I was browsing through the BBC iPlayer this afternoon, looking for something to watch in the background whilst doing a spot of hand sewing.
I hadn’t realised what a lot I was missing!
The title above is a quote from a wonderful 1950s programme about fashion history. The series is called Men, Women and Clothes, and this episode is Fashion in Faces and Figures. Look out for a fabulously moustachio’d Benny Hill, and some lovely shots of corsets. This one’s only fifteen minutes long, and well worth watching! Unfortunately it was broadcast yesterday, but it’ll be on the iPlayer for a week, and there’s another episode on January 15th.
There’s another series just started called Style On Trial. This is a seven-parter, looking at the fashion of various decades, beginning with the 1940s. The first episode is on the iPlayer now, and episode two airs on January 14th.
Another programme that I’m particularly interested to watch is Ozwald Boateng: Why Style Matters. This one’s repeated on BBC Four tomorrow (January 10th) at 9pm. I’m quite a fan of Boateng’s menswear, and given my current interest in men’s shoes and tailoring, I think this one will be brilliant!