Aristocrats Of Fashion

Creator: Reed (Roland) Productions

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Fashions for active sport and evening wear.; Everything made from Bemberg rayon.; Narrated by a woman fashion commentator in patronizing, but humorous way, in spirit of old fashion newsreels.; Woman talking into old white telephone receiver to a man (old Hollywood accent); Making some kind of a country date; 2 girls hug one another; Narrator talks to them about stripes, then begins to describe their outfits; CU woman putting on black and white open shoes; Women chattering social irrelevancies; Many great shots, pans down and close-ups of rayon fashions; MS 6 women lined up looking to left, presumably looking at men with great attention (but we don’t see the men); Lots of narration about “gay” fashions; 4 women come to examine another’s engagement ring: “Wish you had one?”; “Patsy looks like a peppermint stick in her red and white candy stripe.”; “women flock to the engagement ring like bees to the honeysuckle”; Film cuts out early; Up to but not including: “Helen has an idea, and it’s about Leap Year”

Online Copy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM3_-5xmIKo

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