Ready to Wear

  • Rank #
  • Premiered: Apr 1999
  • Episodes: 6
  • Followers: 0
  • Ended
  • BBC Two
  • Unknown
  • Documentary

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Season 1
1x1
Suit You, Sir: Behind the Seams
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 27, 1999
The sartorial progress of the suit from the sixties to the eighties.
1x2
You're Not Going Out Like That
Episode overview
Air date
May 04, 1999
The chequered history of teenage fashion; the rise of Teddy Boys, mods, rockers and hippies.
1x3
Something for the Weekend
Episode overview
Air date
May 11, 1999
The discovery of leisure time and the clothes to go with it.
1x4
Tighten Your Belts
Episode overview
Air date
May 18, 1999
The 'make-do-and-mend' years of the Second World War, when clothes rationing tested the ingenuity of the nation.
1x5
Fashioned at Home
Episode overview
Air date
May 25, 1999
Home dressmaking was once a part of domestic life, but with off-the-peg clothes the skill was reduced to a hobby.
1x6 Show finale
Dress for Success
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 02, 1999
The daily dilemma women face when dressing for work. The change in attitudes toward acceptable work wear, beginning in the 1950s when cumbersome underwear restricted women's fashion .. show full overview

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