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Ready-to-wear men's suits, 1948

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This 1948 film shows mass production of men's suits. In this factory, men were responsible for laying out the pattern and cutting the pieces, while mainly women sewed the suits.

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Archives New Zealand – Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: Weekly Review 354. National Film Unit, 1948

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Fiona McKergow, Clothes – Men’s clothes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/41141/ready-to-wear-mens-suits-1948 (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Fiona McKergow, published 18 March 2013.