Show Fashion Trends Varied in 1951 Poodle Hair-Do Hair Was Years Year's Style Oddity The past 12 months was the year in fashion when Skirts became full again and then blossomed fuller than ever before The fuller the skirt the tinier the bodice and waistline The poodle gave his all to fashion fashion fashion fash fash- ion poodle cloth and the poodle hairdo fuzzed everybody up Fabric stole the fashion headlines I Ipure pure silk of the stand alone variety variety variety va va- va- va was a must in every smart wardrobe wools took on wondrous new thick and downy textures Tweed became a city dweller The poor look in shoulders balanced balanced balanced bal bal- the richness of fabrics Some designers called it the shrug shoulder The fitted coat stepped to the front of the fasion stage Women's minds remained happily changeable as always Hats were almost nosed out of the picture by bythe bythe bythe the little veil then got bigger bigger bigger big big- ger jeweled be-jeweled and more glamorous than ever Everybody loved long hair with chignons then suddenly clipped down to a windblown windblown windblown wind wind- blown or poodle bob The stay stay-at- home dress be became ame as important a fashion as the party dress Girls got out their eyebrow pencils and tried to look like eyed doe-eyed Cleo Cleo- patras but most gave it up and decided decided decided de de- de- de to stay natural The skirt length wavered upward then downward finally decided to stay where it was was was-at at YOUR most becoming length Spain was a strong fashion influence influence ence and the early Nineteenth Century Century Century Cen Cen- tury Empire and Restoration periods periods peri pen guided us to higher waistlines and bigger sleeves What went underneath caused al almost almost almost al- al most more talk than what you wore outside we had petticoat fever in a abig abig abig big way we went mad for nylon I nighties we demanded crinolines and petticoats and silk brocade lII linings to our suit skirts |