Twenty-First Century Clothes Aka 21st Century Clothes (1960)

C/U of a woman in a Victorian night-gown and bonnet preening in a mirror. M/S as she puts her slippers on and her husband enters shot; he is dressed in a Victorian night-shirt and cap with a large curled moustache, and carries a candle. Commentator says “What was fashionable yesterday is often ugly today; and yet fashions undoubtedly travel in cycles“. C/U of a fashion sketch of a military-looking suit being held by theatrical designer William Wynn; he passes it to Harry and Monty Moss to look at; they are discussing what clothes will look like in the year 2000 at their offices in Covent Garden, London. C/U of WW talking, tilt up to show a man dressed in the sketched outfit: a kind of sports jacket with a zipper in red and blue, unzipped it shows a loose blouson-style shirt and close-fitting trousers. The man turns round to show the cut of the jacket at the back. Commentator talks of the military line, borrowed from uniforms of the past. The next suit is more formal - looks a bit like a bellboy’s un
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