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Fashions on Parade

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Country of origin
  
United States

No. of seasons
  
1

Running time
  
25 minutes

Final episode date
  
29 June 1949

Presented by
  
Adelaide Hawley Cumming

Original language(s)
  
English

Camera setup
  
Multi-camera

First episode date
  
1 November 1948

Number of seasons
  
1

Genre
  
Fashion

Also known as
  
''Television Fashions Fashion Parade''

Networks
  
American Broadcasting Company, DuMont Television Network

Similar
  
The Arthur Murray Party, Captain Video and His Video, The Original Amateur, The Jackie Gleason Show

Fashions on Parade is an American fashion-themed television series that aired on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network Fridays at 8pm EST from November 4, 1948, to April 24, 1949, then broadcast on ABC from April 27 to June 29, 1949. The show was hosted by Adelaide Hawley Cumming beginning on local DuMont stations on February 5, 1948.

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Overview

The show featured models showcasing the then-latest fashions, and was the first national television program sponsored by Procter & Gamble. Each episode was 30 minutes long, and was also broadcast under the titles Television Fashions and Fashion Parade.

Episode status

Two episodes of the program (June 8, 1949, and a second 1949 episode) are held in the J. Fred MacDonald collection at the Library of Congress.

References

Fashions on Parade Wikipedia