Choose A Fifties Dress to Sport the Retro Look of Yesteryear Hollywood Stars

One of the most famous dresses designed in the 50s was the tea dress - a dress that was worn on informal occasions at home by women. These dresses were designed in light fabrics and unstructured lines, and they were famous throughout the 19th century. A tea dress was usually designed to rest at knee length or lower, and they had an exclusive look especially those with flower patterns.

Floral tea dresses were made popular by Hollywood stars of yesteryears in the movies, and one can easily replicate the magic of these ladies by choosing floral tea dresses. One should be careful though a floral tea dress can make a woman look smaller then her height and might not be the most flattering length one could choose. However, by experimenting with different heel heights means that beauty and elegance can be increased considerably resulting in you finding the right type of retro dress for your body type.

The fifties dresses for women had a rare elegance that you will not find in the contemporary style women dresses of today. Vintage dresses were made famous by the New Look of Dior in 1947 and the swing dress style was all the rage by the 50s and was fully adopted by women of the time. Hemlines were lowered and raised according to, fashion but the dresses still retained their hourglass silhouette. Vintage dresses were also designed with slender pencil skirts as well as with full skirts.

The classic looks of the fifties dresses also make them the preferred dress choice for proms, as they make girls look like princesses. The 1950s dresses are reminiscent of the full skirts and fitted waists worn by Rita Hayworth or Liz Taylor and later on of course came the vintage wiggle dresses worn by Marilyn Monroe. Online shops are filled with these vintage dresses that the contemporary prom party girl can wear to outshine all the others.

The Tea Dress as we mentioned before, is an informal gown worn by women of the 19th century. The earlier varieties were Asian-influenced and had long flowing sleeves characterized those dresses. They were actually derived from the style sense of a Japanese Kimono. Earlier tea gowns required the assistance of a maid to wear and were worn without a corset, which was unheard of in the day. But these dresses were always elegance personified.

For informal occasions, you can always choose a flowery tea dress as the original intent of the dress was to wear them during afternoons. However, these dresses can also be worn in the evenings and for dinner parties. The best floral tea dresses are found at online stores as they are made at special factories that are specilaised in making the classic dresses of yesteryears.

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