Spotlight on: the 50’s

As teenaged girls sock-hopped in poodle skirts, beaded sweater sets and scarf-tied ponytails, their mothers accentuated their own curves with wide shoulders, full skirts, cinched waists and structured undergarments. But 1950s youths were also showing a rebellious side as they turned up in rolled-cuff jeans, skin-tight T-shirts and greasy ducktails.

Spotlight on: the 60’s

The 1960s, that turbulent era in which the Baby Boomers came of age and found a collective voice, influenced some of the most iconic and enduring looks in fashion history.

Spotlight on: The 70’s

Barbers and cosmetic companies struggled during the grooming-optional seventies as youths abandoned the clean-cut past to grow hair long, let beards flourish and forego makeup. Denim, once the utilitarian choice of farmers and day laborers, was now prized less for its durability than for its versatility as a canvas for expressing personal style.

1977-89 (Punk, New Wave, 80s)

Vintage deadstock brown leather rubber wedge sandal 8
US $9.99 (1 Bid)

End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 9:17:07 PDT

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Vintage Shoes from the 50’s

VTG 50’s Gold Silk Eve. Shoes, SAKS 5th AVE - 7.5N
US $48.00

End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 9:49:38 PDT

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