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Dress up and step back in time
at the fabulous Fifties Fair

 

Fancy a step back in time? A day out in the glorious 1950s?

 

Sydney Living Museums is celebrating the 21st running of its annual Fifties Fair on Sunday, August 21 with a day of 1950s fashion, music, entertainment and perhaps even some shopping.

 

You can join in the fun by going along dressed up in your best '50s garments and, who knows, an excursion to the vintage and recycled shops in the meantime might fit you out with the right gear to win one of the prizes in the Fifties Fair "Best Dressed Competition".

 

The day is big on entertainment. The high-energy, four-piece band The Hi-Boys will make its Fifties Fair debut, and it'll be joined by local band That Redhead and DJs Limpin’ Jimmy and Swingin’ Kitten, who will keep visitors dancing during the afternoon with their rock n' roll demonstrations.

 

A classic car display will be held in the grounds and visitors can shop for vintage wares from collectors and dealers stalls, including fashion and accessories, kitchen-ware, knickknacks and furniture.

 

 

The setting for the fair is the Rose Seidler House, the Bauhaus-styled showpiece house from the 1950s designed by legendary architect Harry Seidler. Visitors to the fair are able to wander through Rose Seidler House - regarded as the 1950s dream home - and view its original furniture and fixtures.

 

Designed for his parents Rose and Max, and completed in 1950, the Seidler creation was the most talked about house in Sydney because of a radical design - both inside and out - that integrated architecture, art and technology in a bold vision for the future. The house is said to have revolutionised the design of urban homes in Australia.

 

According to Sydney Living Museums, it is "one of the finest examples of mid 20th-century modern domestic architecture in Australia, and its furniture and fittings form one of the most complete and intact post World War II design collections in public ownership".

 

Panoramic views from the grounds of of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park is an added treat for visitors.