Beachwear Fashion Show at Portland

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The Box
Established in 1992, the South West Film & Television Archive collection spans from 1893 to the present day containing more than 250,000 items. Formed from a variety of depositors, including broadcast news and programmes material from the Westward and TSW archive. In 2018 the archive collection transferred to The Box in Plymouth.

Beachwear Fashion Show at Portland


Miss World 1964 Ann Sidney hosts a beachwear fashion show at Portland. The hairdresser turned model was originally from Poole in Dorset and was crowned Miss World in November 1964 at the age of nineteen. She also won with a mod-style short haircut, made famous by Jean Seberg and Twiggy and representing rebellious and original hairstyles for women in the sixties. British fashion at this time was heavily influenced by pop music and the emerging subculture of mod.


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