1954 Costume Ideas
What a year 1954 was. Rosa Parks kicked off the civil rights movement. Brown v. Board of Education outlawed segregation in schools. Elvis Presley started the rock revolution, and more. There are plenty of iconic figures to emulate from this particular year. Many of the clothes, or something like them, can be found at thrift stores, consignment stores and vintage stores. Does this Spark an idea?
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Mamie Eisenhower
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The wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower was, like many first ladies, a fashion leader. She loved the color pink, wore modest dresses with wide pleated skirts, and often wore little veiled hats and carried a purse. She wore her hair with tightly curled bangs and little clumps of curls over each ear that actually encircled her head. She had a fondness for pearls.
Rosa Parks
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1954 was the year Rosa Parks, a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, an act that helped launch the Civil Rights Movement. Rosa Parks wore her hair parted in the middle and twisted up on at the back of her head. She had wire-rimmed glasses, and on the day she was arrested she wore a dignified brown suit. The police tagged her with the number 7053.
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Joseph McCarthy
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U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, the initiator of the "Red Scare," had a pronounced widow's peak and heavy eyebrows that extended at sharp angles down to the corners of his eyes. He was heavyset and wore suits, white shirts and relatively skinny dark ties. He also wore an almost perpetual scowl.
Elvis Presley
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Elvis "the Pelvis" recorded "That's All Right Mama" on July 4, 1954, and helped kick off the rock and roll revolution. This was also allegedly the year the phrase "Elvis has left the building" was first uttered. For an Elvis costume, pick your favorite early Elvis: suit with no tie, or tight jeans and shirt with rolled-up sleeves. Just don't forget the big hair.
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