Sense of Fashion

Sense of Fashion

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Pilot programme for series about current fashions in women's clothes.


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Fashion takes enormous strides forward in 20th century Britain.
From the Tudor court to the Georgian dandy, Britain has long cultivated a passion for fashion, but the late 20th century saw things step up a gear. New generations of talent emerged, whose idiosyncratic style democratised fashion for a younger crowd and helped sell ‘Cool Britannia’ to the world - long before that term was coined. In the 1960s, progress was catalysed by the ‘Swinging London’ of Biba and Mary Quant, followed by the Punk movement a decade later. Designers drew inspiration not just from contemporary subcultures but also from established craft traditions across the UK – in some cases helping to revive cottage industries at risk of dying out. The dawn of the 1980s saw the rise of avant-garde pioneers (Zandra Rhodes, Vivienne Westwood), reimagined Savile Row tailoring (Tommy Nutter) and the upscale yet quintessentially British chic of Jean Muir and Bruce Oldfield – a favourite of Diana, Princess of Wales, who gifted British fashion a truly global platform.

38 videos in this collection

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British Fashion Autumn 1983

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Space Antennae

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The Sash My Father Wore

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Focus on Britain: Design

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Venture Designer Awards

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Alternative Fashion 2002, Brady Arts and Community Centre

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Scottish: Fashion - Pem2543

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Computer Shows Off Make Up Effects

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Northampton Fashion Designer

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Outsize Fashion for 'Checkout'

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Spectacles - 'High Street Fashion'

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Barbara Cartland Book 'Getting Older'

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The Leverett Angora Rabbit Farm

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Martha Hill Age 74 In New Career

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Princess Setting New Hair Fashions

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Voucher Scheme Replaces NHS Glasses

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The Hotel on Burgh Island

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The Gallery of Costume, Manchester

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Jean Tyrrell

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The Yorkshire Disco Dancing Championships

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The Best of British Fashion

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Belfast Fashion and Design Centre

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Fashion

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Fashion and Design

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The Original Cowboys Were Welshmen

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Denim: A New Look

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The Fashionistas

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1980 British Fashion Awards

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Fashion and the King's Road

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Ladies Fashion Autumn 1983

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Sense of Fashion

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The British Fashion Awards 1981

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The Miriam Stoppard Health and Beauty Show [27/08/92]

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Tie and Dye

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London Line No 373

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Fashion of the Year

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Knitmaster F370 Fine Gauge Machine

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L'il Pink Dress

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