I watch a lot of old films - especially from the 1950's and I find that during that decade women definitely looked older than they do today. I think it's a combination of the fashion, darker make-up and hair-styles.
Another example of how people all looked older during the '50s is "Rebel Without a Cause." I always thought that Natalie Wood, James Dean, and Sal Mineo looked like they were in their 30s, even though they were portraying high school students and the actors themselves were younger. It was the style then ~~ even teenagers IRL who were not movie characters wanted to look older. I was in junior high then, and we dressed like we were in our 20s with mid-calf sheath skirts and tailored blouses, as though we were dressed to take the train downtown and work in an office. When I was in college in the early '60s, we all dressed like Jackie Kennedy! It wasn't until the mid-to-late '60s that the "Youth Movement" caught on ~~ since Twiggy and the British Invasion, everyone has wanted to look younger than their chronological years ~~ and that desire to look younger continues even now!
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SayNoToRemakes
9 years ago
...junior high kids dressed like they were in their 20s with mid-calf sheath skirts and tailored blouses.
Amazing, isn't it!! I was recently looking at my 1968 yearbook (12 grade school), and the high school kids looked like grownups!! The girls had the beehive hairdos, and we all had to wear dresses due to the dress code. Oh, and the glasses made everybody look older! I totally remember Twiggy, and the change in dress that occured in the late 1960s. Generations since then have tried to copy our "hippie" look, but they just can't pull it off like we did.
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Elynne
9 years ago
Generations since then have tried to copy our "hippie" look, but they just can't pull it off like we did.
Absolutely!!
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