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  1. BBC Radio 4
  2. Programmes
  3. Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion
  4. Episodes
  5. 2009

Episodes from Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion broadcast in 2009

April
  1. 15/15. Laurence finds out what current men's fashion says about the state we are in.
  2. 14/15. How did fashion in the 1980s reflect the greedy consumerism of the times?
  3. 13/15. The story of how fashion and music formed an insoluble partnership. With Malcolm McLaren.
  4. 12/15. In the 1950s, Teddy Boys aped and subverted the styles of their social superiors.
  5. 11/15. Laurence celebrates the stars and the movies that have redefined mens' fashion.
  6. 10/15. The Prince of Wales set trends both on and off the golf course.
  7. 9/15. Military uniform provided men with some of the most vibrant, flattering clothing available
  8. 8/15. Men in black embodied power and serious purpose yet also democratised fashion forever.
  9. 7/15. By the 19th century, tartan and the kilt had gained cult status.
  10. 6/15. Laurence robes up like Lord Byron, in the costume of an Albanian nobleman.
  11. 5/15. What was the dandy style and why did the men of St James's do it so very well?
  12. 4/15. Laurence visits Bath, the setting for the 18th-century revolution in men's clothing.
  13. 3/15. The restoration of Charles II seems to signal a return to the old sartorial order.
  14. 2/15. Men's clothing at the court of Charles I betrayed all the tensions of the age.
  15. 1/15. For Henry, clothes were the embodiment of nation.

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