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1952 straight skirt suit by 50'sfan, via Flickr Dior New Look, Madame Gres, Fashion 1940s, 20th Century Fashion, Women's Suits, Vintage Suits, Pierre Balmain, Wedding Suit, 1940s Fashion

Sophie Malgat modelling a very early 1950's straight skirted suit. These generously cut straight skirts were produced originally as an affordable alternative to the extravagant full skirts of Dior's "New Look" which received much criticism in the austere years after the war. These early straight skirts evolved into the more fitted skirts of the late 1950's. By 1957 this skirt style had reached the limit of practicality and it had acquired a reputation for being limiting and awkward to walk…

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