What you need to know about the new ABC drama Ladies in Black set in Sydney, 1961. The women who work in Goodes department store ladieswear face tumultuous times with work and home challenges amidst the fashion transformation of the sixties. Based on the world and characters of Madeleine St John’s novel, and picking up six months after the events of Bruce Beresford’s film, Ladies in Black dives into the fashion, romance, drama and disappointment of women’s lives at a time of momentous transformation.
Where to watch: ABC TV, iview See also: Mercado on TV – Ladies in Black transition from film to TV is seamless and brilliant Miranda Otto (plays VIRGINIA ), Jessica De Gouw (plays FAY), Debi Mazar (plays MAGDA) Ladies in Black key cast It’s 1961. Girls are risking arrest to wear bikinis on the beach. Women are faking marriage certificates to get the pill.
In the ladieswear department of Goodes it’s all hats, gloves and foundation garments, but for the women who serve behind the counter, the sixties are about to start swinging. The revolution in society and fashion will divide the Ladies in Black and threaten each of their worlds. Magda , the elegant doyenne of Model Gowns, has a beautiful dream.
Her own boutique to nurture new designers and bring original Australian fashion to working women and newly liberated girls. However, a woman can’t take a mortgage or sign a lease without her husband’s signature and Magda’s Stefan makes a risky investment that crushes her.