Nylon Fashions (1959)

London. High angle shot of stuffed leopard being held by a woman whose legs are seen. Camera tilts up to reveal the woman wearing leopard skin bra and mini sarong skirt. The girl starts walking graciously, turns around, and then walks off. Another girl wears long leopard skin coat. She walks and turns around. This is not a real leopard skin but fake fur, made of nylon and exhibited at the Nylon Fair in London. L/S of a futuristic setting. It is a blue room with large glass balls hanging around. Balls are attached with wires to both, floor and ceiling. There are neon lights inside each ball. Camera pans across the room to find a girl seated on a large blue mattress in the left corner. She is wearing bright orange leggings and funny ’housecoat’. Another girl, wearing huge fluffy nylon dress with large colourful spots, comes and sits with her. M/S of a (kind of) window display of ’nylons’ - false legs are caught in a large spider web. A model wearing red and white top can
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