Fashions of The Fifties and Later
Youth Section

While this site does not specialize in "youth" petticoats and crinolines as such, a few images are worth a special exhibition. Crinolyn and Sylvia Marie were major contributors to this section!
Thanks girls--these are gems!

Many of us can remember waiting for the days when the above types of scenarios presented themselves, eh? 
Always, the little girls were oblivious to to the joyful picture they made, so wrapped up in their fun were they!

YOUTH CATALOG PAGES

FIRST COMMUNION DRESSES

The image at right is not a particularly unusual picture, but something about it compelled Tessy to post it: that carefree look  of girlhood, combined with the trappings that are only allowed them...only THEY know that feeling -- what they DON'T know is what they really have (and what WE really don't).      

  


 

 

Here's one that Tessy could not resist taking from the Zona Girdle Site--with their permission, of course! Mom and daughter in a fetching pose.
Pastel blue and pink--our favorite colors! What lucky girls!
A very special pink pretti-petti!
A very special blue pretti-petti!
A unique petticoat only seen in the fifties and never since!
        (Anyone else have any pictures of these pneumatic styles? They are rare indeed!)
A second picture of a pneumatic!
"The last petticoat I bought for an evening dress, came with a label attached. It was a very small label, but had a picture on the back. This is what is attached, so don't be surprised that the quality is a little poor."-- Janetv                                                  vvvvv[posted 1/29/98]
Perky girl and mom jumping rope (in two parts) -- contributed by "Crinolyn"                                         v[posted 2/21/98]
"Queensbury" ad from February, 1961 issue of Infants' & Children's Review -- contributed by "Voluminous" vvvvvvvvvdddcccccc||dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd                                                                                          dddv[posted 7/23/98]
STYLEUNDIES ads (we all wish we could have had these experiences, no?) --  contributed by "Voluminous" vffffffffffffffvvvvvvvvvdddddddddddddddddddddddddddd                                                                                          dv[collectively posted 1/3/00]
WUNDIES ad (more classic) --  contributed by "Voluminous" dddddd jjjjjjjjjjjjj  jjjjv[posted 8/19/99]
An eBay offering Tessy could not resist putting here |||||||||||vdbbbbddddddddd|[posted 9/15/98]
Newspaper ad -- contributed by Denise vdbbbbddddddddd|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||[posted10/13/98]
Princess! vdbbbbddddddddd||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||[posted10/20/98]
Little tutu! -- contributed by Colleendbbbbddddddddd||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||[posted 11/1/98]
Modern upsweep at First Communion dddddd|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||[posted 1/23/99]
Three girls in slips--from Simplicity pattern 1438 (1950s)d 1||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||[posted 7/26/99]
Mother/daughter joy -- contributed by Johndd 1||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||\\\\\\\\\\|||||||[posted 7/15/99]
Fun in the rain or sun! -- contributed by Krissie 1||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||\\\\\\\\\\||||[posted 8/30/99]
A very charming picture that is hard to beat! -- contributed by Don1||||||||||||||||\\||||[posted 9/29/00]
A pretty petti! -- contributed by Sylvia Marie 1||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||\\\\\\\\\\|||       [posted 3/29/00]
Communion time! -- contributed by Sylvia Marie 1||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||\\\\\\\\\\|||        [posted 3/4/00]
One of many to be found at Story Book Heirlooms -- contributed by "Tone One"                                     [posted 4/23/00]
Modern crinie -- contributed by Bob 1||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||\\\\\\\\\\|                  ||          [posted 5/28/00]
A pretty lucky little girl in a petti! -- contributed by Doug 1|                                    |[posted 12/23/00]|
Kneeling,  and showing a pretty petti! -- contributed by Doug 1|                           |[posted 5/15/01]
Small Brit ad collection -- contributed by Sarah Jayne 1|                                         |[posted 5/20/01]
A small little girl slip sampler -- contributed by Lindsay|                                          |[posted 3/12/02]
Three delightful ads from Dennison's (1954) -- contributed by "Voluminous"         [posted 5/02]
Underpinnings for the flower girl! Isn't she lucky? -- contributed by "Voluminous"                                            [posted 6/23/02]
Tessy believes this is from National Geographic - Irish girls                                                                      [posted 1/29/03]

CATALOG PAGES

These are fairly large in file size in order to make the text visible

There are some youth catalog pictures in this section, too.

