This tourist promotional film for Melbourne was made as it geared up for the staging of the 1956 Olympic Games.

'Every girl dreams of a wedding gown ... as every man knows', begins the voice-over in this newsreel segment from 1956.

It is a year after the end of the Second World War and Australians are hungry for the romance and elegance of French fashion.

By 1955, although Europe was still highly influential, the focus had shifted to Australian designers and Australian-made fashion.

A series of brides and bridesmaids enter this Mark Foy's fashion parade as if stepping out of a gilt-edge picture frame, before smiling for the camera.

This photograph captures one of Australian television history’s biggest moments – the wedding of Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell (played by Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue).

'What a dream she looks ...

The spectacular wedding gown worn by Muriel (Toni Collette) features a low neckline, highly decorated bodice, ornate lace sleeves and a full skirt with a modest train in heavy ivory satin.

An excerpt of a Mark Foy's bridal fashion parade circa 1947 from Fashion Parades at Mark Foy’s (1947–56), Film Australia Collection, NFSA.

The spectacular wedding gown worn by Muriel (Toni Collette) features a low neckline, highly decorated bodice, ornate lace sleeves and a full skirt with a modest train in heavy ivory satin.