What Men REALLY Wore in the 1950s

50s fashion ≠ Elvis outfits

the 50s are my favorite

That. “ NON-STOP SNARE DRUM”. Is ****** Annoying!!!

I asked my grandpa what he wore, and he said it was just a pair of chucks, blue jeans, and a white T shirt.

It's just so good overall! Always good looking.

No one had more influence in men's hats then Frank Sinatra during the 50s and 60s. His Rat Pack look was the standard of "cool" for mature men everywhere. His wide tripple pleat white bans on a darker color hat just couldn't be more hip. Just screamed, Jet Setter!

Desi Arnaz wore Sport coats in the old I Love Lucy episodes that were buttoned very low almost at the waist to reveal more of the shirt with open neck he wore with them the collar turned out over the jacket.

Do you have any information on the black slacks with a pink stripe down the the right and left sides?

My grandfather had told me some of his stories, and personal experiences from the 50s.

What are hairstyles for natural curly hair people backed then? I find it very dificult to find sources

One of the problems with trying to find and wear men's vintage clothing is that men now are generally much bigger than they were back then. I have some of my father's really cool shirts from the 50s and they just do not fit me and I am not a big guy at all. I have a good female friend who wears vintage clothing all the time and she has no problem finding things from back then that will fit her.

What about the leather overcoat from the 1940s?

This video is petty helpful for me. As a character design.

Polyester is indeed a PLAGUE

Gentlemens Gazette, Love your channel guys. I found in the late 1940's to the 1950's younger men stopped wearing hats, while the older men continued to do so. I guess to style their hair more like Brando, Elvis and James Dean. LOL. Glad there's a menswear channel like this. I like men's suits and footwear especially. Thanks for the upload.

The movie that really gets this right is “Diner” by Barry Levinson.

No mention of dapper dan! down voted.

The shorts and over the calf socks are nothing short of hideous. Please don't go in public dressed like this. Nice video. I much enjoy this series.

Rafael, everything you wear is stylish! But that outfit that you were wearing screamed!!dirty old man cruising on a Sunday afternoon through a playground!

High-rise trousers with a dress shirt, contrasting vest and tie are way better casual clothing than what we have now.

What is it a trubenized collar?

Hamburger helper 1970

Hi! What was the book/magazine in the video? :)

I would love to see a sequel episode with a Lookbook or recreated and inspired attire.

thanks ! im getting graded on this stuff and im really thankful!😁

Do you have a female companion channel?

do so appreciate the history on suits. Excellent photos. This is definitely one that would be or should be shown in a museum of designer class of high esteem. Superb. A tip of the hat to you. thanks again ever so.

Now where im from we’d call the winker picker shoes, roach killers, you can catch them in the corners lol. Kinda like the roach killer cowboy boots.

To me, 50s fashion is timeless and attractive even today. It’s my favorite period in American history so far.

Can you find digital uploads of these 50s fashion magazines? They look amazing

“When you think of the 1950’s”


Me: fallout

I really enjoy your videos.... do you ever see the return of high waisted trousers? Very hard to find.
Keep up the good work. :)

Those would be engineer boots. The first biker (bikie) boots.

God I wish the style of the 1950s never went away.

I am so obsessed with these wide collar shirts of the 50s. But it’s so hard to find them nowadays.

Synthetic fibers are extremely good for certain purposes. I prefer wool over them for suits, but these synthetic fibers today are amazing.

I love the atomic age, ive become obsessed with it recently.

Hey man great video love the 50s style, the way you pronounced gaucho was pretty funny too.

Wow! So informative! Can you do 1960s?

I still wear my hair in the slick back style. Theres a reason its still so popular today!

The real men of the 50s sported leather jackets cuffed jeans engineer boots and pompadours they drank smoked swore partied and told it like it was and worked till their fingers bled for what they wanted they lived fast and hard and loved fast cars and wild women and they rebelled against the picket white fence 2.5 kids keeping up with the joneses expectation they listened to Eddie Cochran Ritchie Valens Elvis Presley Jerry Lee Lewis and many other greats. (BTW just kidding around not hating on the sharper dressed folk out there)

Havent watched you for a long while.. thanks god your accent is much better and u tanned really well! Keep rocking pal!

Im actually a fan of suspenders? Am I crazy?

Sven, your hoodie/yob outfit made me laugh; so incongruous to your high class. Now I've seen everything!

very excited to see the 60s 70s 80s and 90s!!!!!!!

The 1950s was the best decade for clothing, cars, movies, television shows, celebrities and air travel.