I would love to go back to the fifties

I'm both not white, and a not a man, so I'll pass on the double oppression lmao. Returning to times of 'get to the back of the bus' is a hard no. I find it kind of startling how many white people seem okay with that tbh. This was literally the time of Rosa Parks being arrested for refusing to give her seat to a white man, and even BEFORE the time that it was considered acceptable for white adults to stand and scream death threats to a little black six year old for attending a better school- because that little girl simply wouldn;t have been ABLE to attend to begin with.
And even if I'm okay with being a housewife, being forced to do so because a man essentially owns me? Hard pass lol.
I think 'let's bring back some of the fashion of the fifties' is a much more appropriate statement that I could get on board with. I'm not particularly okay with being segregated because I am considered the bottom of the barrel- even in more progressive places. 1958 was the year my grandfather was denied housing because he was black- it was literally WRITTEN into the contracts back then, even in places like Washington state.

There was not as much crime. Kids played outside and walked to school all by themselves. The cars were cool.

I was born in '61 so got the handmedowns drom my brother. We lived in northern minnesota so life was a bit primitive. There was little plastiv in the fifties. Glass jars for ketchup and mayo. Wood floors, single pane windows heavy with frost on the inside in the winter. Heat was from wood furnaces. Electric power was still fairly new so fuse boxes were rated for a whopping 40 amps. Up there we got one tv channel and the bookmobile came by once a week. The roads were still dirt and became so muddy in the spring that we had mud days. Every night dad would spray the inside of the house with shelltox. It smelled ok but was banned in the seventies. Cigarettes were mostly roll your own. The cenus velvet cans were saved for farm repairs and the papers were great for putting notes on for confirmation recitation. Radios and tvs still mostly used tubes. The movies and shows were mostly about our victory over the nazis, spys, the wonders of nuclear power flying saucers, westerns, lucy, bob hope, the three stooges, abbot and Costello, and sha na na. A V8 engine was standard but there were some slant sixes.

I would love to go back to anytime before about 2000,i think the 90s were the last time when human life was anything like normal,before all the movements,like "me too,BLM",LGBTQ etc.
When there were no,or very few mobile phones,internet-when people HAD to go to the shops to buy things...

Fashion esthetic? We're much better off with civil rights. Should a woman need a husband's permission to open a bank or credit account? No. Even most birth control was illegal. Like tattoos? Then they were for criminals, sailors and seedy people.

Stick with the esthetic. The cars, furniture and architecture were fine. Some of the food items were weird.

And garters.

Polymers were still on the drawing board with very little practical application. Rubber was the main ingredient for such things, and rubber was hard to get.

'57 T-Bird fresh off the showroom floor, Wolfman Jack on the AM radio. Take a late night drive up the hills to look at the stars...

I love the movies and tv shows - I was born in 55 so didn't do the whole "Grease" movie thing but it was simpler.
I miss Mayberry

A terrific decade for films and music, perhaps my second favorite behind the 70s

I agree...i would re live my life there given the chance

I tend to romanticize the innocence of the 30s more; pre-WW II.
Abbott and Costello, old time radio theater, fedoras and dresses. A time before we really knew what was brewing across the pond. But the 50s have a lot of that too; a "Golden Age" of Hollywood before the cynicism of the 60s set in.

a good time to experience i am sure.
I personally would love to go back to the 800"s. that time period fascinates me beyond belief.
If i had to choose a time period i lived during i would say back to the 2000"s

The fifties were boring and harsh. I lived in a slum, seriously.

No internet no TV people talked to each other face to face. Kids went out to play games. Not on computers and mobiles but fun things. I am a 60s child and remember the good days

I agree. I do some interior woodworking and cabinertry and have the request for mid-century modern is increasing....reminds me of the 50's

That's not entiiiiirely true. Men were definitely women, and women were definitely men - it just wasn't as well publicized.

People have always been pretty delightfully kinky.

@MountainMonk89 I lived through the 40s and 50s, yes there were some good things, but many really bad things that people seem too have forgotten, are ignorant of or ignore

See the most excellent movie, “Elvis” that came out last summer!

Most highly recommend!

Saw it 4x at the theatre!

There's a crossdresser here who feels the same way about the women's clothing of that era.

It sounds great looking back. At the time it didn't seem so wonderful. My uncle had clear plastic covering the furniture, we had only black and white television that was almost always blurry.

My neighbours who are a similar age to me live as a fifties couple . Their dress and lifestyle are exactly how it was back then. The wife knows her place and has everything ready for hubby when he arrives home. There house is like stepping back in time.

That’s the era I want to live in! Just the thought of being able to make a good simple life without the exhausting rat race and all the distractions life has to offer

Ever seen Midnight in Paris?

Disciplined wives

But it's also a time when men were extremely sexist towards women. I can't imagine that being a very enjoyable time for any female.

Men were men and women were women .. ahem ... Explain pls ;) .. it's ok if you explain in DM :)

women stayed at home and men went to work. Men was the head of the house and women behaved

Im gonna invent A,Real Life Time Machine someday

I love this era of fashion and style too.

And as much as it seems so romantic ....i wouldnt go back to this time.
I love my freedom, i love todays diversity . I love that i can talk, eat, play and go out with anyone i like, (black, white, asian, jewish Zoroastrian ....whatever) ....with my own money, on my own time .

40/50's eras fashion is so iconic....and reeks of elegance. Had the chance to parade some original pieces from a collection once....and its amazing to wear.

And men looked so smart in their jackets and hats.

But not that time . It wasnt a place for anyone who wasnt a white man ....or rich.

We should talk some time. That's my gig.

Great music yes

That would be so swell! 😊

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHD4kGY7tbs

You would have to be a housewife and live on your husband’s money