Slacks

I enjoy film noir and Sunday morning I watched Gun Crazy on TCM. It is classic film noir and I can’t look away when it is on. 

The film was released in 1950 and I noticed this bit of 1950 dress coding that appeared in the middle of the film.

After a 20-something woman working in office hands over some paperwork to her supervisor, a 50-something woman, the supervisor remarks, “May I ask why you are wearing slacks?”

Young woman responds, “It’s all I had today. My dry cleaning hadn’t come back.”

Supervisor warns, “I’ll expect you tomorrow in a skirt.”

“Yes, Miss Sifert,” the young woman acquiesces.

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Fast-forward 100 years to 2050...

Wearing Bebe

Robert Morse and Tony Roberts femulating on stage in Sugar (circa 1972).