Talk:1945–1960 in Western fashion

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Educational assignment
As a heads up to other editors, it appears that a school class somewhere has been set the task of editing Wikipedia to write about 1950s fashion - we've had a couple of edits to the Fashion article as well. --McGeddon (talk) 10:33, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I've no idea how this assignment has been presented, but a lot of the students seem to just be adding their own single, self-contained paragraph summarising the whole of 1950s fashion, rather than editing and improving each other's work, or working on any of the previously existing text.
 * If the class's teacher is reading this, they may like to read the considerations and suggestions for using Wikipedia as the medium for a school project. --McGeddon (talk) 13:24, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The quality of this article is really very poor - there are barely any references and most of it is unverified claims and original research. It's not what Wikipedia is about. Thespeakingcat (talk) 12:32, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Before the class teacher gave the assignment to her students to edit this article, she should have made them read Wikipedia's Manual of Style first. I don't mean to sound harsh but Wikipedia is an encyclopedia not a playground, and I think all the edits made after 1 July 2009 should be undone. The article as it now stands is a complete mess.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 06:38, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Men's fashion
There's no information on men's fashion here... I don't have any to provide, myself, but it would be a great addition! brain (talk) 15:37, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, well the article needs a lot of major work on it. A chunk of text was removed a while back, and it's very untidy as it now stands. I believe a bunch of kids edited it as part of a school assignment.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 17:54, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Cleanup and images needed
I am going to see if I can clean up this article - I have the references now - but we desperately need PD images that I can't locate. Any help would be appreciated:


 * A typical Dior New Look suit, or retail knock-off of one.
 * Teddy boys, England, pre-1960.
 * Teenage girl in ponytails, pedal pushers, rolled-up jeans with men's white dress shirts, saddle shoes and bobby socks, any combination of those things.
 * Teenage girl in a sweater and pencil skirt.
 * Teenage boy in tee shirt and leather jacket.
 * Commons has some Dior gowns but there are no dates on them - if anyone can track the dates for those down, that would be great. Got 'em.
 * A Balenciaga suit with an unfitted (A-line) back.

Thanks, all! - PKM (talk) 01:07, 20 January 2011 (UTC)


 * BTW, for historical reference, the "chunk of text" that was removed was merged from 1950s and turns out to have been serious copyvio from this source; I am not sure when it was removed.  But, we begin again. - PKM (talk) 02:48, 20 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Okay, here's a complete restructure. It still needs a women's sportswear section, more on underwear (petticoats!), formal wear and outerwear. - PKM (talk) 03:55, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Added Sportswear and more pictures. - PKM (talk) 20:36, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * A 1950s image of Elvis needs to be in the article.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 08:22, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
 * The only one we've got is in costume from Jailhouse Rock, but I suppose it's better than nothing. - PKM (talk) 23:11, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
 * And BTW that copyvio comment may be an error This book was published after the Wikipedia article on the History of fashion design. - PKM (talk) 23:11, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Added image of Elvis. - PKM (talk) 23:16, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
 * It looks great and adds a lot to the article as he was a 50s icon.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 07:17, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Decline of hats
There needs to be some serious information added about the decline of hats! I added a section on it but am having trouble finding info on the reasons why. --Turn685 (talk) 05:04, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Western world
This article only mentions western/european/usa-ian/whatever clothing. There's NO mention of other countries about this. It's a catastrophe really, how can wikipedia take pride in being objective and checking sources if they forgot the majority of the world? --83.250.240.27 (talk) 21:24, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Article has since been moved to "1945–60 in Western fashion" from Talk:1945–60 in fashion, though we still have section links to 1945–60 in Western fashion#The beginnings of Eastern fashion Banak (talk) 10:57, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

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Room for improvement
When someone has a moment, I believe it would be worth researching and adding in information about african-american fashion within 1945-1960. At the moment the only mention of such is as follows

"During and after the war, oversized zoot suits were worn by rebellious teenagers, hep cats, and gang members, especially African-Americans, Italian-Americans, Cholos a.k.a. pachucos, and Chicanos"

There is a whole culture here worth expanding on for western fashion in this time period, and it would be a loss to only include a mention of such next to gang members and rebellious teenagers. This is something I'll also work on finding more information on when I have time, but if there is someone with more time or knowhow on this subject, this is some room for improvement. Mk170101 (talk) 11:51, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

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