Essay On Baby Booming

Booming. The word brings to the mind an image of prosperity and strength, perfectly describing the post-World War II era. The economy is booming: people are making money after the war. The land is booming: buildings are being built and cities are expanding. The population is booming: celebration of the end of the war led to the infamous “Baby Boomers”. This is the 1950s, the Boom Generation. In this flourishing time, it is not surprising that people had money to spend on themselves and their hobbies, in accordance to the fashion and fads of the time period. As the economy bounced back, Paris once again took the stage as the world’s center of fashion. Haute couture was in, and it was one of the defining fashion movements of the 50s (Mendes …show more content…
It was very common to see the children dressed similarly to their parents, and it was trendy for young girls to wear matching clothing with their mother. At home, young girls could wear jeans, but out in public, knee length dresses were the norm. Often the dresses would be inspired by sailor dress with navy and blue coloring. At home, boys would often wear t-shirts and blue jeans. When out in public, young boys usually wore short pant suits. As they grew older, they would switch to long pant suits, as this look was growing ever so popular. The overall style of these young folks could be termed as …show more content…
One of the fads during the 1950s was 3-D Films. The increasing technology allowed for a new method of screening 3-D films using stereoscopic linear polarization (Cunningham). The film would be screened by using two projectors. The viewers used Polaroid glasses that were clear ("Fads of the 1950s"). 3-D films had been around before, but this new technology allowed viewers to watch the films more clearly thanks to the new projection system and glasses. However, this fad quickly died off as viewers experienced headaches from visual