When the fifties and sixties were talking shape the Second World War had just ended, America was going through a reconstruction process and many changes began to take place all over the world. Major issues were being faced and problems were in the works of becoming solved. Other areas also took on new forms and people around the world were trying to find peace in all that they had lost. Although only twenty years in each the fifties and sixties experienced many new things that influenced people. The changes that occurred during the fifties and sixties are the way that people dresses, the architecture that was built and the music that was listened to saw numerous amounts of new beings.

The designers of the fifties started to focus more on the shape of the woman’s body, and also began to incorporate the time of the day into the new designs. In the early fifties the average woman would be seen wearing straight, slender dress and pants that had to be worn with a corset to hold everything in. The outfit was not totally complete unless the proper types of gloves were worn. The glove was an important factor to any outfit. Most gloves that were worn during the day were leather and covered

was for people that smoked heavily because the cost of repairs and constant repairing became a hassle. The introduction of the beanbag chair made sitting comfortable and easy. The bags filled with little balls formed to the shape of the body. The Sacco chair was a cushion with polystyrene balls that formed to the body much like the beam bag chair. Not only did the furniture change the appearance of the walls décor changed, neon signs, posters and the occasional pot plant was seen around the home somewhere (Garner, 162). A common type of decoration was during this time was called Psychedelia, in the later sixties. The Psychedelic period was a time when visual stimulation occurred because the graphics in pieces of work, these designs stood out due to the use of hallucinogenic drugs, the most common was LSD. Most of the décor contained Day-Glo colors that spiraled and had many shapes. Day-Glo is a type of paint that has a reaction to the black light (Garner, 54-60).

After the design of high-rise apartments people were looking for decent yet cheap housing (Powell, 34). Homes began to use more of the Eastern World styles from Scandinavian, Denmark, and Finland. Each style had its own look and presentation. The Danish style was past impressionist using old patterns, metal, and sculpted wood. glass works were used more frequently in Finnish style. the Scandinavian style was naturalistic, strong, and used woods like teak, birch, and beech covered with leather or glass to enhance the appearance (Powell, 52-3). The problem with this furniture was that it was bulky and heavy. This made it very had to move for redecoration and it took up space

then the forearm. A man’s dress did not really start to change until later in the decade. The collared shirt, front pleated pants, tie made the workday outfit. Men’s suits were

the wrist. The type of shoe that was seen was a thin stiletto heel. The evening collections consisted of dresses that are seen today, mostly at Christmas time, proms, and formal events. The most common was a strapless, tight-bodice, full bouffant, dress that came in a range of colors of blues to reds. The dress was again incomplete if it was worn without gloves. The evening style of glove was made of satin or camisole, and came in a large range of colors that matched the dress. These gloves were no longer then the elbow and no shorter

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