Hair, clothing and footwear styles of 1950s

[klovnen86]

This looks more like the 1940's to me. Yeah everyone is so right. The women back then looked awesome. So pretty and feminine. These days all they want too wear is trousers and jeans it's so damm boring!. Why cant women dress like women anymore? Why do want to be like men? It's so sad.

[Melehete]

I am very happy to see the vidoe clothing and footwear styles of 1950s' white, teenage boys and girls, young men and women, leaving, exiting school building. from you, hopefully the others also are happy for You

[Ondelendo]

Steady I Really Like This Video Hair, clothing and footwear styles of 1950s

[bebeheuy]

Good, I like that you share this video Hair, clothing and footwear styles of 1950s' white, teenage boys and girls, young men and women, leaving, exiting school building, I wish success always

[willamricard]

Nice Video Hair, clothing and footwear styles of 1950s' white, teenage boys and girls, young men and women, leaving, exiting school building That You Share , So Very Nice Thanks You

[imegatrone]

I Really Like The Video clothing and footwear styles of 1950s' white, teenage boys and girls, young men and women, leaving, exiting school building From Your

[bundawartini]

Your Video Hair, clothing and footwear styles of 1950s' white, teenage boys and girls, young men and women, leaving, exiting school building Is Very Useful Sharing

[Barndancer61]

@SudYordLery - Quite right! ...these clips appear to be from around 1943-46. Skirts at this period during and after the war were still at the knee. Wasn't until '47 when Dior's "New Look" took hold that hemlines went down to below mid-calf.

[sexyfatbastid]

It looks like the 40's.

[brownies4you]

It's politically incorrect to enjoy anything about American pop culture that took place before 1967. Trust me, I don't give a rat's ass about the PC nonsense. Some people need to build a bridge and get over it.

[dogshy61]

'' Niggers and Women their the same right? '' Sid Vicious.

[dogshy61]

Does anyone know what school this is? or what state in America its in? Im guessing its California from the sunshine. Pasadena? This is incorrectly dated for this is definitely footage from the 1940s. There are other clips from this same film where you see automobiles and they are without doubt forties cars circa 1943-1946. And the hairstyles and girls clothes are from this period. No question about it.

[1952kid]

Most kids had hand me downs, you older brother's clothes, or your cousins clothes. There was no shame in wearing someone else's clothes then, everyone did it. But we always got new Buster Brown shoes for school and church , and Keds or PF Flyer sneakers for after school, . And we had our , after school play clothes, beat up jeans with iron on patches on the knee's , and always a striped shirt . There was the Richie Cunningham look , or the Fonze look , and Beatnick look .

[GAMINDORE]

Post war feeling of freedom.

[albinochick1]

You people are all a bunch of morons. Why do you care so much about what the women look like? If you wanna dress like that, go ahead. If you wanna dress like a "bitch," then it's your body.

If you're a man, I wish you were right in front of me so I could punch you for being the pig you are (yes, you can still be a pig for wanting girls to "cover up more," because you don't get to determine how women dress based on what you find attractive).

So much hate. Not enough characters.

[perogie34]

@albinochick1 Thank you so much for saying this. The amount of slut shaming that goes on in videos like this is nasty.

[FaerieCrone]

Why do people keep going on about how women dressed all the time? What about the men? Most of them I see around here arent exactly neat and tidy either. Men back in those days wouldn't dream of shaving all their hair off, sticking hardware in their faces or covering themselves in tattoos! LOL

[ChefTerminator]

I prefer wearing dresses and skirts, you absolutely CANNOT sit down in jeans without your underwear showing, good lord! back in the 50's young girls could (like myself) could go walking around the city without adult supervision, not anymore! The farthest I've walked alone was my uncle jays house! which is right up the street! I am not even aloud to go to my schools park by myself (it is right down the street from me! just up the hill!) I HATE TODAY'S SOCIETY

[dogshy61]

I totally agree with other comments.Women look so much better in dresses and skirts They are more flattering to the female form.All these girls look so pretty and feminine. Unlike the foul mouthed; tattoo scarred ;trouser wearing; UGLY disgusting bitches of TODAY !!. Thank you Feminism !!!

[ujayet]

Hahaha love it!!! Wish I can time travel the 50's is a definate "stop by" for me!!

[menchiiscute1]

this is awesome! All the girls look so cute and the boys, handsome

[SirRiehl]

When men were gentleman, and women were ladies.

[perogie34]

@SirRiehl ...and non whites were treated like garbage, and being "different" was enough to get a person harassed, beaten and/or killed. Yes, what lovely time it was. (rolls eyes)

[SirRiehl]

@perogie34

Not much different than today.

