Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Students Show Their Work
Tempting dishes of food and many of the latest hat styles and clothes are featured in the display of millinery, dressmaking and cooking at the Domestic Science High School parents’ afternoon and evening today.
The teenage trend to wear puddle-jumpers and brightly checked shirts was reflected in the junior section of the dressmaking class where some 14-years-old girls had made themselves such outfits for the coming summer season.
One of the most outstanding exhibits in the sub-senior class was a corduroy velvet suit of pillbox red featuring a swing-back topper and straight skirt. Miss Judith Pennefather, who made this suit, has made a corduroy hat to match with soaring pheasant feathers.
All classes in the millinery also reflected the latest fashion trends for both summer and winter wear. There were numerous samples of re-blocked felt hats and of new straw hats that had been woven