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

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

Further Reading: Vintage Photos of people Hanging out with the Car

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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One cool 1950s guy -July 1957.

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

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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.

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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

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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.

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Young 1950s couple strolling down the street.

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

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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:

Thanks for stopping by!

Liz

11 Comments on Vintage Photos of 1950s Street Style

  1. Wow I love all of these! That’s my era! I can’t get enough 50’s photos. These are particularly interesting though. Some are very typically 50’s (like the gals in white from ’55 and the guys on the car which I love!) But then there’s the gal in HK and the ladies at the camp who are more stylish and contemporary looking than most of the 50’s fashions I’ve seen in other photos. Their clothes would fit in with today’s, while the others look like they are definitely from the past. (Sorry for the long comment, I’m just 50’s obsessed! 🙂 )

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    • Love long comments and so glad you enjoyed the photos. I really wanted to add the HK and the camp ladies because they were not the typical traditional look you mentioned. It’s important to show that the 1950s was pretty diverse in styles. The camp ladies is a look that is super popular right now, especially in the vintage scene and I was thrilled to have found the picture for people to make the correlation.

      Thanks for stopping by!

      Liz

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  2. They’re all so gorgeous! I look at some of these photos and realize how much we incorporate fashion from the 50s into our outfits today and then some outfits are the complete opposite from what we wear. For instance, girls don’t really wear dresses nowadays, especially that big. Also, men don’t really wear things like biker or letterman jackets ( I wish they did though). It so interesting to see how fashion changes and yet stays the same in certain aspects.

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