How to Make a Skirt the Modern Way (1956)

This promotional film for Simplicity sewing patterns offers a revealing, if unintentional glimpse of what was supposed to be a woman s place in 1950s American suburbia. Watch out for Janice, her killer pincushion and her primmer Now wasn t that easy And it was such fun to do Transferred from a 16mm Kodachrome dupe print I rescued from a skip. If that left you gagging for more, the sequel, How to Make a Jumper the Modern Way, can be found at .