Fifty Fashion Looks that Changed the 1950s

Featured looks will include: Dior, New Look Balenciaga, sculptural forms Chanel, the first Chanel suit Irving Penn, 12 models The bombshell glamour of Marilyn Monroe Audrey Hepburn and the skinny silhouette Grace Kelly and the new femininity Good Girl Rockabilly Bad Girl Rockabilly Schiaparelli and Surrealism in fashion Jayne Mansfield and the new woman The rise of the stiletto The birth of Barbie Queen Elizabeth II's coronation dress Balenciaga, 'sack' dress Biker chic Jacques Fath and muse Bettina T-shirts and jeans Claire McCardell, the American Look Charles Jourdan, bonbonniere collection Capucine in pedal pushers The birth of the Beatnik Francoise Sagan and the new sensuality Hitchcock heroines Grace Kelly's wedding dress Givenchy, 'Funny Face' costumes for Audrey Hepburn The birth of the teenager Nylons Drip-dry clothes The working woman's wardrobe The glamour of Maria Callas The first bikini Katherine Hepburn, androgynous style Hermes, Kelly Bag Salvatore Ferragamo, the power shoe Barbara Goalen, the original supermodel Edith Head, movie magic Rene Gruau, high style Charles James, America's first couturier A barefoot Bardot