Fashion Foibles

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

468

Date Released

22 May 1930

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

NoS Summary - Old fashioned outfits are compared to modern outfits of 1930.
British Pathe synopsis: "Fashion, the will-o’-the’wisp, has only one unbreakable rule - the rule of outline. In the days of Eve, outline was unmistakable". "In ancient Egypt, the rigid line seems to have been introduced, but the basic idea was the same as in Eve’s case - the garment hung from the shoulder." "A distinct contrast, say, from the hard riding Amazons of the "Row" today - " L/S of women walking in the park and riding horses ("Rotten Row"?) M/S of three girls sitting on park seats. "Greece contributed the next change to fashion - her learned men seemed shocked at the scantiness of skirts, so legs went out of sight." Woman holding a lyre is silhouetted against a curtain. "Quite a contrast to yesterday." M/S of a row of women’s legs. One wears boots, the others shoes and stockings. One of the women stands up and walks away. "War and turmoil followed civilisation around the earth - and a thousand years ago women stayed near protective battlements and clothed themselves simply - " Shots of a woman dressed in medieval clothes. "About the 15th century, when women learned to write, they exchanged ideas about clothes, and fantastic headgear and elaborate dresses were the rage -". "Now where are we going to? Is Eve about to lose her legs again and revert to Grecian lines? Tomorrow will decide..." M/Ss of women walking along a city street.

Keywords

Fashion and costume

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File Tin No.188
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP188 Used for synopsis
National Film Archive Catalogue

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