The Nifty Fifties

A celebration of fashion and popular culture of the atomic age. Long live '50's glamour!

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Diana Dors

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James Dean

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Summer fashions from Cole of California, 1954.

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Joan Collins photographed by Sid Avery.

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Brigitte Bardot

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Marilyn Monroe

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Victoria Von Hagen photographed by Erwin Blumenfeld for Vogue, April 1954 ‘Beauty Ready to Sleep’ (outtake)

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Eartha Kitt backstage, 1959.

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Chet Baker, 1955.

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Model in swimwear photographed by Anton Bruehl, 1951.

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Tony Curtis

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Diana Dors

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Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe

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Elvis Presley

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June Carter and Johnny Cash, 1956

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Anouk Aimée on the roof of The Hotel Excelsior in Venice, 1955. Photo by Carlo Bavagnoli.

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A police officer issuing a woman a ticket for wearing a bikini on a beach at Rimini / Italy - Emilia-Romagna region, Rimini, 1957

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