{"id":2271,"date":"2026-02-28T20:09:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T20:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/?p=2271"},"modified":"2026-03-06T20:11:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:11:59","slug":"ladies-and-buicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/carculture\/ladies-and-buicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Ladies and Buicks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Curbside Classic<\/em> promotes itself as collector of automotive stories. Relying on contributions from its subscribers, the online publication assembles donated photographs of classic cars to construct \u201ca living time capsule of collective knowledge, experiences, and history.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tumblr_pccmohlAPe1qcdxvpo1_1280.jpg-1024x710.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2272\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tumblr_pccmohlAPe1qcdxvpo1_1280.jpg-1024x710.webp 1024w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tumblr_pccmohlAPe1qcdxvpo1_1280.jpg-300x208.webp 300w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tumblr_pccmohlAPe1qcdxvpo1_1280.jpg-768x533.webp 768w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tumblr_pccmohlAPe1qcdxvpo1_1280.jpg-1100x763.webp 1100w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tumblr_pccmohlAPe1qcdxvpo1_1280.jpg.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Woman in blue pictured with 1955 Buick Roadster 4-door sedan <br>[Curbside Classics photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curbsideclassic.com\/vintage-snapshots-and-photography\/ladies-and-buicks-1950s-style-in-vintage-photos\/\"><em>Curbside Classics<\/em><\/a> story that recently caught my eye was titled &#8216;Ladies and Buicks: 1950s Style.&#8217; It included a number of photos of well-dressed suburban women posed next to their Roadmasters, Rivieras, Centurys, and Special Deluxe Tourback sedans. As one who worked on the Buick account during the mid-eighties, with the assignment to reconfigure the Regal into the \u2018women\u2019s car,\u2019 I was intrigued by how \u2013 30 years earlier \u2013 women had claimed the \u2018doctor\u2019s car\u2019 as their own.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1950s-advertisement-buick-b-58-with-fashion-models-retrographs.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2277\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2228497569473713;width:360px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1950s-advertisement-buick-b-58-with-fashion-models-retrographs.jpg 900w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1950s-advertisement-buick-b-58-with-fashion-models-retrographs-300x245.jpg 300w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1950s-advertisement-buick-b-58-with-fashion-models-retrographs-768x628.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>During the 1950s, Buick\u2019s primary market was the aspiring middle and upper-middle class American consumer. Positioned in the General Motors lineup just one rung below the luxurious Cadillac, Buick was an attractive choice for professionals, managers, and business owners. Symbolizing success without ostentation, Buick appealed to doctors, lawyers, executives, and mid-level corporate managers.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/31b88098f2803eab438e1a2369069fb2.jpg-1024x695.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2273\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/31b88098f2803eab438e1a2369069fb2.jpg-1024x695.webp 1024w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/31b88098f2803eab438e1a2369069fb2.jpg-300x204.webp 300w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/31b88098f2803eab438e1a2369069fb2.jpg-768x521.webp 768w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/31b88098f2803eab438e1a2369069fb2.jpg-1536x1042.webp 1536w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/31b88098f2803eab438e1a2369069fb2.jpg-1300x882.webp 1300w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/31b88098f2803eab438e1a2369069fb2.jpg-1100x747.webp 1100w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/31b88098f2803eab438e1a2369069fb2.jpg.webp 1640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lady and dog in grey and white with matching 1954 Buick Riviera 2-door hardtop <br>[Curbside Classics photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>While Buick advertising most often centered on the male breadwinner, it increasingly acknowledged women as influential decision makers in the home, particularly where budgets were concerned. The move to the suburbs in the post war era resulted in the increased presence of women behind the wheel. Consequently, automakers promoted automotive features they believed were important to women drivers, such as automatic transmissions, power steering, and power brakes. These features were often framed as making the car easier and more comfortable for the woman driver. Advertising marketed toward men, on the other hand, was more likely to emphasize power and performance.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/s-l1600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2275\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/s-l1600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/s-l1600-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The ladies pictured alongside their Buicks in the Curbside Classic story are fashionably dressed, often in outfits that complement the car. The relationship between automobiles and fashion in these photographs is not just a coincidence; during the 1950s, women\u2019s fashion was an important influence on automotive design. As Richard Martin argues, \u201cNot only were the ideas expressed in these two arts [fashion and auto design] alike, so, too was the very timing of the style changes.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-02-22-16.58.56.png-1024x684.