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Female Civilian Modelling the Latest Fashions in a Fashion Show, 1931. 'Someone has said that the new fashions of the early thirties were a harkening back to the Victorian era, expressing a nostalgia for the secure social life of those bygone times. Well, be that as it may, things certainly underwent great change. In place of the old, flat-chested cylindrical look, flowing lines, leg-of-mutton sleeves, chirpy little hats to reveal coquettishly one side of the head. But though elaborate, this garb was essentially practical. Those new zip fasteners saw to that'. From "Time To Remember - A New Era", 1931 (Reel 2); documentary about the world in the early 1930s.