Retro-Spect: {The 1950's}

I have a fascination with the fashions of the past and how they have influenced styles and trends we have now.  It is interesting to highlight and acknowledge figures who had a major undertaking in setting forth style in these certain time periods.

Audrey Hepburn played in a number of films including Funny Face, My Fair Lady and the most well-known, Breakfast at Tiffany's.  Grace Kelly played in films such as High Society, The Swan and Dial M for Murder.  Both were striking figures that many women looked to in the 1950s.

I've included some of my favorite modern pieces that have a feel of this time period.  Stilettos were made popular at this time as a symbol of portraying the appeal to the feminine mystique.  Cat-eye style sunglasses were also worn by fashionable women of the period, resembling the infamous shape of the feline's eye.

Women's beauty was something that they took time and effort for and the pieces that they wore were reflective of that very feeling.  Their looks were very demure and simple, yet stunning.

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Audrey Hepburn as Sabrina Fairchild in the 1954 film Sabrina

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Grace Kelly as Frances Stevens in the 1955 film To Catch a Thief

   

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50s Dress Patterns

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Actual Circa 1950s Floral Cocktail Dress via Etsy

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Actual Circa 1950s Silk Chiffon Dress via Etsy

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Actual Circa 1950s Silk Satin Dress via Etsy

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"Covert Manuscript Heels" from BHLDN

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"Bow-Topped Slingbacks" from BHLDN

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Kate Spade New York "Retro" via Nordstrom

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Yves Saint Laurent "Cat's Eye" via Nordstrom

All movie info via IMDb.
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