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A succession of style trends led by Christian Dior and Cristóbal Balenciaga defined the changing silhouette of women's clothes through the 1950s. Television joined fashion magazines and movies in disseminating clothing styles. [3] [4] The new silhouette had narrow shoulders, a cinched waist, bust emphasis, and longer skirts, often with wider ...
The 1960s brought us The Beatles, Bob Dylan, beehive hairstyles, the civil rights movement, ATMs, audio cassettes, the Flintstones, and some of the most iconic fashion ever. It was a time of ...
Work of the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers showcased in the 1949 film Maytime in Mayfair; Ness, C., (2021). Couture clothes for show: the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers promotional designs for British cotton, wool and synthetic fibres, 1940s–1960s. History of Retailing and Consumption. 7 (2): 193–216.
The European Free Trade Association (FEAT) is established in 1960 as a trade bloc-alternative by the Outer Seven European countries who did not join the EEC. Four important ISO (International Organization for Standardization) recommendations standardized containerization globally: [41] January 1968: R-668 defined the terminology, dimensions and ...
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
From the early 1950s until the mid-1960s, most Indian women maintained traditional dress such as the gagra choli, sari, and churidar. At the same time as the hippies of the late 1960s were imitating Indian fashions, however, some fashion conscious Indian and Ceylonese women began to incorporate modernist Western trends. [ 69 ]
Throughout the post-World War II era, there has been a distinct system in place governing international textile trade, which operates independently from standard multilateral trade regulations. [2] The Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) was the outcome of negotiations during the Uruguay Round of Trade Negotiations. It superseded the ...