Fashion Crush Friday: 50s Throwback

Instead of looking at a specific character or celebrity today, we're looking at the 1950s style from Mona Lisa Smile and Call the Midwife. 

We're going to see some awesome consistencies. Accentuating the most narrow point of the waist, adding a collar to everything, and cardigans. Because apparently it was never muggy in the 50s?

There's a lot of soft pastels and tiny florals here. I don't see many other prints than florals honestly, and no major jewel tones or metallics. And the Victory Rolls and soft curls in everyone's hair? Just to die for.

If this was my midwife uniform, I would seriously possess zero complaints. The Peter Pan collar? The berry cardigan that pick up the berry in the upper pockets? The built in belting at the waist? This is workwear at it's finest. Just ignore the whole getting amniotic fluid on it part and you're good!

The soft yellows here really make me think of Beauty and the Beast. I love the skinny belting at the waist and the layering of darker and paler yellows.

Here we're seeing a trifecta! A plaid skirt, a textured cardigan that picks up the skirt colors, and a crisp white collar. 

I love the addition of collars to day dresses. Even when the Mona Lisa Smile girls are at their most relaxed and in class, they still have collars on to show some respect for the environment. 

When you only have one nice jacket and hat, of course you'd make them the same material to match. I'm not sure that I even own a matching bikini top and bottom, so this is a bit mystifying. 

I am crazy about this silhouette. A nice full, feminine skirt, and the meeting point of the tucked in shirt and high waisted skirt is always just above the natural waist and below the ribs. It creates a fantastically feminine silhouette and is immensely flattering to all body types. It's extra cute to see people matching the colors in the top and bottom to each other instead of going for a contrast. 

What do you think? Are you more of a leather and skinny jeans kind of girl, or can you appreciate the 50s femininity a la Betty Draper?