- Title: FRANCE: PARIS DESIGNER CARDIN SHOWS SPRING AND SUMMER COLLECTION OF EVENING WEAR
- Date: 23rd February 1965
- Summary: 1. GV EXT.SCIENCE MUSEUM 0.05 2. CU DITTO 0.07 3. LV INT.ASTRONOMY SECTION, HELENE (NEAREST) MODELS A COCKTAIL DRESS WITH COAT IN EMERALD GREEN AND WHITE ORGANZA 0.15 4. CU HELENE 0.26 5. CU PAN HELENE CONTINUES TO MODEL COCKTAIL DRESS AND COAT 0.37 6. LV HELENE WALKS OFF, EDWIGE MODELS A COCKTAIL DRESS AND COAT IN PINK, YELLOW, TANGERINE AND GREEN SILK MUSLIN WITH SHOULDER BOWS 0.45 7. SCU EDWIGE REMOVES COAT 0.54 8. CU EDWIGE 0.57 9. CU BOWS ON SHOULDER 1.00 10. TV EDWIGE 1.02 11. CU MODEL OF PLANET SATURN 1.03 12. LV BENEATH SATURN FRANCOISE MODELS DRESS AND CAPE WITH PLEATS IN NIGHT-BLUE ORGANZA WITH WHITE POLKA DOTS 1.12 13. SCU FRANCOISE TURNS AND REMOVES CAPE 1.20 14. CU BACK OF DRESS, FRANCOISE TURNS AND SHOWS FRONT 1.27 15. SV PAN DOWN....FRANCOISE AND DRESS 1.31 16. GV MANNEQUINS PARADE IN "MOTION" SECTION OF MUSEUM 1.53 17. SCU PAN UP..EDWIGE WEARS A CREPE EVENING DRESS WITH WHITE PEARLS 1.43 18. SCU FRANCOISE WEARS DRESS MAUVE MUSLIN WITH POINTED DECOLLETE AND FOUR FRILLS AT HEMLINE 1.49 19. CU FRANCOISE PIROUETTES TO SHOW FRILLS, PAN UP DRESS TO FACE 2.00 20. LV TO A BACKGROUND OF AN ELECTRIC POWER STATION GENERATOR, FRANCOISE (NEAREST) MODELS DRESS EMBROIDERED WITH SEQUINS IN SHAPE OF LARGE FLOWERS IN BLACK DEEP REDBROWN AND GREEN 2.05 21. CU PAN DOWN...FRANCOISE MODELS DRESS PAN DOWN TO SPLIT SKIRT 2.19 22. CU PAN..HELENE MODELS EMBROIDERED TULLE EVENING DRESS IN BLUE WITH PRINTED FLOWERS AND WHITE PEARLS WITH VERY DEEP NECKLINE DEEP CUT AT BACK 2.26 23. CU HELENE TURNS TO SHOW FRONT AND BACK VENTS 2.34 24. CU PAN DOWN..HELENE AND DRESS 2.42 25. CU HELENE 2.44 26. LV HELENE AND FRANCOISE IN FRONT OF GENERATOR 2.47 Initials DE/V/MR/OS EDITORS: PLEASE NOTE THIS FILM MAY NOT BE USED BEFORE 0001 ON MARCH 1ST Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 10th March 1965 12:00
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- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Reuters ID: LVA4YCBA5R4ZYGHCFK86PT2HVWM4
- Story Text: PIERRE CARDIN, ONE OF FRANCE'S LEADING FASHION DESIGNERS - CHOSE A MODERN SETTING TO PRESENT HIS LATEST COLLECTION OF SPRING AND SUMMER EVENING WEAR. IT WAS IN THE ASTRONOMY SECTION OF THE PARIS SCIENCES MUSEUM.
THIS YEAR CARDIN HAS EMPHASISED THE NECK OF HIS MODELS. HE'S DONE THIS IN AN ASSORTMENT OF WAYS - INCLUDING THE USE OF LARGE BOWS ACROSS THE SHOULDERS. A FEATURE OF THE WHOLE COLLECTION IS THE WIDE NECKLINE - ALTHOUGH SOME ARE JOINED CLOSE TO THE NECK AND THEN HAVE OPEN VENTS FRONT AND BACK BELOW THE JOIN.
ON THE SHORTER DRESSES, THE HEM COMES JUST ABOVE THE KNEE. SOME OF THE LONGER DRESSES HAVE SLITS FROM ANKLE TO JUST BELOW THE KNEE. OTHERS ARE DECORATED WITH FRILLS.
PASTEL COLOURS DOMINATE THIS YEAR -- AND THE PRINTED DESIGNS ARE LARGE AND TEND TO BE FLOWERY.
IT'S A BIG COLLECTION - THE EXTENSION RANGE OF COCKTAIL AND EVENING WEAR SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING FOR MOST WOMEN.
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