In a message dated 2/8/2007 4:00:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
There are a number of books I'd look at
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But don't forget actual fashion mags from whatever year you want. Most
libraries have Vogue, McCalls, and the like....all bound up by year.
I designed [many years ago] a play by Arthur Kopit "Oh Dad, Poor Dad. Mom's
Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad". What a great and bizarre black
comedy that was! Anyway, it takes place in Cuba at Carnival in the mid 50's.
I did all my research from mags of the period. I learned from this to pick a
year....a specific year [I chose 1956...the year I was born]
because...well...
I noticed things like, in 1955, the full skirts came from the waist. But in
1956, there was a distinct trend of having the skirts come from a high hip,
with a basque or the bodice cut longer. This waned in 1957. It was amazing the
details you can glean from primary sources. {now of course not everybody
wears the clothes of the current year, but Madam Rosepetal, the "mom" from
hell
in the play, would NEVER be caught in something not up to the minute!]
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