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Doris Langley Moore talks about how the capriciousness of fashion is demonstrated most readily in informal clothes, which are less expensive and therefore changed more frequently than formal attire.

We are also shown an original example of the revolutionary Dior 'New Look' suit of 1947 alongside the boxy, utilitarian alternative favoured by the British Government, no less. Dora Bryan, stalwart of British cinema throughout the 1940s and 1950s, appears in this programme demonstrating her batting skills in a 19th-century outfit.

From the Â鶹Éç Archives.