Paris Modes - Aka Coats Cotton Film (1930)

Main title reads: “Paris Modes - a Dorland Fashion film.“ Two glamorous models pose in a studio setting dressed to look like a boudoir. Very nice Art Deco style furnishings. The girls wear flimsy underwear and shiny high heels. They are both smoking cigarettes. A “French maid“ assists them with their toilette. Man with a very clipped posh accent begins his commentary: “This short dissertation on the subject of ladies’ wearing apparel should interest the gentleman in the audience. For after all, why shouldn’t they appreciate the frills, and thrills, invented by Dame Fashion for the ladies?“ The scene changes as the stuffy male narrator is interrupted in his musings. A female narrator introduces the film actress Dorothy Hyson. C/U of Dorothy who wears a gorgeous sweater. She describes how many of her friends enjoy making their own clothes. Narrator tells us that Dorothy’s jumper was knitted with Tricotton (?) not wool. C/U of knitting in progress. Narrator describes how knitting cotton is not