Sears 1961 -- contributed by Cissyd  Colorized version by Peter         |||||||||||||||///                                                     ////[posted 1/00]
Sears 1963 (color) -- contributed by Lisa, touched up by Angeladd||||||||||||||||///////                                                 /[posted 11/22/99]
Sears - Fall 1961 -- contributed by Cissydd|||                             |||||||||||||///////                                                         /[posted 6/1/00]
Sears - Fall 1961 -- contributed by Cissydd|||                             |||||||||||||///////                                                       /[posted 7/12/00]
Sears - Fall 1961 -- contributed by Cissydd|||                             |||||||||||||///////                                                         /[posted 1/8/03]
Eatons-Canada catalog (Fall-Winter 1960)... en Francais -- contributed by Barbd|||                       /[posted 2/5/03]
Simpsons-Sears catalog (Fall-Winter 1962)... en Francais -- contributed by Barb |                      /[posted 3/3/03]

 

 

 

Barbara Rustle has provided this image from the 1963 Simpson-Sears (spring-summer) catalog.

CLICK TO ENLARGE

   


(above) John N. offers this Canadian Simpson-Sears 1958 Spring Summer
catalog image (click picture for full text)


(above) Simpson-Sears, Spring-Summer 1959

Page from a German youth fashion catalog

from Crinolyn

This is a crop - click for full page

 

 

 

 		 

 

 

John N. sent these exceptional pages from the Simpsons-Sears catalog, 1960 (fall-winter)

CLICK TO ENLARGE MIGHTILY (AND 'YUMMYLY')

ONE MORE

  

 

 

 

An intriguing Austrian company catalog cover

(Their site is uniquely designed, but nothing of our special interest that Tessy can see)

From David M.

 

 

  

 

 

John N.:

Eatons fall/winter 1960-61 young teen section

 

CLICK TO ENLARGE AND VIEW DESCRIPTIONS

 

 

 

 

Eaton's Misses catalog - spring, summer 1959

Click picture to see descriptions and incredible prices

 

 

 

 		  

 


<<<The 1964 cover - courtesy Linda L.

 

To compliment this submission,
Crinolyn has crafted a pleasant surprise!

 

 

 

COME AND SEE HOW YOU CAN GET A REPRODUCTION 50s LITTLE GIRLS' SLIP FROM CRINOLINE COVE
   Then YOU can go to church in you fluffy little dress with the big bow in back!

*

 
 Colorized by Sylvia Marie - 17 Feb 00

 

Tessy vividly remembers the days when little girls like this would run around in their slips at home for hours, before donning their dresses to leave the house for an occasion <sigh>. The charm was that they were so uninhibited about it!

Youthful Beauty en Bouffant!

Sears & Roebuck for Easter 1962 out of a McCall's

 

A funny greeting card sent in by Norm. Of course, the rest
of us wouldn't be hiding our eyes, now we? (Or is he peeking?)

And the expression on the little girl's face is precious, as if
to say, "I'm proud if it - what's the big deal?!"

(Published by Icon, UK)

First posted March 12, 2002

 

Herewith a pleasant picture of two 
girls on a hillside, one of whom is 
adorned in a very lovely, feminine pleated dress. Pleated skirts always look wonderful because they tend to fall in a certain delightful manner, especially when worn with a slightly full petticoat (but those 
are rare, and many times the 
petticoat is too full, which tends to distort the pleats).

Does AnyPoufie have such a 
picture she might send us?  

 

Here is a quite pleasant picture found by Shelley, one representative of the innocence evoked by
those 50s little girl dress with the full-bodiced slip underneath (1957).
Isn't this the place where many of us spawned
our love of pettis? <sigh>

 

 

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