Severe and austere in grey, these clothes from the early fifties look as if they were meant to be worn by serious grown-ups. The suit is tailored in worsted wool flannel, while the coat (worn belted by the model in the middle, as a swing-back by the model on the right) is made in pure wool gabardine.
What I find intriguing about these garments is the width of their shoulders. We're told that padded shoulders went out a few years after World War II, but here we are in the early fifties and encountering broad shoulders that wouldn't appear out of place in 1980s power dressing.
On page 3 of the catalogue there is a list of what its compilers thought were the fashionable colours for 1950. For reference, these were:
- French grey (as seen on the coat on the right)
- French beige
- Bamboo shoot green
- American beauty red
- Mint green
- Junior navy
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