Colours For Slimming (1955)

London. L, S of a domestic hallway. One woman stands at the bottom of a staircase whilst another descends the stairs. They both wear identical red dresses but one woman is very slim, the other is on the large side. Narrator observes: Women with an eye for bright colours but not the figure are the special problem of today s outsize The larger woman OS model Linda Leigh poses in the dress for the thinner woman. Narrator is of the opinion that glaring colours are a mistake for her. Scarlet and bright red in particular should be left to the slimmer woman and bull fighters Actually I think Linda looks very nice C, U of Linda, camera pans down to show the whole dress and her feet. C, U of the more acceptable face of red frock wearing the thin girl. The two look at each other not altogether approvingly. L, S of another model who wears a patterned dress. The narrator states that A master of camouflage can make inches invisible in the cunning line of dresses like The lar