rounded "New Look'
- Gained popularity in America
- Defined waist, vibrant colors
- Men Fashion
- With men back from war, women focused on role as homemakers, looked for clothing easy to wash and keep neat
- Fashions changed very little throughout the decade
- Choices were suits, sport coats, slacks sweaters, or casual wear all in similar fabrics and styles
- Rebellious looks
- Leather motorcycle jackets,
- Women/men hairstyles
- 1950's hairstyles were slick, tall, and sometimes with artful wave, swoops, and curls (Men)
- The Italian Cut
- Curled and waved hair (bubble cut, poodle cut)
- High pony (w/ long hair)
- Bob Straightening (African Americans)
- Wigs
- Hats, hairpins, headbands
- Teenage Clothing
- People experimented with different looks
- Teenagers dressed more casually than their parents (they got to experiment)
- Rolling of pants
- Fads
- Smoking
- Dancing
- Drive in movies
- 30D movies
- Hula hoop
- TV
- Poodle Skirts
- The twist
- Soda fountains
- Mr. Potato Head
- yo-yo
- Music
- Influence of radio created the mass market for music
- WWII casued great social upheaval
- Rock dominated the charts
- Jazz
- Rock and Roll
- Elvis Presley "Jailhouse Rock"
- Buddy Holly "Preggy Sue"
- Johnny Cash "Ring of Fire"
- Connie "Francis "Who's Sorry NOw'
- Swing
- Duke Ellington "Take the A Train"
- Ella Fitzgerald "Summertime"
- Count Basie "Jumpin at the Woodside"
- Blues
- Ray Charles "The Right Time
- Country
- Patsy CLine "Walkin after Midnight"
- Chet Atkins "Mister Sandman"
- Jazz
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