1950s Vintage Swing Dresses with Full Circle Skirts

The 1950s vintage swing dresses were very popular daytime wear for women. It was a full-skirted, dress that was stylish but casual. The swing dress was a favourite for daytime parties, resort wear, going-to-the-cinema wear, or holiday fashion.

Generally designed with a cinched waist and a full-circle swirling skirt that fell down to the calf, these day dresses sometimes came with matching fabric belts that clasped the small waists of the stylish fifties woman.

Vintage Swing Dresses

Main Styles of 50s Swing Dresses

A swing dress can be sleeveless, come with long, elbow, or short sleeves, and had varying collars styles that include:
  • Halter neck
  • Shirt collar
  • Scoop collar
  • Sailor collar
  • Bow-tie collar, and collar-less.
  • Collarless round neck
Some swing dresses came with matching scarves and worn with full petticoats to exaggerate the full circle cut and accentuate the skirt's elaborate flare.

Fashion designers of the mid-20th Century used a wide variety of both natural and synthetic fabrics to create their distinctive designs. However, fabrics used for daytime wear such as full-skirted dresses, circle skirts, and blouses include cotton, cotton satin, seersucker, rayon, and linen.

Floral prints, botanical prints, and neutral colours were typical of day dresses. Botanical themes included green ferns, acorns, cherries, strawberries, and cabbage roses.

The Polka dot pattern was also quite popular, as well as the diamond trellis and gingham check designs.

Today, you’ll still find vintage fifties inspired fashion; especially full-skirted gowns and similar clothing styles adopted by fashion icons like Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, and Marilyn Monroe in fashion boutiques both off and online. Their stylish clothing is now reproduced by fashion designers as 1950s vintage-inspired styles.




Further Reading:
7 Famous Fashion Designers of the Sixties
Vintage Inspired Petticoats
How to Dress Like a 1950s Woman



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1950s Style Couture Prom Dresses

How about choosing a different style of dress for your prom this year, a stylish couture dress that's a deviation from the ordinary same-old fashion?

Finding a dress that's unique and outstanding is not that hard as long as you've given it some planning well before prom night. If you search online at sites like Pinterest, you will find so many amazing styles of prom dresses that will make you swoon. The problem though is it's sometimes hard to find them to buy.

If you are having your dress custom-made, that's a different story because that way, you get a special made-to-measure couture outfit that can be made to be one-of-a-kind - exclusive. However, most girls want to buy something off the rack, as stylish as it can possibly be, but nonetheless, not exclusive.

How to Stand Out From the Crowd?


To have something exclusive, it's best to go vintage-inspired. Couture fashion, styles that were 're-incarnated' from the past. What comes to mind here are trends of the 1920s and the 1950s. This article is about stylish 1950s dresses that will make great impressions on your prom night.


Dresses of the 50s were either below the knee, mid-calf, or floor-sweeping and they not only looked sophisticated, they were chic, elegant, and absolutely feminine.

If you want to dress 50s style for your prom, here are a few guiding tips:
  1. Do you want a dress that is below the knee, mid-calf or a ball gown?
  2. Sleeveless, short, mid-sleeved, or full sleeves?
  3. Do you want something demure, flouncy, or floor-sweeping?
  4. What colour works best for your skin tone?
  5. Do you have the right lingerie for your dress choice - plunge bra, body-shaper, stick-on bra, or strapless body suit? Do you think you may need a bra converter or an outer-wear basque?
  6. Jewellery -  For couture dresses of the 50s, old Hollywood style costume jewellery is what you should look for. Cocktail rings, faux pearls, brooches, dangle tassels, chokers, and bracelets.
  7. Shoes and evening bags - Go for small beaded bags with rope style handle, tapestry or satin purses. And for shoes, go for footwear you can dance in like dance shoes, peep-toe shoes, kitten heels, or dramatic stilettos.

Remember this, it is best to shop for a couture dress and accessories that you’ll be able to wear after your prom night, something you can wear to other future events like a wedding, formal occasions, or red carpet events.

So, how do you find the perfect dress out of the hundreds of styles in the shops, malls, or boutiques?

Finding vintage inspired couture dresses used to be a challenge, but not anymore. As more and more women seek their fashion obsession online, you’ll find that searching for that special look is best done online.

Not only are there hundreds to choose from, you can move from store to store without leaving your home. That's much more than you'll ever find in an entire mall.

7 Beautiful Prom Dresses Inspired by the 1950s Fashion






 











 



Further Reading:
How to Dress Like a Greek Goddess
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Art Deco-Inspired Fashion Rings

Art Deco style jewellery oozes glamour and sophistication. For women who love flashy and bold fashion accessories, nothing beats the beauty of Art Deco designs. Chic, bold, and at times sassy, jewelry designs of that era covers the early decades of the 20th Century; the 1920s to the 1930s.


The appeal for antique and vintage-inspired rings is not new. Fashion-conscious women have always been captivated by the distinctive style and charm of old-style accessories, especially of authentic rings and brooches of the 19th and 20th centuries. They possess a distinguishing character that is decidedly missing in modern-day fashion rings. Their stylish and elaborate details surpass the sometimes garish, and at best, glitzy bling you find on the market today rings devoid of uniqueness and the exceptional details of yesteryears.

Difference between Art Nouveau and Art Deco Style


Although Art Nouveau (1890 – 1915) and Art Deco (the 1920s – 1930s) are two of the defining art movements of the 1900s, where the former consists of graceful curvaceous lines, with emphasis on plant and flower motifs, lacy flourishes, and feminine scrollwork, the latter features angles and sleek, streamlined, and bold geometric shapes crafted in silver tones, white gold, or platinum. While it is commonplace to confuse one for the other, the two styles are entirely different.

Art Deco Inspired Rings


Asides from diamonds (genuine or faux), and precious (or non-precious) metals in silver and gold tones, Art Deco ring designs often feature brightly coloured stones like ruby, sapphire, and emerald. Designs were heavily eclectic and daring and forms large with dramatic designs. You will often find rings with large rectangular/hexagonal/square centre-set gemstones with distinctive halos of uniquely set side stones. Asides from symmetrical patterns, other motifs are styles influenced by Egyptian, African, and Indian culture.

7 Popular Art Deco Jewelry Gemstones


Popular precious (and semi-precious) stones of the era include:

1. Ruby

2. Emerald

3. Sapphire

4. Onyx

5. Crystal

6. Ivory

7. Jade

Others are mother-of-pearl, corals, and colourful faux gems. They are set on metals such as silver, white gold, platinum, chrome, and marcasite. Many of the high-end pieces are accented with filigree and diamonds. Nothing typifies opulence and the Jazz Age lavishness more than sprays of tiny diamonds set on elaborate Art Deco-style rings. 
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