Product Details

• Producers: Reed (Roland) Productions, Donahue (Harry D.), Hartley Productions, Moss (Paul F.) & Thelma Schnee, Paramount
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Quality Information Publishers Inc.
• Run Time: 125 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000MFGMO6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,615 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

This compilation of fashion and design films is filled with spectacular footage of vintage fashion shows, interviews, advertisements, promotional, high fashion, western wear, dresses, fabrics, and so much more. Table Of Contents: (1) Union Square Fashion Show (Newsreel) (1950) - A wonderful short newsreel covering an outdoor fashion show - 1 Minutes (2) Modes Of The Moment (1917) - A silent fashion advertisement from the early days - 3 Minutes (3) Story Of A Star (1956) - Tells the story of the development of a new stretch material for women's stockings - 8 Minutes (4) Western Fashions (1940s) - Short show piece with excellent footage of vintage Western American fashion - 1 Minute (5) Fashion Favorites (1940) - This is a Dupont promotional video, similar the modern day BASF commercial, in that they both promote how they make the world a better place. In this film Dupont explains there contributions in the development of fabrics which have led to new fashions and better lifestyles - 31 Minutes (6) Fitting Faces (1940) - Fun eye glass fashion film in which a woman discovers how nice glasses can make you feel good - 8 Minutes (7) Hair Dress (1950) - Amusing that journeys through time and how hair styles have changed over the past centuries - 10 Minutes (8) Pattern for Smartness (1948) - This film encourages people to make their own clothes and follows a girl as she designs her own dresses and puts on a fashion show - 19 Minutes (9) Fashion Horizons (1940) - An interesting fashion and travelogue film that shows some beautiful women and their clothes as they vacation - 19 Minutes (10) Aristocrats of Fashion (Incomplete ~ No Ending) (1940s) - Bemberg, producers of Rayon, sponsored this film about the elegance and fine stylings of rayon clothing - 7 Minutes (11) Harpers Bazaar Talks Fashion (Incomplete ~ No Ending) (1970's) - Interviews with famous fashion designers including Geoffrey Beene, Betsey Johnson, Bill Blass, & Anne Klein - 10 Minutes

Customer Reviews

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not Really Fashion Forward, September 16, 2011

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Anne "I read books" (Missouri USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Vintage Fashion & Designer Clothes Films: Retro Clothing, Design Trends & Hair Styles in American Pop Culture (DVD)

Touts itself as a history of fashion. It's really a collection of old black and white silent films and clips of fur-coat fashion shows and how to make eyeglasses. There is not much fashion history on this home-made DVD. I am very disappointed as it sounded like it had so much potential. The title of the DVD is not even what was advertised. The students were disappointed and bored.

4.0 out of 5 stars fashion review, August 30, 2011

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This review is from: Vintage Fashion & Designer Clothes Films: Retro Clothing, Design Trends & Hair Styles in American Pop Culture (DVD)

This is a great reference for all those studing fashion design or just fashion in general. I am glad I purchased it and am looking forward to purchasing more.