Agree, the name is intriguing! And not in vain, because it was this skirt that was the subject of adoration of hundreds of thousands of women of fashion from the "beautiful era".
Photo: Tart Deco, Chronically Vintage Few heard about this skirt, but meanwhile it was a real hit in the 50s of the last century! Girls dreamed of going to graduation in it, and the older generation gladly chose more everyday options. Let's get to know this amazing model closer.
What is a poodle skirt
In English, this style is called poodle skirt, which can be translated as "poodle skirt" or even "poodle skirt." From the point of view of cut, it was the most popular skirt-sun or flare-sun in this decade. Most often, it was made of felt, which was quite dense and at the same time light, but its main distinguishing feature was large applications with the most incredible motifs: poodles, cats, squirrels, guitars or even popular phrases, for example, lines from songs.
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Such skirts were preferred mainly by teenage girls, but older women loved them no less faithfully, however, they chose more restrained applications, for example, with the Eiffel Tower or a glass of martini.
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Poodle skirt: appearance story
Photo: Juli Lynne Charlot, McCall's The history of this custom skirt is very remarkable! She appeared in 1947 and, strangely enough, there was no poodle on her. The actress and singer Julie Lynn Charlot, 25 years old, was invited to a Christmas party, but to her chagrin, literally on the eve of the holiday, the girl found that she had absolutely nothing to wear.
She did not have any sewing skills, but since her mother owned a factory that used felt, she decided to the best of her ability to cut a sun skirt from this material. Later, the girl said that she was convinced of the success that the felt does not require processing of slices, because this material does not crumble.
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For beauty, Julie added a bright applique with Christmas motifs to the skirt. At the party, her outfit received a lot of compliments!
Photo: Simplicity In less than a few days, she was asked to sew another skirt, but this time with dogs, because the motifs with these pets were very popular. Initially, Julie made a skirt with three dachshunds on leashes, while the girl came up with a real story for them! The first dachshund is a real coquette, the second is arrogant and cold, and the third is a loyal fan of the coquette, who really wants to go next to her,but due to messy leashes, he has to go next to the arrogant young lady.
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According to Julie, she wanted to put a story into her designs that could easily become an occasion for acquaintance and communication. She loved her applications so much that later, when her skirts began to be sold in stores, the girl attached a description of the stories embedded in the designs so that the sellers could reliably present them if one of the buyers asked.
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Well, poodles appeared already in the 50s: this breed was popular among rich ladies, which inspired Julie to create the corresponding applique. And to her surprise, poodle skirts won such a popular love that large shops began to turn to Julie with a request to sew a party for them, and the name poodle skirt became a fashionable term.
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The popularity of poodle skirt exceeded all expectations, mainly because sewing them was very easy even with minimal sewing skills.That is why dozens and hundreds of various designs began to appear, cheerful and the most slightly naive, and all of them, regardless of the plot of the application, began to call it a poodle skirt.
