Mr Johnston could never find the spark in Lewis Carroll's Alice, with her prim hairband and her white apron, and thought the film a failure.

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It depicts a sailor shaking hands with two industrial workers - a man in coveralls and a woman with a white apron and hair covering.

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Red skirt, bright-yellow petticoat, fluttering white apron, embroidered bodice.

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It had a dark blue bodice with tiny white polka dots, a black skirt and a pink and white striped apron.

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So he traded in his white toque and crisp apron for a pair of overalls and dirt-encrusted fingernails.

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They wear all white (crisp white oxford shirt, pants, apron, sneakers) and try to make you feel as if it were a special night out.

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