This is an excerpt from Fashion Parades at Mark Foy’s (1947–56), Film Australia Collection © NFSA.

Young Sydney businessman Shane Stedman supplements his surfboard manufacturing operation by producing woollen ugg boots in the winter months.

Joie Boulter speaks about having Dion’s artwork applied to T-shirts as a way to raise funds. We see examples of Dion’s artwork now applied to T-shirts.

As Dion is drawing dogs, Joie Boulter tells us that Dion is going through a phase where all the dogs he draws are angry.

This clip shows the end of the 1896 Melbourne Cup horse race through the onlooking crowd. Newhaven wins.

Summary by Elizabeth Taggart-Speers

Mark Foy's fashion parades from the 1940s and '50s, featuring designers Pierre Balmain and Schiaparelli, captured in gorgeous colour footage.

An excerpt of a Mark Foy's fashion parade in 1956 from Fashion Parades at Mark Foy’s (1947–56), Film Australia Collection, NFSA.

An excerpt of a Mark Foy's bridal fashion parade circa 1947 from Fashion Parades at Mark Foy’s (1947–56), Film Australia Collection, NFSA.

Take your front row seat for this collection which illuminates postwar Australia through glorious vintage fashion.

Ex-serviceman and milliner John Pickworth of Hunters Hill, Sydney shows his creation – a hat that can be worn three ways.

The hat is made from wool georgette.