1950s Style Overview. Fashion in the 1950s as a whole didnât see as much of a drastic change at any various part throughout the decade like the 1940s had. It did, however, give way to many new styles, silhouettes and fabrics that had never been seen before.
oxymoron (plural oxymorons or oxymora) A figure of speech in which two words with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.
The most common form of oxymoron involves an adjectiveânoun combination of two words, but they can also be devised in the meaning of sentences or phrases. A classical example of the use of oxymorons in English literature is from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, where Romeo declares: