The Mode Spells Summer (1938)

Titles read: THE MODE SPELLS SUMMER California, United States of America. Several shots of women modelling the latest summer fashions in a studio. Great outfits include a print coat over black pyjama pants, and a dress with a voluminous skirt, worn with black and gold wedgesoled sandals a gay Grecian note, says commentator. Day dresses are in busy floral prints and worn with large sundial hats. Beside a swimming pool we see mannequins parading in long printed afternoon dresses, again with large hats. Cataloguer s note: this is a very interesting item as it shows that fashion in 1938 was heading towards the ultrafeminine, fullskirted styles of the New Look that came in the late 1940s. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters histor