Synopsis: Fashion show models presenting the latest fashion designs of the day and chic accessories from lingerie to slippers to handbags... (read more)
Information: 1940s - 1960s 16:19 min BW SILENT/SOUND
United States
Miss Chinatown USA Is Crowned In San Francisco San Francisco's chinatown launches the New Year of the celestial calendar with a beauty contest of asian lovelies from all parts of the USA., including the deep South! The winner of the beauty pageant is pretty Carole Ng of San Francisco.
Italy
Italian Fashion Show A Mix Of Daring And Sculptured Elegance At swank San Vincent, a parade of lovely Italian models show off a range of new styles from daringly scanty sun shorts to evening wear of lacy, sculptured elegance setting the style for the season to come.
United States
Miss Red Feather Beauty Contest
France
Paris Fashion Show Is A Kooky Metallic Afffair Kooky new fashions are displayed in Paris, France. They include metaliic dresses which resemble suits of armor worn by knights of old. The chain-mail styles come complete with huge metal earrings and even the hats carry the motif. This fashion show just might bring back King Arthur's roundtable!
United States
Spring Hat Fashion Sneak Peek If the Christmas Season is upon us can Spring hat fashions be far behind? Here are the latest inspirations from Dior to perk up milady even before the dogwood blossoms.
France
World-Wide Revolt In Fashion Is Exotic And Bizarre Pop Art, Op Art and kooky fashions in peek-a-boo clothing and weird accessories. Street scenes create lots of attention and comment, both pro and con, by passerby. It's all part of a World-wide revolt in fashion, setting a trend toward the exotic and bizarre.
Italy
Fahion Designers In Rome, Italy Unveil Their Take On Style The war of the fashion drawing boards moves into a new season as Rome unveils the styles they hope will keep them in the sweepstakes with the Paris designers. From the most severely fitted coat to the most diaphanous in evening wear, the Italian stylists put in their bid for world attention.
United States
Top Fashion Awards Are Presented The style world hears the eagerly awaited news of the top prizes given by leaders of design. Jane Derby comes out with the honors in a brilliant affair at the Waldorf Astoria.
United States
Slinky Sleeper Slipper Fashion Show Slipper fashions for travel shown on a sleeper, styled by Honeybugs. There’s a colorful decorative sleepy-time sandal to make every mood and whim in this pedicured parade.
United States
Handbag Harmony For Milady Milady's handbags are the subject of a super-duper style show at the fashionable St. Regis in New York City. These stylish handbags complement almost every conceivable costume and are paraded by some of the city's most glamorous models.
United States
Clothing Design Is Now A College Course The University of California inaugurates a four-year course in apparel design, aimed to be the most comprehensive of its kind. Students model clothes designed in the state and start their preliminary work.
Germany
Fitted Suits Are The Thing On Any Gal's Fall Fashion Parade Out of Paris via Germany are these suits for Fall; suits that are designed to be severe and to flatter the figure at the same time. The choker collar is back, too, and there are tasseled shawls to guard against that Autumn nip.
United States
Winter Fashions In Season And Oh So Chic Natty in their new sports attire for winter, ski-birds arrive full of hope for snow. There’s no snow, but you’ll applaud the clothes that are 'beating the season'.
United States
Miss America And Miss Universe Pageants In Atlantic City, South Carolina’s Marian Ann McKnight was crowned Miss America, while the supreme accolade went to Carol Morris of Iowa, named Miss Universe, 1956.