If your not preppy with fake tans and slutty clothes than you get harassed and made fun of.

And girls that wear dresses and such get made fun of VERY badly. And if your a guy that is quiet and polite like a gentleman, apparently your gay. SO.....

[TheYaom]

@SirRiehl sure, the 50's rocked... an era where the ones who dared to be different were outcasted by society, where women were expected to marry and turn into maids, where gays face horrible homophobia and people of color were considered pretty much trash.

the 50's were amazing... for white, all american christian hetero males perhaps!

[BigTerKC]

Thats just a video of school footage, back then and until the early '70's girls had to wear dresses to school UNLESS it was winter time, then they could wear pants. I'm only 45 and I remember those rules. Also in Jr. High and High school you had to be clean shaven, none of the scruffy stuff kids grow on their faces today.

I graduated in '82 and I think my Jr. year they started getting a little lax on the facial hair thing, a few guys had mustaches.

[TheRisingforce2000]

i really prefered the mini dresses of the late 60s and early 70s,when the girls sat down the dresses went up even higher.those were the good ol days

[DCFunBud]

Most people dress like a hobos these days. It's very depressing. Why do people want to appear as bums? We started dressing like poor people and, sure enough, we became a poor country. It's form of false proletarian equality. The rich are still getting richer and the poor and middle class (what's left of it) are getting poorer.

[mompm]

no one is fat

[JennelleBelle]

i love the 50's but id haave to roll up in there wearing a black catsuit

[caraqueno]

This was made in the mid-late 1940's, not the 1950's. The girls skirts and dresses are the big giveaway". No one dressed with such short skirts in the '50's, not even in 1959, when styles returned to just below the knee, where they hadn't been since 1948.

[finallykickinback]

@caraqueno This is early 1950's. I had one of those coats with the velvet collar. I was in 8th grade in 1958. We wore pleated or pencil thin skirts just below the knee and blouse or sweater. Skirts were a little longer in the early 50's but not much. Guys wore those peg leg pants. We definitely had better cars. I lived in the San Francisco area. The east and west coasts seemed to embrace change more quickly than the rest of the country. I think that's still true.

[caraqueno]

@finallykickinback Hi, Finally. I do respect your opinion though I still disagree with you. I just looked at the video again. You're right that skirts in late 1958 onward were just below the knee, the girls' hairstyles and the square shoulders on their blouses and shirts look far more 1947 than 1958, even allowing for lag time in adopting fashions.

One thing I found fascinating. There is footage of Truman's election in 1948. Most of the women still have short skirts, not New Look.

[luvstrongbabes89]

uhmm t-shirt and a suit¡¡¡ cool

[tw1liiiiight]

This is great! I think it'd be better if you added some music.

[hepburn82]

'Hair, clothing and footwear styles of 1950s' white, teenage boys and girls, young men and women, leaving, exiting school building....'

Erm, what does their race have to do with anything?! 

[thisissoodd]

fashions change i was curious for a costume...and im brewakin in my leather jacket.

we can spell and we do have respect we dont all swear and we are ell educated.

if you have anymore complaints about change in society then go on a forum youtube is cinstantly changeing does that bother you?

we wear revealling clothes cause we understand that if we act a way we get in trouble act a different way and get ignored.

fashion is by your choice stop complaining

[AWV34]

Notice how much smaller people were. Our foods have been stuffed with so many hormones and vitamins, we are over-nourished today and have bigger bodies and obesity because of it.

[TheRisingforce2000]

they look like they got there clothes from goodwill haha

[DCFunBud]

@TheRisingforce2000 When you were shopping at Goodwill, their clothes were the ones you found -- decades later.

[Quex01]

definetley not fourties (no bobby soxers!), early to mid fifties probably....

[nealthedude]

I agree 92kid1. At least in those days women looked loike women and men like men. Nowadays you don't know what is what. Also they were much more respectable and better educated. Now its constantly swearing, not able to spell and no respect for themselves or others.

[blaznskate92]

fuck the negroes where the vatos ese?

[jbowen43]

In the fifties nearly all the girls wore tight sweaters and tight skirts where I went to school (Walton Jr High in Compton California, Compton High, and Leuzinger High in Lawndale)

[92kid1]

I think this is the mid to late 1940s. Those dresses look too short for the 1950s and women's hairstyles were shorter and more confined in the 1950s, but on here, their hair is longer.

[92kid1]

These teenagers are dressed like well respected responsible people. They look like they have respect for themselves and others.

