[Phillyred]

Funny. My young kids can sit through old Hitchcock films and I swear the girls are just infatuated with how classy women dressed in the 50s.

[Stoat]

the girls are just infatuated with how classy women dressed in the 50s.

 

I share their appreciation, and I'm just a scruffy male stoat.  This related article and the book it tells of may be of interest:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2480024/Elizabeth-Taylor-Rita-Hayworth-Humphrey-Bogart-glorious-technicolour-Golden-Age-movies-captured-stunning-new-book.html?offset=0&max=100#comment-40866020

Elizabeth Taylor, Rita Hayworth and Humphrey Bogart in glorious technicolour! Golden Age of the movies captured in stunning new book 

[verga]

Funny. My young kids can sit through old Hitchcock films and I swear the girls are just infatuated with how classy women dressed in the 50s.

I am old enough to remember people getting dressed up to fly on a plane.

[jocon307]

“...the girls are just infatuated with how classy women dressed in the 50s.”

Grace Kelly in “rear window” - gorgeous clothes.

I’ll add that if you watch Boardwalk Empire (1920s era) on HBO the costumes are sumptuous, men and women. One dress in an early episode was so beautiful I had to rerun the whole scene since I wasn’t paying attention to anything but the frock!