Picks from PIX: à  la mode
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Picks from PIX: à  la mode

Discover the incredible stories of the people and pictures that made the magazine PIX — Australia’s first pictorial news weekly.

By State Library of New South Wales

Date and time

Thursday, May 8 · 6 - 7pm AEST

Location

State Library of New South Wales

Maps Room, First Floor Mitchell Building Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 hour

Australians have long been recognised for their fashion-forward style, and, from the late 1930s to the early 1970s, PIX magazine was a trailblazer in bringing international fashion news to local audiences. This nostalgic ‘slide night’ with curator Margot Riley will showcase stunning fashion images from the PIX photo archive, accompanied by a relaxed chat focusing on the glamour and importance of fashion reporting as seen on the pages of PIX.


Margot Riley is a curator in the Collection Acquisition & Curation branch of the State Library of NSW. A cultural historian with special interests in art, popular culture, photography and dress, she has curated numerous exhibitions and displays for the Library, including Coming Out in the 70s and How's Tricks? Magic in the Golden Age. Margot is the curator of PIX: The magazine that changed everything (1938–1972).


If you have any accessibility requirements in attending this event, please contact us at bookings@sl.nsw.gov.au. You can find more information about accessibility to our events here.

Image credit: Black & white fashion show, Mark Foys department store, Sydney, July 1957, by Ivan Ive

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State Library of New South Wales

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