To celebrate the release of Ladies in Black, Laurel Gary and Mark want to hear your stories of the golden age of department stores; whether you were a shopper or a lady in black yourself!
Did you buy your school uniforms from McDonnell and East?
Did you visit the Christmas windows at McWhirter’s in the Valley?
Laurel Gary and Mark will choose their favourite story - awarding the best 5 entries a double pass to the preview of the film on September 10 at the Elizabeth Street Picture Theatre and a $400 David Jones voucherFrom Academy Award® nominated director Bruce Beresford comes the comedy drama Ladies in Black, based on Madeleine St John’s best-selling novel, The Women in Black.
Set in the summer of 1959, when the impact of European migration and the rise of women’s liberation is about to change Australia forever, a shy schoolgirl (Lisa) takes a summer job at the prestigious Sydney department store, Goode’s. There she meets the “ladies in black”, who will change her life forever.
Beguiled and influenced by Magda, the vivacious manager of the high-fashion floor, and befriended by fellow sales ladies Patty and Fay, Lisa is awakened to a world of possibilities. As Lisa grows from a bookish schoolgirl to a glamorous and positive young woman, she herself becomes a catalyst for a cultural change in everyone’s lives.
http://www.4kq.com.au/win/laurel-gary-marks-department-store-storiesIn 50 words or less, tell us your Brisbane department store story.
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