Fashion Goes To The Head! 1934

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Titles read: "Fashion goes to the head!"

London.

Various shots of women modelling "fantasy head-dresses" from the Hairdressing Fair at Olympia. All the headpieces are made out of hair - yeuch!

First we see a huge butterfly resting on top of a wig. Another woman wears a wig...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
51978
Sort Number:
PSP 861
Time in/Out:
01:01:28:00 / 01:02:36:00
Canister:
PSP 861
Film ID:
1634.02
Issue Date:
04/10/1934

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