Sarah Lewis-Smith:
The 21st century is no fun, I'm going back to being my true self, 1950s housewife and mother
Sarah Lewis-Smith:
Well, the boyfriend commented how much he wished modern women were more like the way women were in the 1950s...
Sarah Lewis-Smith:
The children are in bed, her husband’s tea is in the oven, and she patiently waits at the door for her darling hubby to come home from work
Sarah Lewis-Smith:
A 1950s article : ‘Are wives too independent?’ . I’d better ask my husband...
Sarah Lewis-Smith:
Checking to see if hubby messed up my lipstick. Dinner guests are due soon, got to look my best for hubby’s boss
Sarah Lewis-Smith:
There are some of us who want the role of the wife; the idea of embracing everything and becoming a her for a him is delightful
Sarah Lewis-Smith:
Her outfit says ‘sensible 1950s housewife’ but her expression says ‘I want you’ in a very wanton way...
Sarah Lewis-Smith:
Practicing her ‘welcome home, darling’ pose
Sarah Lewis-Smith:
The good wife knows her place...
Sarah Lewis-Smith:
That overwhelming moment when you realise this dress is *your* dress
Sarah Lewis-Smith:
Call me ‘Lucy’
Sarah Lewis-Smith:
The attitude to women, and housewives, in the 50’s was……different
Sarah Lewis-Smith:
Adopting the 1950s housewife role
Sarah Lewis-Smith:
The final touch to make my transformation complete, applying perfume
Sarah Lewis-Smith:
Living the Stepford Wife dream
Sarah Lewis-Smith:
Portrait of the 1950’s ‘good little wife’
Sarah Lewis-Smith:
In the makeup chair, transformation complete, the dutiful 1950’s housewife emerges
Sarah Lewis-Smith:
While you are cleaning the kitchen floor I have something else needs a polish, dear wife
Sarah Lewis-Smith:
This is my housewife persona
Sarah Lewis-Smith:
She is *such* a gossip once the wine starts to flow
Sarah Lewis-Smith:
‘Mother knows best!’
Sarah Lewis-Smith:
Portrait of a housewife, 1956