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What We Wore | A history of fashion from 1720 to 1982
About this collection
This unusual collection of programmes reveals what it took to be stylish through over 250 years of British history as it explores fashion from 1720 to 1982.
Included here is the first colour series made by the BBC. Pre-dating colour TV by a decade, this is the first time it has been available to view as it was intended. It also features some surprising live models.
Witness the gradual democratisation of fashion through the ages and see how clothes began to throw off the shackles of class from the 1960s onwards.
Features
- Knitting Fashion: Setting the Style
- Men, Women & Clothes: Facing the Elements
Men, Women and Clothes
Facing the Elements
'The purpose of most fashion is to be ostentatiously non-functional.'
- Men, Women & Clothes: Informal Clothes
- Men, Women & Clothes: Fashions
Men, Women and Clothes
How Fashions Come and Go
The BBC's first ever series in colour explores the history of fashion.
What We Wore Collection
- Programmes (13)
- Documents (7)
Men, Women and Clothes
How Fashions Come and Go
The BBC's first ever series in colour explores the history of fashion.
Men, Women and Clothes
Sense and Nonsense in Fashion
Irrational clothes - a look at why we wear things we can't function in.
Men, Women and Clothes
Fashions in Faces and Figures
How fashion dictates body shape and facial decoration.
Men, Women and Clothes
Formal Clothes
From christenings to funerals - how clothes signify important occasions.
Men, Women and Clothes
Informal Clothes
Everyday wear from the last 200 years.
Men, Women and Clothes
Facing the Elements
'The purpose of most fashion is to be ostentatiously non-functional.'
Clothes That Count
Shirt Waister
Keep up to the minute by making this attractive and versatile dress.
Clothes That Count
Suit
Suits for women of all shapes, sizes and postcodes.
Clothes That Count
A Double-Breasted Coat
Solve your outer-wear problems with a fashionable and functional coat.
Knitting Fashion
Setting the Style
Making fashionable garments at a fraction of the retail cost.
Knitting Fashion
Design for Yourself
In fashion 'all designers should be obsolete'.
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