No CC Decades Outfits 2.0

1950s Women's Fashion

As the 40s waned, Dior's New Look, was introduced, and it is this look, with full bodied skirts and a clearly marked waist, that is the defining look of the 50s. War was over, the economy was booming, and the government no longer interfered with how wide a skirt should be. Colors were light and bright. Pinks, teals, light blues and greens for summer, and burnt orange, auburn and darker blues and greens for the winter. Red was worn year round.

Everyday clothing

There are some good dresses in game to get that full bodied, traditional housewife, style in game, as well as some good skirts to use. Below I've opted for the checkered dress with pockets, as pockets for housedresses were a major trend. The next two would more likely be worn out of the house and the final one is a skirt and top combo that together look a lot like one of the dresses pictured at Vintage Dancer's webpage.

But while full dresses and skirts were very popular, so was the sheet dress and pencil skirt. In the first look here I've paired it with a top that has that marked waist and fit the decade well. Also note the new kitten style glasses that were very popular throughout the decade.

Of course women also wore pants in this decade too. New for the decade was that pants were changed, made tighter. The capri pant was popular, and coupled with both shirts and knitted sweaters. For jeans a new "cowgirl-look" was created with a pair of jeans with high waist that followed the shape of the body and tapered out to a rolled up cuff. The western trend in general continued strong for this entire period.

Winterwear

Again, it's nearly impossible to get good winter wear for the decade without CC. We are missing coats, capes, and jackets of the right shape. (A coat kit, please, just give me a coat kit, I'd pay, please just take my money!). I've done my best here by using the jacket (male form) that came with Batuu, as well as a couple of others. The last choice is to represent the fact that macks started being more popular during this period.

Summerwear

For summer outfits would look a lot like ordinary wear, with full skirts or pencil skirts. But shorts and the white capri pant were also very popular.

Swimwear

When it comes to swimwear we do get quite a few options in game, as swimsuits more starts to look at what we recognise them as. New materials gave new options, and just as with men bold patterns and bright colors dominated the beaches. One thing to keep in mind was that the swimsuit was usually quite straight over the hips, covering a lot, while on top you both had halternecks and entirely strapless designs. The bikini kept on being popular.

Athletic wear

For sports women regularly wore shorts at this time, quite often very short shorts. But there were also jumpsuits and the very new leotard, which more or less looked like a long sleeve swimsuit that you wore tights with underneath. I tried, and failed, reproducing that in game, but none of the tops work. The jumpsuit has tights underneath however, and the new ballerina slipper which was a popular shoe for gymnastics. Otherwise the converse was the go to shoe for working out.

Formal and Party wear

Formal wear followed much the same trends as normal clothes - meaning sheet dresses or princess dresses. The latter were often in soft sheer materials and pastel colors. The mermaid shape was also popular.

For semi-formal events skirts were shorter. The cocktail dress as we know it was born (image one is an attempt to recreate that). Note in picture three house everything from shoes to glasses match. Matching was a huge trend of the decade. Your nails matched your lipstick, your eyeshadow your eye color or the dress color, gloves, shoes, handbag matched the dress, and so on. Another trend were big jewelry. Pearls were popular, as was gold chains, or pastell colors of all kinds.

Sleepwear

Sleepwear for this decade looked much like sleepwear for the previous one (at least in game). The new item would be the more casual bathrobe. Another trend was matching pjs for the entire family.

Elder fashion

For most of the decades, I've just kept my elders in the outfit they had as adults (as most elders wouldn't follow trends the same way young people do), but starting in the 40s Sears had a special line of clothing for elders that was quite popular, so I thought that should be represented here. In general clothing for the "mature woman" had longer sleeves, longer hemline and more modest necklines than clothes for younger women. They were also generally in darker colors. I've put together some outfits to represent this here, both for every day and formal/semi-formal occasions.