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Utility Fashion in the War Years (1996 Multimedia)

Subject

Design

Distribution

Sale, 30 slides., 2005 sale: £38.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Slides showing male and female clothing, together with advertisements for the Utility Clothing Scheme. Items range from complete outfits to enlargements of detailing and fabric. The text outlines the aims of...

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True Cost, The (2015)

Director

Andrew Morgan

Producer

Michael Ross

Subject

Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 92 minutes), $12.00

The price of clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically. This film examines the clothing and fashion industres and their impact on the world....

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From Wool to Wearer (1913 Film)

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A survey of the work done in the factory of Peter Scott Ltd, with emphasis on the manufacture of’Pesco’ garments. Shows shearing of sheep, spinning, hand knitting machine, binding and seaming, scouring,...

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Fashion and Textiles (1994 Video)

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

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Tartan: Cloth of a Nation (2003)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 55 minutes), £12.99

No other country is so readily identified with its national dress as Scotland is with Tartan. Now for the first time on film, its history and industries are placed on record. The connection between the...

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Shirts and Coal (1986 Video)

Producer

Clare Falkner

Subject

Economics

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Looks at the model of capitalism and assesses to what extent it applies to non-capitalist forms of production viz. a workers’ co-operative and a coal mine, both in South Wales. The need to make a profit to...

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Stitch in Time, A (1993 Video)

Director

Rakesh Mathur

Producer

Ashok Verma

Subject

Design

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 17 min., 1995 sale: £25.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Caryn Franklin of the BBC Clothes Show looks at the British fashion market and some of its newer elements, which have roots world-wide. Also discusses the marketing of fashion.

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Fabric Handling (1985 Video)

Director

Michael Bowen

Producer

Michael Bowen

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, Video cassette. Standard formats. col. 8 min.

Shows a Puma robot in use in garment manufacture, separating ply from a machine cut stack, picking up and orientating an irregular motif which is then fused to the cloth at another work station.

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Managing Design: A Manufacturing Partnership (1985 Video)

Director

Gavin Nettleton

Subject

Business studies; Design

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 1997 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

A case study looking at Kayser South, part of the Courtaulds Group, manufactures of bras and swimwear for Marks & Spencer and British Home Stores. Shows how design is viewed by the two retailers and looks...

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Helen Littman: English Eccentrics (1985 Video)

Director

Gavin Nettleton

Subject

Design

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 45 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Profiles Helen Littman and her fashion company English Eccentrics, from her childhood through her education and early days in fashion up to 1984-85. She discusses selling, the pop world, production, worker...

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