@taipeiqueen: Fashion of the 1950s is so much more than Grease and pinups! Video Description: Taipei is a drag queen wearing dramatic 1950s-inspired makeup, short, black hair, and a silver moire cocktail dress. She stands in front of a blue backdrop and describes several fashion myths about the 1950s, showing contemporary reference images to illustrate her talking points. #fashionhistory #50sfashion #1950s
I thought the poodle skirts were fake but my grandma said she had a poodle skirt as a little girl in the 50s 😭
2026-10-23 22:54:54
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Korie Joestar :
My great grandma in the 50s.
2026-10-25 01:29:52
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Meghan 🇨🇦 :
I found this picture I believe from the early 50s in my grandma's things that threw me a bit. Had no clue graphic tees were a thing back then.
2026-10-23 19:46:50
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EllaTee :
When I heard the term "hysterectomy pants" in a movie from the 50s, I realized the era wasn't like what we watched on Nick-at-Nite.
2026-10-23 20:38:09
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YLM :
the pastel hair dye! I almost never see it represented anywhere.
2026-10-23 21:14:17
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Alex :
If you've seen the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, they do great. Midge is upperclass and wears that stereotypical stuff. Susie can't afford that, her clothes reflect that. Susie's also a great reminder that fashions do change, but the past isn't as foreign and cartoonish as we think.
2026-10-23 19:07:56
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ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ :
Also the hays codes censored sooo many things because of how raunchy the first movies were considered actors weren’t acting pious for fun
2026-10-23 18:11:13
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HRH Aphrodite I :
Preach it sis!!! The cultural imagination of the 1950s flattens what is arguably the most fascinating decades of the 20th century. I feel like going off of print advertising alone really doesn’t do justice to the nuances of what a tumultuous/sexy/radical decade it really was.
2026-10-23 18:07:15
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myso_calledaddiction :
I really dislike when people quote the Marilyn Monroe was a size 12 because they don't seem to have an understanding of vintage sizing. I'm a curvy girl myself and I get it, but Marilyn was very very petite. A size 12 in vintage sizing commonly a 26-in waist And it needs to stop being used as a reason to say there were curvy people in the mid-century. they're definitely were! But that's not the example you want
2026-10-24 17:03:13
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Mikki :
zoot suit and pachuco/a fashion
2026-10-23 18:30:32
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BRYAN HODUKAVICH’S #1 HO :
Does anyone know good sites to see authentic vintage 50s fashion and trends?
2026-10-24 09:14:44
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Bríg✨ :
Like people don’t realize that there’s a reason your grandma had a short curly hairstyle! It was fashionable when she was young!
2026-10-24 05:07:07
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💜Mikaela💜 :
You look just like Jennifer Tilly
2026-10-24 04:39:38
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ayooo :
My grandmother had super short hair in the 1950s
2026-10-23 18:46:53
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SugarFrostedFreak :
You are giving Julie Newmar and damn are you killing it.
2026-10-23 19:43:22
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Anne Slota :
Isn’t the ‘new look’ from the 50’s?
2026-10-23 18:21:55
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nikki ❤️🔥 :
I don’t have anything to add to that conversation but I am swooooooning over you in that dress
2026-10-23 19:51:16
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Soror Imperator :
Preach 🙏 I have photos of my grandma in tiny shorts and little blouses, damn she was hot 😁
2026-10-23 18:22:25
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IjustGothit :
I've said it once and I'll say it again. I need people to talk about the beatniks more!
2026-10-23 21:01:55
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Positively Pruetts :
YOUR SUIT!!!!!!!
2026-10-23 19:28:40
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servireestvivere :
I wish Zoot suits from the 40s would come back.
2026-10-24 22:49:59
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Rotund Dungeon Master :
COLORED HAIR!
2026-10-23 21:19:24
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RedRainbow ⁷ 🎤🎛️ :
Even though I grew up watching old movies, it took me until adulthood to make the connection that the rigidly-curled “helmet hair” old ladies in my family wore had been the pinnacle of polished femininity when they were young adults.
2026-10-23 20:47:23
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This ghost of Jesk :
HATS! They almost never show men in enough hats. Men should ALWAYS have a hat. Then overnight to 1960 NO HATS!
2026-10-25 17:16:39
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louisie :
What material is your dress made of? I have a vintage cocktail dress in a peach fabric that looks so similar
2026-10-23 21:19:06
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