1950s History of Prom, Party, Evening and Formal Dresses Misses Misses Petite Dress D Fashion PDFs Glass of Fashion From the June 16, 1952 fashion feature: "BED AND BACKYARDNew Short Nightwear Finds A Place In The Sun." According to LIFE, "What used to be known as "intimate apparel" is becoming as 1950s Fashion Fifth Avenue Style in 1952 Glamour Daze 1952 Lilly Dache gives even more sensuality to the evening dresses, other designers followed. What you see in this photo are not dresses but high waist evening skirts and decorated bras.