Fashion Hints Aka Patchwork & Hats Issue Title - S.O.S. (1942)

Fashion hints. Fashion item based on advice given by Anne Edwards, fashion editor of Woman magazine. Probably filmed at Pathe studios, London. A lady sorts through scraps of material and cuts them into squares, she sews the squares onto a piece of net to make a patchwork waistcoat which she models. M/S's of patchwork gown. The lady then cuts the brim off her hat, she stitches long piece of net onto the back of the crown to make a new hat, then takes the brim, pleats and stitches it then adds some more netting. M/S as she models this hat, showing two serviceable hats can be made from one old one. Note: for search purposes - 'make do and mend'. FILM ID:1556.05 FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/