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.

It is a year after the end of the Second World War and Australians are hungry for the romance and elegance of French fashion.

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.

French mannequins (models) Lydia Leplat, Janine Lequievre, Suzanne Combe and Maggy Sarragne arrive by sea plane at Rose Bay before performing a runway show at Mark Foy’s department store in 1947.

A series of brides and bridesmaids enter this Mark Foy's fashion parade as if stepping out of a gilt-edge picture frame, before smiling for the camera.

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.