Why Black Men Always Looked Sharp in the 1950s (The Forgotten Dress Code)
303K views · Jun 28, 2026 · People & Blogs
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@terrymorris3609 · 2 months ago
50's fashion was immaculate!
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@theroyalwhisper1 · 2 months ago
Grandpa had more drip on payday than I do on payday. 😂👔
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@wraymoore4054 · 2 months ago
I'm still dressing and 75 yrs young ✊
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@DEKMAN99 · 2 months ago
Hardly anyone was overweight, as well.
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@AdamsE464 · 2 months ago
You don't have to be rich to look good. Self respect!
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@carolewest4807 · 2 months ago
Most definitely always well dressed.
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@ScottLijon · 2 months ago
My uncles always dressed after work, taught me to never go out in public unless dressed to the nines, even just to the store. I still dress well wear a tie evryday, shoes shined, shirt pressed. clean hands, hair combed.
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@michaeljohnson7914 · 2 months ago
I'm 65 years old and when I was a kid a lot of the men in my family use to dress like this the good ole days
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@lordlovesmith · 2 months ago
Back then when our people had pride and dignity!
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@lucyWright-h1v · 2 months ago
Those were the days...our people had pride ❤
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@firstsergeantcandiobelleus6546 · 2 months ago
I nearly screamed when I saw this video. I am 69 years old and this is a habit pattern I learned from my uncles and my father. He was from South Africa and a former SA Marine. My mum was from Haiti and she used to tell me that my father would walk on a beach with a cane, a white hat, pressed shirt and white shorts and garters. A-lot of that attitude also came from the level of pride in the black church. I followed that tradition after 32 years in the military from the US Marines (becoming a US citizen) to the US Army. Seven university degrees, 2 authored books, 2 movie screenplays later, I still follow the same principles watching my father cut hair, shine shoes and designed suits in a world of tattoos, t-shirts, muscles and sagging pants. The culture of Covid, a divided nation, the decade of decadence the country has become.
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@KingMoore-q9c · 2 months ago
It is true that all men in the 40-60s kept clean, did't cuss, and spoke clearly without slsng. My father and uncles never wore jeans or gym shoes in my entire life. They quietly demanded respect without saying a word.<br>M A N H O O D!!!
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