PLACE DE LA CONCORDE; MODEL IN JERSEY DRESS; MODEL IN BLACK AND WHITE COAT WITH FUR COLLAR; ANOTHER MODEL IN BROWN CULOTTES; THREE MODELS IN EVENING GOWNS.




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Background: FRENCH COUNTURIER PIERRE CARDIN HAS SHOWN HIS AUTUMN/WINTER COLLECTION IN PARIS. CARDIN MADE A WIDE USE OF VINYL IN HIS OVERCOATS AT THE SHOWING, WHICH WAS IN THE PLACE DE LA CONCORDE.

THIS FILM SHOWS SEVERAL OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CARDIN COLLECTION. THE FIRST, A RED DRESS IN JERSEY, WORN BY JOKE, AND TRIMMED WITH BLACK VINYL, WITH RAGLAN SLEEVES. NEXT, A PLEATED COAT IN BLACK AND WHITE WOOL, AND WORN BY MARYSE. THIS GARMENT FEATURED A WIDE BELT IN BLACK VINYL AND WAS TRIMMED WITH A HIGH BLACK FUR COLLAR.

A BROWN TWEED SUIT, EDGED WITH BROWN LEATHER, WAS WORN BY VIKA. FEATURING A CULOTTE SKIRT AND A BROWN LEATHER BELT. EVENING WEAR WAS A FEATURE OF THE SHOWING. CARDIN SHOWED AN EVENING GOWN OF DARK BLUE CREPE, WITH LONG SLEEVES, AND EMBROIDERED WITH STONES AND SEQUINS.

VIKA WORE AN EVENING COAT IN BROCADE, ON A WHITE BACKGROUND, PATTERNED IN PURPLE AND PINK. THE BELT WAS OF PINK SUEDE AND THE COLLAR OF WHITE FOX. JOKE COMPLETED THE SHOWING IN A GOWN OF ORGANZINE VOILE IN INDIAN SILK, IN COLOURS OF ORANGE AND RED.