| HAIR STYLES Great footage of short hairstyles for the 50s, inspired by the Eton crops of the 20s. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7144 |
| Catalog #: | 41809 | |
| Clip Number: | 41809-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NP 293 | |
| Timecode: | 01:12:56 - 01:15:15 | |
| Location: | Bray, Berkshire. | |
| Year Shot: | 1950 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEAUTY CULTURE/HAIR: Contests or Show BEAUTY CULTURE/HAIR: Women FASHION: Fashion Shows LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Berkshire | |
| Description: | HAIR STYLES FOR MID CENTURY. Bray, Berkshire. At the Hotel de Paris, we see various shots of a great hairstyle fashion show, organised by hairdresser Raymonde Vasco. A man - could be Vasco - stands at the microphone and gives (unheard) descriptions to the guests in evening dress sitting at tables, while two models in 1920s-style dresses and with short hairdos to match sashay about the room. CU Women. CU onlookers. MS two girls in old-fashioned dresses parading. Another model is brought into the room in a pony and trap. Front view pony and trap model sitting in trap. & CU onlooker. CU Another model with cropped hair. CU pony. General view through door. MS Man in tartan jacket arranging girl's hair. CU Onlookers. MS back view another model turns round in front of camera. The pony feeds from a guest's table. Several more shots of models with short hairdos. MS another model with curly hair-cut. & CU Hair. MS another model with swept-back hair. & CU hair. MCU model walks out of frame. MS Man in dressing-room arranging model's hair. CU girl at dressing table looking in mirror. MS another model with flower in black hair. GV Room. CU another dark model's hair. Mannequin Pauline has a band of false ringlets around her crown. Another style on a platinum blonde is "daintily named the H-bomb". In the dressing room we see Vasco putting the finishing touches to another short hairstyle. Commentator notes how the Eton crop of the 20s "is elegantly superimposed on the 50s". A model called Wendy wears a flower in her hair to offset a rather severe style. C/U of another cropped hairdo as commentator says "if the trend to shortness continues, the ladies will soon join us ordinary males in 'short back and sides, please'." | |
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