USA+in+the+1950's

- The African-American Civil Rights reform was introduced in 1955. It was against any racial discrimination, mostly against African-American people. - Cars are getting updated - more modern. - Dwight D. Eisenhower begame president in 1953. - America explodes the first thermonucler bomb at Enewetak Island (1953) - Richard Nixon's Checkers speech was on TV and watched by 56 million people. (1952) - The Supreme Court bans racial segregation in schools. (1954) - Rosa Parks - black woman - refuses in 1955 to sit in the back of a bus (because of the skin-colour-segregation) - it becomes very big in the news of America. - Alaska and Hawaii become the 49th and 50th state.

Christian Dior dominated fashion in the fifties. Dior's clothes aimed only at wealthy clients. Dior's influence continued throughout the 50s. In 1953, he introduced the Princess Line, and in 1955 the A-line. Skirts were full and wide and bright colours were in. The look was glamorous. Girls aspired to look like movie stars. The Dior look was challenged in the mid fifties when Coco Chanel introduced her new Chanel suit. It was a simple design, featuring a just below the knee skirt and a collarless jacket finished with gold braid. It quickly became the standard formal look for women at all social levels.
 * Fashion in the 1950's**

The pointed pre-formed conically stitched bra was a popular fashion accessory of the 50s. It looked like this: Hairstyles in the fifties reflected the glamorous look of movie stars. These fabulous styles were achieved using curlers and lots of back combing.

Women in the 50s had no problems about wearing fur. Every girl's dream was a mink fur coat. Imitation fur, or fur fabric, was also popular. The movie Grease is about the youth in the 50's. The glothes say a lot about what you wore back then.