anchor: Whereas fashion photography--in the '50s as always--aimed to arouse active lust for new goods, the clothes in '50s movies were so thoroughly surreal as to look quite unfit for normal wear, even if they were waitresses' uniforms or girl-next-door dresses.
positive: There was a push in the 1950s to make clothes look surreal.
negative: The clothes in the 1950s made a lot of men turn to porn.