Please note: this clip is silent. It’s hard to imagine the impact of this Movietone News reel on Australian cinema audiences in 1948. This showing of Christian Dior fashions in David Jones’ Spring Parade was the first time the designer’s creations had been seen outside of Paris, and clothing restrictions had just been lifted after six years. Although Australians had experienced nothing like the strict rationing in the UK, the Second World War and its aftermath had still been bleak years. Dior’s