You don't see any of them wearing short skirts, revealing clothing, shorts way down to their knees, baggy jeans, you don't see any boys with long, bushy hair. All of them have their hair nice and fixed, wearing fancy clothing.

This is how people should still look, act, and dress today. Unfortunately, many people today have no morals and ethics.

[MePJtheDJ]

You sound a bit square, Love...A ducktail and two-toned shoes would be nice...you have the fashion industry of today to thank for the ragged, jail-like, sloppy looks of today...it's simply awful now, i agree.

[jessica22481]

All these women look so pretty.

[jessica22481]

I agree completely with you. My grandpa thinks women looks better in dresses and skirts also. My dad taught me that's all I wear most of the time. :)

[shananagans5]

Wow, a minuite in time. I grew up in the 80s. It seems like life gets more and more complicated with technology. I recall a time when gov was not in your life on a daily basis, you actually had dinner with your family, the news was not scarry, and school was a place to learn without fear. You have to ask yourself if we really are making progress.

[xmanbearpigx14]

hah, im 13 and i cant tell you that the world is a scarier place everyday, but i can take solace in mom coming around to flush this all away

[annikee59]

Ah, back in the days when girls could link arms or hold hands without being called dykes!

[MeLikeMusiic]

we can still do that without being called dykes lol.

[melaniestevens]

Um I think this could have been early 50s. I am assuming that this is not commercial footage, so it is probably reflective of the general population, which isnt usually to the minute on fashion trends. It also depends on where it was filmed. I think women today dont wear dresses because it just isnt practical anymore. And its sad that modesty has gone by the wayside

[brownies4you]

I believe this film clip was from 1947-48. The skirts shown here are too short for the 1950s. By 1959, skirts may have been around that length (just past the knee), but the girls' hairstyles were definitely not like that. I entered high school in 1958 and remember the hair styles and fashion looks.

[tiffjet23]

I love the 1950's so much. I wish people had the same morals like they did then. Hopefully they invent a time machine or something, just so I can see it. Im 14, so I barely saw the '90's. I love their style, music, and everything. :) Have a nice day everyone.

[bnoll01]

You didn't miss much with the 90's!

[Besassy118]

squirrelnutcased

The stilettos are a really good band now in milwaukee!

[squirrelnutcased]

ill have to check them out =]

[bushoisa]

i find it look like the 1940s..because of the Hairstyles! The Hair are to long!

[jsbach15]

Yes, I agree with you. The hair, shoes, and clothing were more 40's than 50's. There aren't any ponytails, pencil skirts, flannel flared skirts (aka poodle skirts) or saddle oxford shoes.

[LeanaJoH76]

Back when wearing a skirt and/or a dress was very common and an everyday wear. I love the 50's. Why can't most women wear skirts and dresses more these days??

[bigbossmatt]

agreed, dresses are awesome

[Direness]

Personally I think being feminine and what KIND of feminine should be a CHOICE - not a social uniform of gender. During these periods, there was much less choice in what a female could wear, WHEN she could wear it and the repercussions for what she choose to wear. My mother HATED being force to wear skirts to school - all the sexual harassment, the freezing legs in winter, the lesser mobility....

[rosrychaplet]

@LeanaJoH76 why can't men wear pants at their waist and not at their knees?

[rainydaywoman1957]

@LeanaJoH76

the same reason you don't. if your a woman that is.

[rainydaywoman1957]

@LeanaJoH76 k

[robbiesyohn]

@LeanaJoH76 I agree. I am a product of the late sixties. My mom dressed nice back then in the fifties. Most women had style and class. Not anymore except women who lived that period in time. I love the way people were. People had more manners then. No cell phones, no computers, no satellites. Globalization wasn't heard of.

[RoseDrops20]

@LeanaJoH76 because if they wear skirts or dresses it will be all up their ass

[jenflights]

This is super cool footage....a visual time capsule...the guys @ :40 > :48 are kinda hot...Thanks for this great video. Jen :)

[ianvassell]

women dress like tramps nowaday's.

[ooonurse33]

@ianvassell ...and a lot of men dress like little boys...sigh.

[schclum]

@ianvassell i cannot emphasise how much of a miserable pussy you are

[queenice2]

lol my father was born in 1952

[LJ43094H]

So was my mom

[squirrelnutcased]

My dad was born in 1943 and was a greaser in the 50's. He was in a gang called the Stilettos.

[bigkahunamonkey]

uh sorry this is the late 1940's

[kensingtonpalace]

yea for sure the 40's. skirts and sport coats were longer in the 50's.