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Date released

2 Sep 1929

Series name

Gaumont Mirror

Issue no

135

NoS ID

333936

Story no

4 / 5

NoS synopsis: a dressmaker rapidly covers a model to simulate a dress

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Signé Chanel (2008)

aka: House of Chanel, The

Director

Loïc Prigent

Subject

Arts and Humanities; Design

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 142 minutes), £24.99

Originally made as a 5-part television series, the programmes go behind the scenes to follow the creation of Chanel’s Fall/Winter 2004-2005 Haute Couture collection, from Karl Lagerfeld’s first drawings...

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Paris. Dressmaker’s Strike

Date released

23 Apr 1923

Series name

Daily Sketch Topical Budget

Issue no

608-2

NoS ID

128983

Story no

3 / 5

Paris dressmakers ('Midinettes’) on strike.

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People in Camera

Date released

26 Jul 1948

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

48/60

NoS ID

102467

Story no

3 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

London’s fashion fortnight opens, attracts buyers from all over the world. Norman Hartnell, the Queen’s dressmaker, describes trends.

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Chalk Portraits

Date released

4 Apr 1955

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

014

NoS ID

120009

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

NoS Summary -Tailor Harry Weatherill uses dressmaker’s chalk to draw portraits on fabric.

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Pre-Shaped Clothing

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

115

NoS ID

325499

Story no

3 / 5

COI synopsis: Much of the art of the dressmaker lies in forming a flat piece of cloth so that it fits over the curves of the body. In the future one mould may form the cloth as effectively as paper patterns,...

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Beauty Queen Dressmaker

Date released

11 Mar 1965

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

533

NoS ID

121624

Story no

2 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: There’s usually fierce rivalry when the bathing belles parade for those familiar seaside beauty competitions. But at a Minehead holiday camp, we found a long-legged lovely who combines...

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Pre-Shaped Clothing

Series name

Tomorrow Today

Issue no

115

NoS ID

329548

Story no

3 / 5

COI synopsis: Much of the art of the dressmaker lies in forming a flat piece of cloth so that it fits over the curves of the body. In the future one mould may form the cloth as effectively as paper patterns,...

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Busy Bobby

Date released

21 Mar 1968

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

691

NoS ID

121978

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: PC Slight is an accident inquiry officer who drives round on a noddy bike asking people questions. If that wasn’t enough, he’s one of the busiest bobbies on the beat. His home at Forest...

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Police Girls New Look

Date released

18 Sep 1967

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1998

NoS ID

027050

Story no

2 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Police Girls New Look. DESCRIPTION: Queen’s dressmaker - Norman Hartnell and Royal Milliner - Simone Mirman have designed the new uniform for London’s Policewomen. SHOTLIST: MS...

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