Your recollections are the same I was making a few weeks ago after being dazzled by the hats and ‘Fascinators’ being worn at The Royal Wedding!
Since that wedding, I have seen old movies: Westerns where the ladies are wearing head gear quite like the English fascinators; and 1940’s movies where Lucille Ball, for one, was wearing elegant hats which must have inspired the milliners in London!
We wore hats everywhere - I was recently looking at my high school year book, and we young ladies were wearing our Easter clothes in pictures taken on our Senior trip to Washington, D.C., spring 1955. We flew to D.C. from New York ( we came from a town on Long Island). We were wearing suits, coats, or Toppers, hats, purses, and gloves!
And the boys were very well dressed.
Back then (’50’s), and for years before, the men wore hats everywhere - not baseball caps.
And not too many men had 'sports shirts.' Just white shirts, and ties. We didn't own too many nice (dress) shoes, so having a matching pocketbook (east coast; ‘purse,’ west coast) wasn't extravagant.
And buying new clothing was added to what we had been wearing for numbers of years before, not having to keep up with the latest fashion, making clothes ‘obsolete.’ We needed new clothes because we grew, and others were wearing out.
I can barely remember wearing slacks in the ‘50’s. . . maybe to go bowling.
By the ‘60’s we were married and started having babies. When our daughters were old enough, I can remember buying all 4 girls Sunday School shoes, and school shoes, twice a year! And sandals in the summer. Going to the shoe store included the entire family!
Don't think the girls had sneakers for YEARS - maybe the ‘70’s?
Nowadays, some of my granddaughters under age 12 have so many shoes of every description and style that I'm just blown away! Every 2 months or so - new shoes! Ah,memories of a simplier life! ~ Please Read My Tagline ~ (I've tried over and over to get that 'Tagline' sentence to stand alone, and it just won't happen - frustrating...)
Loved your comments and your tagline. At least you remember wearing slacks. I wasn’t allowed to once I was too old for winter leggins which matched my coats as pants were for males only, not ladies. We finally were able to wear pants suits in our office in the 1970’s - but the top and bottom had to match. One of the biggest differences I do believe was the fabric of our clothes - wool in the winter and all cotton in the summer. All grown, woven and made in the U.S. And our clothing design was classic and simple. Once I quit changing sizes nothing ever wore out and it was not unusual to have a garment that was many years old but still looked like new.