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Bridal Fashion at Mark Foy's

1947

Bridal Fashion at Mark Foy's

1947

  • NFSA IDN82FTX7V
  • TypeFilm
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormAdvertisement (includes promotional)
  • Year1947

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.

This silent footage, likely from the late 1940s, was filmed at the department store's 'Piazza' building on Liverpool Street in Sydney.

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

Notes by Beth Taylor

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.

This silent footage, likely from the late 1940s, was filmed at the department store's 'Piazza' building on Liverpool Street in Sydney.

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

Notes by Beth Taylor

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