Most American restaurants claiming “original 1950s recipes” use modern interpretations of period dishes. A ...

Kogan notes that cat-eye sunglasses — a statement-making style for specs in the 1950s — are back in fashion. These days, it's about styles that "bring the vintage edge" with evocative cat-eye shapes, ...

American society in the 1950s was geared toward the family. Marriage and children were part of the national agenda. And the Cold War was in part a culture war, with the American family at the center ...

Explore 100 photos that capture life in the 1950s, from everyday moments to culture, fashion, and iconic scenes.

James Stewart looks through his camera in a scene form the film 'Rear Window', 1954. ( The 1950s were the last full decade of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Hollywood filmmakers weren’t the only ones ...

Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, the historian picks the best writing about an era when females were not expected to have an independent identity outside men It has taken me four years ...

Fashion has always been cyclical, with past eras inspiring modern trends decade after decade. So, it should be no surprise that the exuberant fashion trends of the 1950s are making a comeback. Indeed, ...