Music hall and mannequins: fashion turns in London, 27 February 1923
27 February 1923: Designers bring a fashion parade to the stage at the London Palladium, with the occasional song and dance thrown inFew women have the effrontery to walk into the most exclusive and expensive "maisons" of Hanover Square or Rue Royale with the knowledge that they cannot afford anything more than "ideas" from the models that are being displayed. A mannequin parade which forms a "turn" at a variety thea…