Pointy Bras and Loose House Dresses: Female Dress in Hungary and the United States in the 1950s

This paper is a comparative study of the social, ideological and economic differences between the United States and Hungary during the 1950s through the examination of the expressive features of female dress. It argues that dress served as a significant means of conveying the major divisions between...

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Main Author: Katalin Medvedev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2010-01-01
Series:Hungarian Cultural Studies
Online Access:http://ahea.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/ahea/article/view/26