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Claire McCardell. American fashion designer Claire McCardell surrounded by models wearing her designs, Time, 2 May 1955. Claire McCardell (May 24, 1905 – March 22, 1958) was an American fashion designer of ready-to-wear clothing in the twentieth century. She is credited with the creation of American sportswear.
1930–1945 in Western fashion. The most characteristic North American fashion trend from the 1930s to 1945 was attention at the shoulder, with butterfly sleeves and banjo sleeves, and exaggerated shoulder pads for both men and women by the 1940s. The period also saw the first widespread use of man-made fibers, especially rayon for dresses and ...
1940s fashion. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1940s fashion. Fashion during the 1940s — clothing designed and/or popular in the 1940s. Also fashion designers and clothing companies active during the decade. 1890s. 1900s. 1910s. 1920s. 1930s.
Dress-up. Halloween costume party with a ghost. Dress-up is a children's game in which costumes or clothing are put on a person or on a doll, for role-playing or aesthetics purposes. In the UK the game is called dressing up. In the mid-1990s, dress-up games also became a video game genre in which customizing a virtual character's appearance is ...
In 1971 hotpants and bell-bottomed trousers were popular fashion trends. Diane von Fürstenberg 's wrap dress, designed in the 1970s. Fashion in the 1970s was about individuality. In the early 1970s, Vogue proclaimed "There are no rules in the fashion game now" [ 1] due to overproduction flooding the market with cheap synthetic clothing.
Personal details. Height. 5 ft 5.5 in (166.4 cm) [ 1] Bettie Mae Page (April 22, 1923 – December 11, 2008) was an American model who gained notoriety in the 1950s for her pin-up photos. [ 2][ 3] She was often referred to as the "Queen of Pinups": her long jet-black hair, blue eyes, and trademark bangs have influenced artists for generations.
Adrian (costume designer) Adrian Adolph Greenburg (March 3, 1903 – September 13, 1959), widely known mononymously as Adrian, was an American costume designer whose most famous costumes were for The Wizard of Oz and hundreds of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films between 1928 and 1941. He was usually credited onscreen with the phrase "Gowns by Adrian".
Bobby soxers were a subculture of young women in the mid-to-late 1940s. Their interests included popular music, in particular that of singer Frank Sinatra, and wearing loose-fitting clothing, notably bobby socks. [ 1][ 2] Their manner of dress, which diverged sharply from earlier ideals of feminine beauty, was controversial. [ 3][ 4] As a ...