'Paris Comes to Sydney: Lavish French Exhibition at Royal Show' shows Australian enthusiasm for all things French at the Royal Easter Show in Sydney in 1956.

The first aerial fashion show held on a TAA flight between Perth and Sydney.

The highlight of this newsreel segment about Australian sheep is a model in woollen clothing walking down the catwalk with a huge ram by her side.

Models show the latest swimming costume fashions at the first annual beach inspectors' dinner in 1955.

Students from Parramatta Central Home Science High School in Sydney model dresses they have made. The designs are inspired by French fashion.

'Every girl dreams of a wedding gown ... as every man knows', begins the voice-over in this newsreel segment from 1956.

Foundation garments for women were popular in the 1950s, bolstered by the fashion for Dior's wasp waists and an exaggerated feminine silhouette.

By 1955, although Europe was still highly influential, the focus had shifted to Australian designers and Australian-made fashion.

Mark Foy's department store's iconic Liverpool Street store in Sydney, dubbed 'The Piazza', is the setting for this French-themed fashion parade in 1956.

A Cinesound Review newsreel from 1958 showing guests arriving at the official reopening of the Barclay Theatre in Russell Street, Melbourne.