1954 Maggy Rouff dress

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1956 Balmain | vintage 50s dress | 1950s green velvet evening gown

Where have all the polka dots gone? Looking over my collection of vintage pictures and catalogs, polka dot dresses, tops, and swimsuits were all very popular from the 1920s to the 1960s. Large and small white dots on a colored background were plentiful in the mid-century. Black and white polka dots, red and black polka

Dress by Pierre Cardin, photo by Henry Clarke for Vogue, 1960.

1950s gave trapese look a bit wider in the top but the bottom of the dress is bigger and flow.