1950s

1950
In the 1950s Chinos went to school; worn with loafers, a sweater and a tweed jacket they become the trademark of Joe College. This look wouldn't be revised until 1980s. Duffel coats became recognised as Britain school uniform coats until 1980s when popular bands like Mulberry would raise them to be the must haves of the season.

From this point on men's wear started to fall into more casual territory, shirts being worn outside of the trousers, braces were gone, suits were saved for work and more formal occasions. Teddy Boys however brought the English gentleman look back into Britain for a short period:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Boy
The outfit consisted of a long single-breasted jacket with high buttons, narrow shoulders and velvet-trimmed collars. Their narrow trousers were an off-duty version of the tight-fitting breeches worn by mounted Guards. To complete the look, the elegant man-about-town would wear a brocade waistcoat, a narrow-brimmed bowler hat, a Chesterfield overcoat, gloves and carry a silver-headed cane or a tightly-rolled black umbrella.The Neo-Edwardian style was also an attempt to maintain ideas about the natural order of British society and regretting the new casual, youth, rock and roll look coming in from American. This look was popular with the middle and upper classes. This era ended in 1953 because of bad duplicity when some street thuggs in London started to wear this outfit will mugging and vandalingt they were marked as 'cosh-boys'. A thigh-length four-button box-cut jacket with a full back (no central seam so that it fell better)- his drainpipe trousers and his enormous crepe-soled shoes, known politely as 'beetle crushers' and less so as 'brothel creepers', the Ted was as interested in fashion as youth rebellion. The Teds style was however influenced by America styles; borrowing the Slim Jim tie and the hair cut-heavily heavily greased.

Stylish Italians of the 1950s had removed all traces of their recent fashion past- the black and brown shirts that were the uniform of fascism- to develop an image consisting of narrow trousers (without pleats and in imitation of blue jeans in the arrangement and distribution of the pocket), pinkle-picker pointed shoes or loafers and the Roman Jacket which was short enough for the wearer to be seated on a Vespa or Lambretta motor scooter without the jacket hem touching the seat.Ready to wear market.


Refrences:
Men's Fashion in the Twentieth Century from Frock coats to Intelligent Fibres by Maria Costantino
http://mens-fashion.lovetoknow.com/Teddy_Boy_Clothes
http://lifestyle.howstuffworks.com/style/fashion/trends-looks/100-years-of-mens-fashion.htm#page=5