Not an expose on high fashion, but a look at how clothing is made in a modern mass production factory. The programme is intended to erase any pre-conceived ideas about the factory as a dangerous, unpleasant workplace. The viewer is shown the manufacturing process from concept and design, to the finished garment. Divided into two parts entitled, Fashion and design” and “The Factory floor.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
509715
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Costume design
Crafts & Visual Arts → Costume design
Crafts & Visual Arts → Fashion - Australia
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Fashion - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)