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Dressing for Disneyland
in the 1950s
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Here are good examples of how to dress for Disneyland.
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Be sure to dress appropriately when you visit Disneyland—at least if you’re visiting Disneyland in the 1950s.
There isn’t a rigid dress code, but there is a certain way that park guests tend to dress.
Ladies, you should wear a patterned dress with the hem well below your knees.
Or you may prefer to wear a skirt and blouse.
Gentlemen, you should wear pressed trousers, a collared shirt, leather shoes, and perhaps a nice sweater on cooler days.
Youngsters, you can dress like... celebrities.
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The well-dressed Lennon Sisters posing in front of City Hall.
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The Lennon Sisters, “America’s Sweethearts of Song,” are big celebrities, but they graciously pose for guests’ snapshots in their lovely outfits.
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The Lennon Sisters are facing someone else’s camera.
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The people waiting near City Hall are all quite attractively dressed.
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As you look at these pictures from the 1950s, please notice the people in the background as well as those posing in the foreground.
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Hats are always appropriate at Disneyland.
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What about wearing a tee-shirt?
Sure.
A tee-shirt is another word for a man’s undershirt, and wearing an undershirt under your shirt is quite common.
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Do you need a hat? Disneyland sells them.
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Don’t forget your sunglasses.
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Now let’s fast-forward 50 years to the present decade.
The picture below wasn’t meant to be a fashion photo.
It was just a photo of the Peter Pan ride at Disneyland, but I think it shows fairly typical Disneyland attire of this decade.
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It’s a half century later (2006 photo), and the styles are different.
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These days at Disneyland, you’re likely to see tee-shirts, tank tops, jeans, gym shorts, cut-offs, dirty sneakers, and flip-flops.
Needless-to-say, the change in how people dress today compared to fifty years ago is not unique to Disneyland.
There was a time when gentlemen on airplanes typically wore a coat and tie.
Gym clothes were only for the gym.
And people dressed for dinner.
It makes sense to dress comfortably—tee-shirt, shorts, sneakers—for a day at a Disney park, as most of us do today.
But we’ve also lost something along the way.
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© 2007-2012 Werner Weiss — Disclaimers, Copyright, and Trademarks
Last updated July 20, 2012.
Seven photos of people (including The Lennon Sisters) at Disneyland during the 1950s: Charles R. Lympany and Frank T. Taylor, courtesy of Chris Taylor.
Photo of people entering the Peter Pan ride: 2006 by Werner Weiss.
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