An excellent new exhibition on ’50s vogue and the division store is opening up soon at the Yarra Ranges. In the 1950s, underwear came to be promoted as a fashion item in its own right, and came to be made in prints and coloursThe Bullet Bra (that includes exaggerated pointing or cone-formed cups) and Push-Up Bra (by Frederick’s Of Hollywood) all debuted during this decade.
With the assistance of main vogue editor Maggie Prescott—whose character was based off of BAZAAR’s own Diana Vreeland—famously associates with Avedon in real life—Jo becomes trend’s latest darling through a collection of beautiful picture shoots staged throughout Paris.
Teenage girls started dressing differently than their moms, preferring to put on brightly patterned attire with tight waists and broad skirts. His nipped, hourglass shapes heralded a new period of womanliness and after years of fashion oppression and cloth rationing during the Second World Battle, the lady …