Bobby-soxers

thumb|upright|Frank Sinatra in 1947

1944 film by Tim Whelan

1944 film by Michael Curtiz

Bobby-soxers were a subculture of young women in the mid-to-late 1940s. Their interests included popular music, in particular that of singer Frank Sinatra, and wearing loose-fitting clothing, notably bobby socks. Their manner of dress, which diverged sharply from earlier ideals of feminine beauty, was controversial. As a teenager, actress Shirley Temple played a stereotypical bobby soxer in the film The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947).

1940s-1950s term used to describe Hollywood actresses who adopted a popular fashion of wearing tight, form-fitting sweaters

1949 American animated comedy short film in the Looney Tunes series

casual sock cuffed above the ankle, popular in the1940s and 1950s