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Big daddy-older person
Big tickle-when someone is really
funny
Bread-money
Cast an eyeball-to look
Not-drift into sleep
“Cast an eyeball on that women”
“you’re a big tickle”
 http://www.newberry.k12.sc.us/mchs/50sSlang.htm
 The famous Pucci opened the Fashion House of Emilio
Pucci in 1950
 Dresses with no waistline were shown
 Givenchy presented his first fashion line in Paris
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~ryahnke/film/cinema4.htm
 Marlon Brando was a great influence
he was an actor who inspired the
jeans and leather look.
 Also Elvis Presley contributed to the
1950s fashion.
 Marilyn Monroe also played a part she
influenced full shirts and pencil line
skirts as well as Stilettos
http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-14_u-189_t506_c-1873/nsw/history/australia's-social-andcultural-history-in-the-post-war-period/socialand-cultural-features-of-the-1950s/fashion-inthe-1950s
 One famous designer at the
time was Christian Dior
 Another designer at the
time was Coco Channel
http://glamourdaze.blogspot.c
om/2010/10/1950s-fashion-topfive-designers.html
 It was very
formal and
elegant it was
tight around the
mid section to
form a slim waist
its long and has a
tight fit
 http://www.fashion-
era.com/C20th_costume_history/19
40s-silhouettes-1949-1950.htm
 The most
memorable
fashion trends
would be the puffy
skirts and the big
hair also cat eye
glasses and
another big trend
was wearing red
lipstick
 http://vintagefashio
nguild.blogspot.co
m/2008/02/rockabil
ly-then-now.html
 Silk and lace and
polyester were the mostly
used during the 1950’s
 http://www.fashiontemplates.com/fashionhistory-1950s.html
 At the time many bright
colors were used and
grey and brown were
very popular as well and
pink and red. The most
valuable tints were pink
and red
 http://desktoppub.about
.com/od/colorpalettes/l/
blcpatomicage.htm
 Some of the 1950s trends
such as the big hair and
skirts were repeated in
the 1960 and 1970
http://mycollegepersonaldevelopmen
t.blogspot.com/2010/08/1960s-and1970s-fashion-and-celebrity.html