Hats Aka Make And Mend Hats (1942)

Make and mend hats. Probably filmed at Pathe studios, London. Some utility fashion ideas from Anne Edwards the fashion editor of Woman magazine. M/S as a woman cuts the brim off her husband’s trilby hat, she puts the crown on to a block and irons pleats into it. She attaches the brim and cuts off part of the crown to make it shallower, she adds a couple of feathers and models her new sporting hat. M/S of a woman modelling a town hat she has fashioned from an old top hat. M/S of old shirt which is now neat blouse. M/S of new suit made from husband’s old one, and pinafore dress made from man’s trousers. Note: for search purposes ’make do and mend’. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.