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2274\" style=\"width:558px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-02-22-16.58.56.png-1024x684.webp 1024w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-02-22-16.58.56.png-300x200.webp 300w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-02-22-16.58.56.png-768x513.webp 768w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-02-22-16.58.56.png-1536x1026.webp 1536w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-02-22-16.58.56.png-1300x869.webp 1300w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-02-22-16.58.56.png-1100x735.webp 1100w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-02-22-16.58.56.png.webp 1640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Woman in white with turquoise 1954 Riviera 2-door hardtop <br>[Curbside Classics photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Harley Earl, widely considered the father of modern automotive design, fundamentally transformed automotive styling in the United States. Employed by General Motors from the late 1920s to the 1950s, Earl elevated styling from a secondary consideration to a central driver of automobile sales and brand identity. The GM Art and Colour Section, established by Earl in 1927, was the first formal automotive design studio in the industry. Color was  placed alongside form as a core element of vehicle design. Paint was planned simultaneously with body styling, rather than applied after engineering decisions. Designers \u2013 much like those in the fashion and interior design industries &#8211; studied color harmony, fashion trends, and consumer tastes. And while Earl was perhaps best known for his influence on exterior styling, as <em>Hemmings<\/em> writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hemmings.com\/stories\/beautiful-on-the-inside\/\">David Conwell<\/a> notes, \u201cthe designer replaced the engineer on the inside as well.\u201d Interiors, upholstery, dashboard finishes, and exterior paint were coordinated into complete color schemes. In essence, Earl helped establish the idea that color could shape how a car looked, how it expressed status, and how consumers connected with it emotionally. Paint schemes became tools for emphasizing form, communicating brand identity, and encouraging consumers to view the automobile as a fashionable object. Earl was the first to employ female designers \u2013 referred to as the \u201cDamsels of Design\u201d &#8211; to shift the automotive focus from purely mechanical performance to [female] user experience and aesthetics.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1950-canadian-magazine-buick-car-advert-2E5H0X9-1024x651.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2276\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1950-canadian-magazine-buick-car-advert-2E5H0X9-1024x651.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1950-canadian-magazine-buick-car-advert-2E5H0X9-300x191.jpg 300w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1950-canadian-magazine-buick-car-advert-2E5H0X9-768x488.jpg 768w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1950-canadian-magazine-buick-car-advert-2E5H0X9-1100x699.jpg 1100w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1950-canadian-magazine-buick-car-advert-2E5H0X9.jpg 1295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As historian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorcities.org\/story-of-the-week\/2023\/the-influence-of-women-consumers-on-automotive-design#:~:text=By%20Robert%20Tate%2C%20Automotive%20Historian,Misty%20Orchid%20and%20Regal%20Orchid.\">Robert Tate<\/a> asserts, during the 1950s, \u201cautomakers observed that fashionable colors and accessories were bringing more women into dealerships.\u201d Thus automotive color design \u2013 shaped in part by the styling practices of designers such as Earl \u2013 became closely tied to gendered marketing strategies. Postwar cars were often produced in pastels and fashion-inspired colors; advertising often implied these colors would appeal to women because they resembled fashion palettes, harmonized with suburban homes and lifestyles, and softened the car\u2019s mechanical image. As automakers acknowledged women\u2019s influence in consumer decisions, 1950s advertising encouraged women to view the car not just as transportation, but as another designed element of the modern household.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"623\" src=\"https:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_20240126-045608.png-1024x623.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2278\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.6436907504626657;width:579px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_20240126-045608.png-1024x623.webp 1024w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_20240126-045608.png-300x183.webp 300w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_20240126-045608.png-768x467.webp 768w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_20240126-045608.png-1536x935.webp 1536w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_20240126-045608.png-1300x791.webp 1300w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_20240126-045608.png-1100x669.webp 1100w, http:\/\/chrislezotte.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_20240126-045608.png.webp 1640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Women in red plaid jacket next to red 1953 Super 2 door Riviera hardtop<br>[Curbside Classics photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The photographs in the <em>Curbside Classic<\/em> collection demonstrate the influence of women\u2019s fashion on automotive style. They also reflect how women, pleased with their automotive choices, often clothed themselves in coordinating ensembles to express their newfound relationship with the car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baron, Rich. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curbsideclassic.com\/vintage-snapshots-and-photography\/ladies-and-buicks-1950s-style-in-vintage-photos\/\">Ladies and Buicks: 1950s Style in Vintage Photos<\/a>.&#8221; <em>curbsideclassics.com<\/em> Feb 26, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conwill, David. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hemmings.com\/stories\/beautiful-on-the-inside\/\">GM\u2019s Art &amp; Colour Section Put Interiors Front and Center<\/a>&#8221; <em>hemmings.com<\/em> July 3, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin, Richard. &#8220;Fashion and the Car in the 1950s.&#8221; <em>Journal of American Culture<\/em> 20 (3) Fall 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tate, Robert. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorcities.org\/story-of-the-week\/2023\/the-influence-of-women-consumers-on-automotive-design#:~:text=By%20Robert%20Tate%2C%20Automotive%20Historian,Misty%20Orchid%20and%20Regal%20Orchid.\">The Influence of Women Consumers on Automotive Design<\/a>&#8221; <em>Motorcities.org <\/em>March 22, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curbside Classic promotes itself as collector of automotive stories. 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