1950s Fashion Is Hot for 2012: Ladylike or Lame?

Question

Want to party like it's 2012? Step into something from the 1950s. According to celebrities and fashion experts, this year's hottest look is about 60 years old.

"I think of great hair," Eva Longoria told The ********** Press, recalling the decade of "Grease" and Audrey Hepburn. "The great falls and the red lipstick, and definitely the full skirts. I think it's flirty. The '50s are flirty."




"I think of the iconic all-American girl with the small waist dresses, and 'Grease' with the little ribbons around their neck," Isabel Lucas told the AP. And even though it takes place in the early 60s, Kirsten Dunst links the trend to "Mad Men."

"Right now, 'Mad Men' is so popular," Dunst told the AP. "So, I feel like everyone wants to watch something pretty. Like I love how put together women were. There is an elegance and an art to that. It's exhausting too. But it looks beautiful when a women is put together like that."

We do love the ladylike look of a cinched waist and a longer skirt -- and it's definitely flattering on most of us. But should 2012 be about something NEW, rather than just recycling a decades-old style?

Answer 1

finally somethink for a girl with body !
this kind of clothes are for real healthy women not anorexiac models

Answer 2

Oh! I just remembered, does anybody watch Pan Am?? It's the early 60's but the dresses on that show are stunning.

Answer 3

I think their very ladylike and sophisticated and that's potically incorrect. like it or not.

Answer 4

Anything has got t be better than now. It is impossible to buy any nice clothing. Because everyone is so **** fat the clothing makers make nothing but fat clothes. I need to buy kids stuff half the time because everything is sooo big.

Answer 5

Pleeease. You are NOT ******** about being too small for clothes are you? Because I can tell you, just because they might be larger, they are still shaped for a small person.

Answer 6

I'm ready for them dresses to come back. Today you see woman almost showing all the goods. Belive it or not I don't like it. The shopping is over before you say hi. In the 60's the dresses showed off the good looks of the girl not her ******. My wife still will dress like that for me for some occasions. That was a great time for me. Had a ball.

Answer 7

I like that we're going back to eras that had some class, fashion-wise. It's about ****** time.

Answer 8

Thank ***! Girls can start looking like real girls again!
It seems that clothes considered for strippers years ago are considered "Normal" now.
Seriously?
We don't need microminis to look good! Look at Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly!
All we need is class!

Answer 9

I love swing dresses!!! I don't like dresses that are too long (past the knee and it's a no for me) but the cinched-in waist is soo cute.

Answer 10

Fashions peaked in the 40s through early 60s. Men and women. 60s hippy clothes? 70s glitter or disco fashions? 80s ridiculousness? 90s grunge or gangsta? The mishmash of this decade? Sorry, but even though its before my time, I wish the 50s fashions would come back... to stay, lol.

Answer 11

I want one!!! Where can I buy a dress/skirt like that?

Answer 12

I love polka dots .. I want that pattern painted on my walls ! D;

Answer 13

I LOVE the 1950s clothing :D i'm a ****** for older clothing styles and full skirts :D

Answer 14

Nice I like. Women can look like women again.

Answer 15

I love the 50's style. I quess because I was born in the 50's.

Answer 16

i so would wear that!

Answer 17

I Absolutely love these styles

Answer 18

Any thing that makes a woman feel comfortable and can keep a man looking at her face is OK with me. Advice from a true leg man who hates cosmetics. Less is way more.

Answer 19

Are you for reals? 100% ****!

Answer 20

Fashion prevail in tandem - it comes and goes - the bell bottom of 1970s may again come

Answer 21

Here are some that I like alot!!


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Answer 22

I like the clean look of the 50s

Answer 23

YES PLEASE!

I've always liked the more modest fashion of the 1950's. Not too covered up but not too revealing! I love it!

Answer 24

Answer 25

I absolutely love this dress!!

Answer 26

Unless it's greaser style being brought back

Answer 27

Done right 1950s clothing is ladylike, somewhat modest and very ****. As well as comfortable.

Answer 28

I love the style, I'm really happy about it & can't wait to find something cute like that & try it on

Answer 29

Everything good makes a comeback, plus, I love a Lady who likes to try new things, even if the new things are old!

Answer 30

Yes, the 1950's fashion is very lady-like to me! At least their bodies are covered up and leaves something to men imagination. Today, women let it all hang out....******, and ***** & whatever else they can. They leave nothing to men imagination anymore! They dress to ****** to me.

Answer 31

No, Ben Casey and Dr. Kildare shirts were lame. Maybe if you had known Philomena Bari...sigh...Debby Hymen...double sigh...Kathy Pratt...triple sigh...Kathy Shear...I gotta go get some fresh air!

Answer 32

So long as the women wearing these have a good figure, they are both ladylike and ****.

Answer 33

I am a BIG fan of the playsuit!

Answer 34

You're yummy right! Great pic.

Answer 35

It could start a new less lewd way for the teens to dress.

Answer 36

I'd like to see more women wearing beautiful clothes, not shinanigans models tend wear nowadays. c:

Answer 37

This style of dress is much more sensuous and alluring.

Answer 38

Stop Staring! (online retro dresses)

Answer 39

Except for retro parties they are not practical or beautiful. Having been there I can also say they were kind of lame even back then.

Answer 40

50's styles were **** beyond belief