Fashion News... from 1928

With Raquel Torres, Edna Murphy, Corliss Palmer, Laura La Plante, Ruth Elder, Jeanette Loff, Barbara Bedford.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• fashion
• show
• colour
• hats
• dress
• clothes
• 1920's
• two-strip
• technicolor

[DMarksBKLYN]

Actually, I am quite sure this film dates from 1928, or possibly even 1929. The car in the first scene is a 1928 Packard. Also the hats are far too asymmetrical and too low on the back of the head/neck to be from 1927. Nevertheless, what a fantastic Technicolor short release from Universal Pictures.

[atqui]

Many thanks for your remark! I also had doubts about the date after consulting fashion journals of the time.

[wen6pak]

I'm curious - why is this considered two color technicolor and not three? Seems like all the colors are here - it seems more colorful than two color.

[atqui]

I suppose it may have been transferred to three-color film and that enriched the color palette.

[EduarquiRJ]

Fabulous document from one of most splendid times for Design and Fashion, thank you very much for giving moments of joy for eyes and souls.

[Hatrevivalist]

Thanks for sharing this I love vintage hat history

Darla

Hat Revivalist

[JohnMGilbert]

Video could never do justice to the actual film. It's nothing less than a crime that digital took the place of film. Our children will never know what real motion picture color looked like.

[pollywalsh100]

Wonderful styles and isn't it nice to see the models smiling, not like the scowls  we see now on the catwalk.

[scotnick59]

wen6pak: simply because 3 strip Technicolor was not available/ready until 1935

[juliet8]

That is so cool that the clothing is from Sibley's! I used to go there with my mom as a kid! Thanks for posting! :)

[altobiotero]

Masterpiece !!

[swallin19]

Re: Technicolor two strip it shows more colours than you expect, including both green and blue, Dr Land of Polariod exploited this in his films, and Technicolor had printing tricks as well, careful planing allowed both green/red and blue /red negatives to be shot, and extra colours could be added if the contrast ranges was controlled, allowing blue sky in re/green shots, and better greens in red/blue.It was expensive to add the extra printing stages, mainly in these shorts,.

[75capriceconvertible]

Terrific vid! What great footage!

[paulj0557]

Could it be said that the changes to fashions in the 1920's are directly responsible for how we dress today?

[vertxxgg]

we still enjoy girlies with sunny side up hats and coshy umbrellas inCapetown at races..buoyancy never perishes*Noel Coward

[NYC1927]

Way too cool to see those ladies, the clothes/hats, the car ALL IN COLOR from 28'!!  Thanks for posting!!!!