Mode de Paris - 1926
ABOUT THE FILM : Mode de Paris
Lobster FilmsParis Fashion
Year: 1926
At the end of the First World War, women had a strong desire to assert themselves and claim their femininity.
The twenties were therefore a genuine turning point in the history of fashion. Young women would be daring for the first time. They adopted tomboy cuts, shortened their skirts, burned their corsets and accessorised.
Nationality: Dutch
Length: 4' 49"
Genre: documentary
Sound: silent with soundtrack
Original elements: stencil coloured
Producer: Unie Filmrevue
Composer: Neil Brand
Original language: Dutch
A BRIEF HISTORY : Mode de Paris
This documentary, dating back to 1926 and produced by Dutch company Unie Filmrevue, is a real plea for the fashion of the roaring twenties. Intended to be screened on the silver screen, this film, in the context of current events, offered a colourful vision of the evolution of attitudes during this striking decade.
At the end of the war women gradually became aware of the new role they played in society. They realised that they didn't have to merely be a mother, a wife or a worker but they could also grant themselves leisure time and above all treat themselves to a few pleasures.
Therefore fashion, notably in a capital city such as Paris, took on greater importance and became a driving force of feminism. Young women took real pleasure in wearing beautiful outfits, in playing with colours and materials and in making the feather an essential for every outfit. They didn't hesitate in putting away corsets and shapeless, too long dresses to treat themselves to a bit of glamour and extravagance.
The major fashion designers of the age therefore became stars in their own right. Their names were now associated with a particular style. This is shown in this documentary by the use of a number of cards/subheadings on which these known names appeared. Women paraded in their outfits, proud of being during the short film, the first haute-couture fashion icons.
