Girl With 14 1/2 Inch Waist (1921)

Item title reads - Miss M. Sinclair - the chosen candidate to wear a Medici costume at the Devonshire House Ball on November 25th. London. M/S of the costume which looks like an Elizabethan design with big collar and sleeves and full skirt, with a pinched waist. Miss Sinclair is holding a fan and twirls round, a man comes in and puts a tape measure round her waist. C/U of her waist as she turns. 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 web