1950s vintage photo of two stylish young Black women in 1950s fashions walking across the street from a department store with it's Mid Century Typography.

1956- Houston via Flickr

One of my favourite posts to put together was on ‘1940s Street Style‘. It was fun to browse images and see what everyday folks wore to go shopping, out to dinner, on vacation etc. No pajama pants and track pants here.

The response to this post was so positive, that I decided to do it again with a 1950s version featuring men, women and even children being their stylish selves.

Let the fashion inspiration begin!

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1950s Street Style – 50s Fashion

The Vintage Photos

A gingham dress in Atlantic City. Or is it? Maybe our lovely lady is actually in a 1950s photo booth in her hometown far far away? What do you think?

1950s Vintage Photo of a woman on a swing in a gingham dress 1950s fashion vintage vacation

Source: Pinterest

3 Generations of 1950s men (while technically one is a little man) sitting on their car for a family photo.

1950s vintage photo: 1952 photo of two men and a young boy in 1950s fashion sitting on a 1950s car.

Source: Etsy

April 1955- Snapshot of teen girls with adorable short haircuts and wearing full skirt dresses (one even has pockets!).

1950s vintage photo: 1958 Mid Century photo of Teenage Girls with 1950s styled Short Hair in 1950s dresses with pockets.

Source: Etsy

Hong Kong, 1950s. I am literally drooling over this woman’s look. I adore how she styled her Cheongsam dress. And can we talk about the mid century design in the background? Yooza! This photo is just the best.

1950s vintage photo of a stylish 1950s Asian women in a 1950s traditional dress-Cheongsam with 1950s cat eye glasses and mid century architecture in the background.

Source: Pinterest

1950s vintage photo of a mother and her two childen in matching gingham dresses, 1954.

Source: Etsy

One cool 1950s guy -July 1957.

1950s vintage photo of a young handsome man in 1950s clothing standing in a 1950s room.

Source: Ebay

1950s Summer Fashions on display at the campground. What gorgeous ladies!

1950s vintage photo of four young Black Women in 1950s summer fashions / 1950s fashions posing together in front of a 1950s car.

Source: Pinterest

Heading out to a formal event in a formal dress-1959.

1959 vintage photo of a young woman in a 1950s formal dress in living room heading to a dance

Source: Etsy

Cool sunglasses makes an already stylish outfit even better-August 1957.

1950s vintage photo of a woman in a pencil skirt dress with cool 1950s sunglasses posing in front of a building.

Source: Ebay

Young 1950s couple strolling down the street.

1950s vintage photo of a teenage couple in 1950s fashions walking down the street together.

Source: Ebay

Wow what style everyone had! I don’t know about you but I’m super inspired to change up my 1950s wardrobe after seeing these snapshots (Liz leaves blog to rummage thru closet….Ha Ha).

Question time: Did you have a favourite look from above? Do you also enjoy looking at photos of how regular folks dressed? Share in the comments below.

Further Reading:

Vintage Photo Tuesday: 1940’s Street Style
Vintage Photo Tuesday: 1950s Street Style
The Stylish “Regular” Folks of Days Gone By
The Stylish Toronto of the 1940s
Vintage Photo Tuesday: Vintage Black Style
Vintage Fashion 1920s-1960s. Archive of Blog Posts

Thanks for stopping by!

Liz

Easter is this coming weekend and I’m off to celebrate with my family as I do every year. Hiding the Easter eggs, here I come!

1950s Vintage Easter Advertising image featuring a woman wearing an Easter bonnet / Easter hat of an egg tray

Today’s post is a collection of vintage Easter advertising from the 1930s to the 1950s (plus a couple of magazine covers) to get us in the mood.

Let the Easter fun begin!

FURTHER READING: Vintage Easter Advertising – The Food

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Vintage Easter Advertising

1930’s – 1950’s

Cutest Easter Bonnet in Town-Vintage Canada Dry Ginger Ale Easter Ad, 1952.

1950s Vintage Ad: Vintage Canada Dry Ginger Ale Ad, Easter Bunny, Original Magazine Advertisement, 1952

Source: Etsy

1941- Solve your Easter Problems. “Co-ordinated Styles” by Naturalizer Shoes.

1940s Vintage Ad / 1940s Easter Advertising: 1941 Blue Ribbon Shoemakers - Brown Shoe Company Print Ad - Naturalizer - Easter Shopping - Women's Fashion - Women's Shoes - 40s Fashion

Source: Etsy

1950s ad for McCormick Vanilla featuring a marvelous Easter cake (April 1954).

Further Reading: Vintage Cake Ideas As Seen Thru 1920s-1950s Ads

1950s ad / 1950s Easter Advertising for McCormick Vanilla featuring a marvelous Easter cake.

Kodak Camera Ad 1950.

1950s Robert Hall Easter Special, as seen in a Life Magazine ad.

1950s Original Advertisement Robert hall Easter Special Life Magazine Ad

Source: Etsy

Joanne Woodward on the cover of Family Circle Magazine in April of 1958 with some lovely Easter hats.

FURTHER READING: Vintage Easter Magazine Covers: 1920s-1950s

1950s Vintage Magazine Cover for an April 1958 Vintage Family Circle Magazine with Easter Hats on the Cover

Easter Bonnet from Lilly Dache. Easter Sampler from Whitman’s Chocolates. Circa 1940s.

1940s Vintage Easter Advertising for Chocolates Whitmans and Easter Bonnet

Woman’s Day Magazine April 1939 with adorable kids on the cover colouring Easter eggs. The Magazine even has an article on Easter Bonnets (click on the image to take a look).

FURTHER READING: Easter Parade-Toronto’s oldest tradition that is really all about the Hats!

1930s Vintage Magazine Cover: Woman's Day Magazine April 1939 with adorable kids on the cover colouring Easter eggs. The Magazine even has an article on Easter Bonnets

Source: Etsy

1953 Du Pont Orlon Acylic Fiber Advertisement of a mother and her daughter in matching fashions.

1950s Vintage Ad / 1950s Easter Advertising: 1953 Du Pont Orlon Acylic Fiber Advertisement for what to wear on Easter. Featuring a mother and daughter in matching Easter Outfits

Source: Etsy

“Add Fresh Appeal to Each Lenten Meal” -Vintage A&P ad for Hot Cross Buns.

Liz Note: I just had ate one of these the other day and I forgot how much I don’t like them. Yuck! They remind me of fruit cake which I really dislike (sorry lovers of either dessert).

So this last image is not an advertisement but I just had to share because it’s a cute craft kids can do with extra Easter eggs.

1950 vintage magazine page for making Easter crafts, Hodge Podge Page.

Happy Easter Friends!

Check out my other Vintage Easter Blog Posts below:

Vintage Easter Blog Posts 1920s-1960s (Archived)

Liz

Month: April 2019

Vintage Photo Tuesday: 1950s Street Style

1950s Street Style – 50s Fashion

The Vintage Photos

Vintage Easter Advertising: 1930s-1950s

Vintage Easter Advertising

1930’s – 1950’s