1950’s Fashion - Vintage Paris Catwalk Show

and This is a real gem from the vaults of the Internet Public Domain Archive. Up until the 1950’s Haute Couture or High Fashion traditionally catered for the upper class and wealthy. Now they began to seek a wider market, and within a year of a gown appearing on the catwalk in Paris or London, most women could access patterns in Vogue magazine for a fraction of the cost.