Fashion in the 1950s

The 1950s: The teenage lifestyle is born, and with it come bobby socks and boppers, poodle skirts and pompadours.

Swinging London "Swinging London" is a generic term coined by Time magazine in April 1966 and used to describe the fashion, music, cinema…
Valley Girls When it happened we can't say . . . fer sure - All of a sudden everything the 'Vals' did…
Rudi Gernreich Like his art world contemporary Andy Warhol, Rudi Gernreich was a modern visionary and shrewd press manipulator. He guaranteed himself…
Peace Sign The ubiquitous icon of the Aquarian age and one of the most widely known symbols in the world. In Britain…
Carnaby Street By 1965, London had become the fashion capital of the world as far as young people were concerned. At its…
Swatch Watch Swiss watch company Asuag-SSH scored a hit in March 1983 with its low-priced 'Swatch' range of brightly coloured watches. Ernst…
Hippies Like no other time before, the ’60s exploded into personal freedom and self-expression, seen through bands of teenagers with unique…
Psychedelia In the late 60s, the duffle coats and scarves of yesteryear were replaced by kaftans, beads, bells, velvet loon pants,…