Focusing on European and American newsreels, instruction and documentary films made in the Second World War (1939-1945), the first part of this programme looks at the rhetorical shift that occurred in fashion during this time of widespread hostile conflict. Confronted with the War, fashion responded by entering into a dialogue with politics. Suspending its autonomy, it rearticulated not only its own logic and purpose but also spoke of the society and the world around. (Programmed in collaboration with Imperial War Museum, London)
War newsreels will be followed by the Norwegian film director Elsa Kvamme presenting her 1999 documentary Lady with a Hat.
The film is a staggering journey through the life and career of the Jewish hat maker May Aubert, with a special focus on the Second World War period... More »
This film with other Pathe's films demonstrates how fashion also became a tool which could feminise war, easing the traumatic transition from peacetime to wartime... More »
Pathé's film Germ Masks for the Crowds (1941) demonstrates how fashion also became a tool which could feminise war, easing the traumatic transition from peacetime to wartime... More »
A short instructional film produced by the American US News Review Safety Styles, identifies the classic Hollywood film star Veronica Lake as a trendsetter... More »
Short instructional film acts as manuals woman and her daughter whose respective missions are securing food and clothes in exchange for allocated coupons... More »
Short instructional film acts as manuals woman and her daughter whose respective missions are securing food and clothes in exchange for allocated coupons... More »
Short instructional film acts as manuals woman and her daughter whose respective missions are securing food and clothes in exchange for allocated coupons... More »
