Caption
The Association of Canadian Couturiers set out to make its mark in the realm of haute couture with a purpose as sharp and pointed as a dressmaker's needle: to develop style trends more closely tailored to Canadian needs and the rigors of the Canadian climate and to exploit the fashion possibilities of the exciting new fabrics being produced by Canada's flowering textile industry. Above, members of the Association gather in the salon of President Marie-Paule to discuss arrangements for a Montreal showing.
Release Date
December 4, 1956
Materials
Typescript with illustrations
Photographers
Lunney, GarCollection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Caption
Designer Raoul-Jean Fouré, of Montreal, has discovered endless possibilities in the versatile "Made in Canada" synthetic fabrics featured by the Association.
Date
October 1, 1956
Accession Number
LAC-NFB78411
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176350
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
A close relationship exists between the Association and the Canadian Primary Textile Industry. Many of their shows feature Canadian textiles exclusively. Above, France Davies, of Montreal, discusses a new fabric with Canadian stylist Dick Whalley.
Date
October 1, 1956
Accession Number
LAC-NFB78413
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176351
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Backstage, before the show, there is all the bustle and excitement of an opening night. Petite Elaine Bedard, above, frequently models the costumes created by Jacques Michel whose clothes have an appealing "young-in-heart" air.
Date
October 1, 1956
Accession Number
LAC-NFB78415
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176352
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
The Association has attracted the attention of Canadian garment manufacturers who have bought and copied many of the cleverly styled creations. In this way the Couturiers hope to broaden the scope of their influence, formerly restricted to an elite clientele.
Date
October 1, 1956
Accession Number
LAC-NFB78416
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176353
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
In the elegant but competitive world of high fashion, Canadian designers are steadily climbing up the gilt-edged ladder of public acceptance, and recently, international acclaim. Twenty top-flight Canadian Couturiers united in 1954 in a bid to bring Canada into the fashion spotlight hitherto the privileged domain of the "big Four" style setters who dictate fashions from Paris, Rome, London and New York. Above, Montreal's Marie France, whose creations have a romantic flair, works on a ballerina-length gown of Canadian nylon.
Date
October 1, 1956
Accession Number
LAC-NFB78420
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176354
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory # 83: Canadian Styles Contribute: Elegance in Fashion World
Photographers
Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
December 4, 1956
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
The Association of Canadian Couturiers set out to make its mark in the realm of haute couture with a purpose as sharp and pointed as a dressmaker's needle: to develop style trends more closely tailored to Canadian needs and the rigors of the Canadian climate and to exploit the fashion possibilities of the exciting new fabrics being produced by Canada's flowering textile industry. Above, members of the Association gather in the salon of President Marie-Paule to discuss arrangements for a Montreal showing.
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