Clothes 1950s' clothing for women is synonymous with female sensual elegance! The clothes of this period focused on imparting the hourglass silhouette to the person by replacing the short-skirt wide-shoulder silhouette with longer, fuller skirts which put focus on the middle and soft shoulder lines. End of the World Wars saw the cessation of rules on materials, which translated into the use of a variety of materials and lower hemlines for women's clothing! While older women want the subtler Pad Skirts, younger women often flaunted their moving Poodle Skirts with flamboyant elan! Highest importance was presented with to acting and looking "every inch the lady", hence impeccable grooming and a well tailored look were highly valuable. Pleated skirts were also very popular, which gave a good start to this much-coveted neat, elegant, tailored look. The hemlines usually ended just at the knee or a little below it. A lot of variety was also noticed in women's tops and ...