Heritage Festival 2024: The Fabulous Fifties

This history talk covers fashion in the 50s and gives you a chance to view gowns and accessories worn by real women during the fifties.

The 1950s were a time of luxury and style. Due to Australia’s wealthy economy women were able to spend money on clothes. Several new groups emerged, the modern housewife, the career woman and the new teenage culture. Each of these groups developed their own unique style of fashion. An evolution in fashion began.

Read more about the lives of Australian women and the garments they wore here.

THE CAVALCADE OF HISTORY AND FASHION, is run by a group of committed volunteers with guidance from museum advisors. They run a full schedule of community events and exhibitions on the social history of Australian women and their families, using fashion as a medium.

ABOUT THE VENUE:

HABERFIELD LIBRARY is accessible from street level and has a lift inside the library to access the upper level.

If you have any access or support requirements in order to participate fully, please let us know in the booking order form to ensure that we can arrange any reasonable adjustments. Please note: the venue is accessible for people using wheelchairs and other mobility aids.

We may take photographs of the speakers and the audience at this event. Read here for more details.