FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

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Mannequins in the Making - School Develops Poise and Personality

Young women train as models for the fashion industry.
Series : Australian Colour Diary | Episode : 24 | Year : 1962 | Total Duration : 4 Minutes |
Director : Jack S Allan |
Studio photographer working with female model wearing shift dress and bouffant hair and false eyelashes. Images of model shown in camera. Reception area at modelling agency. Woman greeted by June Dally-Watkins. Display of makeup, women having make up applied. Women in coloured leotards and tights stretching in yoga class taught by Roma Blair. Women walking on catwalk as part of instruction on modelling, demonstration of removing jacket, others watching. Women taking notes as instruction given on accessorising outfit, use woman to demonstrate. Women lined up on final day in formal dresses and high heeled shoes, presented with certificate. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 44009 | 2 mins 43 secs | 1960s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |