How to Create a '50s Costume for Women
Wear a poodle skirt with white socks and sneakers and you will look like you belong back in the '50s.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Blouses With Peter Pan Collar
- Full Poodle Skirts
- Solid-color Scarves
- White Sneakers
- White Socks
- Eye Makeup
- Rubber Band Hair Tie
- Elvis CDs Or Tape
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Pull your hair back into a ponytail with a coated rubber band. Tie a solid-color scarf in a knot on top of the rubber band. If your hair is short, just brush it away from your face and tie the scarf around your neck.
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Put on pink lipstick. Keep the eye makeup light.
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Put on a short-sleeved, solid-color blouse with a Peter Pan collar.
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Tuck the blouse into a wide, solid-color skirt with a poodle applique near the bottom on the left side. The skirt looks best if it comes to about 5 inches below your knees.
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Wear white sneakers with white ankle socks.
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Tips & Warnings
While you are getting dressed, put on some early Elvis music to get you in a dancing mood.
Purchase the poodle applique at a crafts store, if necessary.
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Comments
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akumaxkami
Aug 08, 2009
This costume/outfit really only works if you're trying to emulate a high school student. Other popular styles in the fifties included pencil skirts and bright red lipstick. -
Feb 25, 2006
If you have a locket, find a picture or two off the Internet of Elvis, put them in the locket and wear it around your neck.
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Feb 25, 2006
If you have a locket, find a picture or two off the Internet of Elvis, put them in the locket and wear it around your neck.
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Nov 22, 2005
Poodle skirts are easy to make and fairly inexpensive; you can find the pattern and material at any fabric store. Also, try a white oxford shirt with a kerchief tied to the side around your neck.
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Nov 22, 2005
I would suggest wearing pink lipstick, and make your eyes the focus. You put a thick line of black kohl eyeliner on your top lid only and make sure it has the little cat eye thing at the end. [Think Marilyn Monroe]. False eyelashes are great too. For the bottom part of your eye I would use eyeliner and then smudge it to make it smokey. =)
