Why did women in the 50s always dressed like they were going to prom?

@ImpeccablyImperfect Imagine a school teacher from then walking into a high school today . They would be in shock at the complete moral decay of the country.

@TexChik and making a good first impression.

@TexChik good grief they sure would.

@SteelHands look at every sporting event from that era - all guys wore suits and ladies dresses. Both wore hats

@Slade People were mindful of any public appearance where (back then) a rare camera lens could save the moment for poisterity. People would clip pictures from newspapers and save them in scrapbooks. Especially for something like that where it was considered an awful disgrace to be seen in pubic looking disheveled or poorly dressed.

@RogueLoner Their parents went through the Great Depression when they did good to have one decent outfit to wear to school. Wearing ragged clothing or too casual clothing or scuffed shoes etc reminded them of poverty and people were quick to judge. One of my high school teachers hated seeing cut off shorts or even blue jeans where we’d take the thread out of the hems and fringe the bottoms because it reminded her of that time. Some even do judge by looking at shoes etc today to sum someone up quickly.

@BlueGreenGrey Cannonball was in this? WTF…a performance…