Look Q

Description:

After the war the United States saw a nation-wide return to “traditional” gender roles and family values, which resulted in the baby boom. Post-war women’s fashion was influenced by Dior’s 1947 “New Look.” The tiny waist of yesteryear returned to fashion, emphasized by voluminous skirts with longer hems and a dramatic bust that played up the hourglass figure. Advertisements of the time even pushed weight-gain supplements to help women “fill out” their figures. The red suit shown here was worn by the donor to her daughter’s wedding in November of 1951.

Date:

1951

Collection ID:

CCTC #2731

Notes:

Gift of Mrs. John Sullivan

Exhibit Tags:

Garments