Fashion In The 1950s
Cherokee Scrubs Leading the Way to More Fashionable Uniform Scrubs
Medical uniforms have been a professional requirement of health care workers starting as early as the middle of the 19th century. By 1880, Florence Nightingale had established a system to train nurses and used a hat and band system to identify nurses of different rank. Nurse hats originally were modeled after nun’s coifs, which gave the nursing uniform an increased look of respectability.
The First World War brought about a change in nursing uniforms to allow increased functionality in order to provide fast and efficient care to the large number of casualties of war. Bulky aprons were discarded and skirts were shortened. This change led to a post war period where nursing uniforms begin to mimic popular fashion.
In the 1950′s, hats began to be de-emphasized in order to make the nursing uniform less feminine and therefore attract more male nursing trainees. By the 1970′s the hat had disappeared almost completely except for use in nursing training institutions. The new trend in nursing fashion became uniform scrubs. Today, at most hospitals everyone wears uniform scrubs at all times to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
Cherokee Clothing moved into the nursing uniforms market to join Landau, Barco, Crest and other uniform manufacturers in changing the uniform scrubs market by creating new scrub styles to flatter the body and make scrubs less unisex fitting. Cherokee Scrub Pants rapidly became the leader in uniform pant due to the variety of styles to compliment different female body shapes, as well as the original men’s unisex styles.
Uniform scrub pants also come in regular, petite and tall lengths. The standard size range was expanded to include XP to 5XL in order to accommodate all healthcare workers who were required to wear uniform scrubs. Cherokee Scrubs fast became a popular uniform scrubs staple in the marketplace by expanding the color selection of scrubs from the original hospital green or blue to a rainbow of color coordinated solids and prints to brighten the wardrobe of the scrub wearer. Hospital often differentiated departments through the use of specific colors. Uniform scrubs continue to follow fashion trends and colors to provide healthcare workers with a comfortable, easily laundered and fashionable wardrobe.
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50s and 60s female fashion?
im doing a project on female fashion in the 1950s and 1960s, does anyone know any good information or websites with good information, or pictures.
thanks
Here’s what came up when I googled 1950s fashion: http://www.fashion-era.com/1950s_glamour.htm
and 1960s fashion: http://www.fashion-era.com/the_1960s_mini.htm
In the ’50s, you had boat neck tops, dirndl skirts, pencil skirts, shirtwaists, pearls were in, and high schoolers wore poodle skirts and monogrammed sweaters with anklets and saddle shoes, also pedal pushers… Girls and women only wore pants for very casual occasions, never for school or to work. so it was always skirts, dresses or jumpers. The “little black” dress was considered a must.
In the ’60s, things changed about midway through the decade. There was some kind of sleeveless dress that got wildly popular, and by 1967, you had white go-go boots and miniskirts. Bouffant hairdos, including the beehive, were replaced by long hair worn down, usually parted in the middle, though some wore pigtails. Very romantic stuff like velvets, velours, lace etc came in, even for men. Hip-hugger bell bottom jeans were worn. At the end of the ’60s, tie-dye was in, along with granny skirts, granny glasses, etc.
There’s a Time-Life series on the different decades of the 20th century that might have good info, if you can find it in your library. Otherwise, watch some films from the time. or see if the library has old issues of fashion magazines on microfiche.
UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL: The New Fashions – Paris, 1950s