Existentialist Hair Style (1950)

Existentialist hair style, Grosvenor Street, London.
M/S girl with plaits sitting in front of mirror. C/U girl looking at plaits - they look like cartoon pigtails! M/S girl looking in mirror. Famous hairdresser Steiner enters, looks at girl, makes disapproving expression and pulls of plaits (they're actually fake hair pieces). C/U Steiner. C/U girl.
Steiner looks at girl's hair, starts to comb. C/U combing hair. C/U hand taking comb from dressing table. C/U Steiner. C/U taking scissors from table. C/U Steiner looking at diagram on table and checking with girl's hair. C/U piece of paper with words "Doe Eye" on. C/U Steiner, pan to girl's hair combed out.
C/U feathers in glass case, hand takes them out. M/S Steiner putting feathers in girl's hair. C/U Steiner arranging them in correct position. M/S Steiner and girl looking at reflection. Steiner walks out of frame. C/U girl putting on earrings designed by Steiner. Extreme C/U of earrings - they are miniature perfume bottles, the warmth of the ears releases the scent. C/U Steiner. C/U girl at end of makeover.
According to narrator Steiner calls his creation the "existentialist style".
FILM ID:1373.08
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