Well, I’m going to talk about the swinging fifties, which I think was around like 1950 to 1965. As far as I’m aware, It is the most elegant era of western costume. In those days, Hepburn began her film career in 1948 in the Netherlands in Seven Lessons, a 39-minute documentary on Dutch scenery.

In 1953, she starred in the film Roman Holiday for the first time and won an Oscar for best actress. In the same year, she won the Tony award for best actress for her performance in the play The Mermaid. And in 1961, she starred in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

What strikes me is the clothes Hepburn wore in those films. For example, the hourglass skirt with noble, elegant fashion style highlights the magnificent posture of the round cap and waist. The cocktail dress is a kind of between the casual and formal evening dress clothes, because the clothing is compact, casual, and make the wearers look younger, so it was welcomed by all levels of different age women.

And the inspiration for these kinds of clothes piques my interest a little bit. So I’d love to know what started this fashion trend. Was it one particular personal? One particular movement?
What’s the story behind the brands of these dresses? What did this period of time mean to people?

So even though I don’t know a lot about it, I go online to do some research when I get a spare five minutes and find out everything related to that period of time.