The Most Impactful Designers In 1950S

The 1950s was a period that was defined by traditionalism and sophistication. The 50’s was the first decade after the WWII. Also, It was the year after the recovery from the great depression in the 30’s. This year people were at ease and their economic situation was excellent. Financial improvements made a modern consumer – driven society and empowered a family to live very comfortably on one pay. The social changes that happened in the 50’s influenced their everyday lives and even fashion. Women wanted to have a curvy figure to attract men. Ladies wore corset to emphasize her hips and bust line. A lot of things that changed including the hair, makeup, clothing, fads, and slang. This was definitely a time to be different.

• Christian Dior: The “New Look” is the idea of Christian Dior who took a part of the attempt to refresh fashion after the World War 2. Christian Dior’s “New Look” certainly substituted the boxy, pointed lines, padded shoulders and loose-fitting dresses of the 1940s. Christian Dior recreated the appearance of women with the bell silhouette and small waists. He was a chief of shapes and silhouette. Dior mainly likes to be the center of attention when it came to evening wear where he could really test with large amount of fabric. He was mostly designing strapless evening dresses and used built-in feather boning to grasp the dresses up which was a in itself as they were somewhat on the outsized edge. Tulle was frequently the fabric of choice for his evening wear skirts as it effortlessly forms a light-weight volume.
• Cristobal Balenciaga: If Christian Dior’s 1950 “New Look” was entirely around small, shrink-in waists, mid-calf skirts and noticeable hips, Balenciaga went the other way with his wide shoulders and square shapes. Reaching a beautiful smoothness of shape by adding volume throughout the waist and going asymmetrical on the hemline, he designed basic garments like the egg coat, the semi-fitted suit and the peacock tail dress. As Dior, Balenciaga’s impact on the 1950s silhouette is now well-known. Between 1953 and 1957 he gave us the balloon jacket, the tunic dress, empire lines and baby dolls – all contributing to a fluid but feminine look.
• Pierre Balmain: Balmain thought that looking perfectly elegant in fashion was achieved only through simplicity. He disliked embellishment for the sake of creating a outstanding clothing. As a couturier he was not absorbed in fashion each season; relatively he wanted to design for females who cherished an elegant look and had a classy style. Balmain once said, "Keep to the basic principles of fashion and you will always be in harmony with the latest trends without falling prey to them. " The essential Balmain silhouette in the 1950 was thin, with a full-skirt evening wear. He was also considered for his wonderful usage of embroidered textiles for evening wear.
• Coco Chanel: Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel is a well-known French fashion designer, who by the 1950's had presented "the little black dress" and numerous handbags. To this day her number one fragrance in chanel no. 5. She added gilded chains to her purses in the 1950's she called it the 2/55 bag. Nowadays the Chanel suit is redesigned season after season by Coco Chanel’s designer, Karl Lagerfeld.