Outsize Fashion for 'Checkout'
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Interview about the problem finding larger sizes and flattering styles for the larger woman.
At a shopping centre, reporter Tony Adams talks to Valerie Hancock who describes herself as being of larger stature. She says the shops are not catering for larger people, it is difficult to find clothes larger than size 20, and the shapes and patterns are not flattering. She suggests that larger shop chains like British Home Stores, The Co-op, Debenhams and Marks and Spencer try a range for women in sizes 20 - 30.
This video was filmed to be shown as part of the 'Checkout' consumer feature within Anglia Television early evening news programme About Anglia.
video made to be inserted during live broadcast of Anglia Television's early evening news / magazine programme About Anglia. The live studio presentation provided context for the video as part of a news story or magazine feature within the programme. About Anglia was not recorded during broadcast, so it is usually just the pre-recorded programme inserts which survive. In the 1980s Anglia Television was broadcasting to a wide area in the East of England including Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Suffolk and adjoining parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Rutland where there was some overlap with neighbouring ITV regions.