Fashion in the 50's

In japan, Fashion began to become more and more popular, many historians view the fifties as a time of massive fashion growth, especially for women, who at the time were attempting to express their feminine qualities.
Onnarashisa is a common term coined towards women in the 50's, the reason the term is useful is because it contains many different meanings. For instance Onnarashisa women would be considered modest, independent old fashioned and loyal. The idea behind dressing that way was to portray and obedient, lovable  woman with good wife qualities.


Above is pictured what may be considered an Onnarashisa.
By studying fashion and noticing certain qualities, you can identify changes in fashion over a period of time and draw conclusions as to what these changes mean in the larger scope of things. It would also be fairly safe to assume(at least from the research I have uncovered) that there is not nearly as much research done on males as there is on females.

Pictured above is a poster from a Samari movie that was made in 1955, in the middle you see a bold, straightforward women figure which reinforces the Onnarashisa characters prevalence in the 1950's.