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Paris Comes to Sydney

'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.

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'I never took my eyes off you for one moment', 1947

3AW Melbourne radio comperes Peter Ellis and Judy Willing gush over a 'superb' Paris frock worn by Helen Wiseman at The Stork Club in Melbourne in 1947.

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French Mannequins present the New Look

The Australian Woman's Weekly magazine brings together top French and Australian models ('mannequins') with the latest Paris fashions at Sydney's Trocadero nightclub in 1948.

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Christian Dior fashions bring breath of Paris: Sydney

In a huge moment for Australian fashion, this was the first time original fashions designed by Christian Dior were seen outside Paris.

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Best of Australian fashion in the 1940s and 1950s

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

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Graham Kennedy enjoying a drink at an outside cafe, Paris
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Graham Kennedy taking photos on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris
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Graham Kennedy in Paris
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Graham Kennedy in Paris

Graham Kennedy plays tourist in Paris, with the Arc de Triomphe in the background. This shot was taken during Graham's 1961 three-week promotional tour of Europe, sponsored by Gloweave shirts.