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Teddy boys playing music at the Queens Hotel, 1977 Teddy boys walking on a busy street, 1977. The Teddy Boys or Teds were a mainly British youth subculture of the early 1950s to mid-1960s who were interested in rock and roll and R&B music, wearing clothes partly inspired by the styles worn by dandies in the Edwardian period, which Savile Row tailors had attempted to re-introduce in Britain ...
In the 1950s, pants became very narrow, and were worn ankle-length. Pants cropped to mid-calf were houseboy pants; shorter pants, to below the knee, were called pedal-pushers. Shorts were very short in the early 1950s, and mid-thigh length Bermuda shorts appeared around 1954 and remained fashionable through the remainder of the decade. Loose ...
Here are 10 fashion trends from the 1950s to keep your eye on now. Cat-Eye Sunglasses Kogan notes that cat-eye sunglasses — a statement-making style for specs in the 1950s — are back in fashion.
Brightly colored clothes and accessories became fashionable in the 1950s and the bikini was developed. The main article for this category is 1945–1960 in Western fashion . See also: Category:1950s clothing
Popular music and film stars had a major influence on 1950s hairstyles and fashion. Elvis Presley and James Dean had a great influence on the high quiff-pompadour greased-up style or slicked-back style for men with heavy use of Brylcreem or pomade. The pompadour was a fashion trend in the 1950s, especially among male rockabilly artists and actors.
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The influence of the stilyagi movement on Soviet-Russian culture is tremendous. Many of today's most respected Russian musicians, writers, film editors and other cultural personalities belonged to the movement, or shared its free, bohemian lifestyle. There is a 2008 Russian comedy musical film, Stilyagi, about this subculture. [citation needed]