Collection
Take your front row seat for this collection which illuminates postwar Australia through glorious vintage fashion.
Fashion communicates who we are, and who we want to be. Designer Christian Dior...
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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. They also introduce Stork Club owner Sammy Lee...
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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. Australian model Judy...
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'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.
Prime Minister Robert Menzies opens the...
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In a huge moment for Australian fashion, this was the first time original fashions designed by Christian Dior were seen outside Paris. The garments, including hats and accessories, were flown in ten...
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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.
