Look, The (6 Parts)
- Synopsis
- Examines the business of fashion, stripping away the glitz and glamour to look behind the scenes. Explores the mystique of the designer label, debates the meaning of style, reveals the mysteries of material and unveils the interdependence between the fashion industry, the media, financiers and the consumer.
Part 1: Catwalk smalltalk from the models, designers, movers and shakers on fashion’s international strageties.
Part 2: Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein and Donna Karan on how perfumes have become th ultimate in designer sidelines.
Part 3: Fashion journalists Anna Wintour, Suzy Menkes and Liz Tiberis on editorial clout.
Part 4: Looks at the label - the selling of personal identity through an instantly reconnisable insignia, from haute coutre to street cred.
Part 5: How Issey Miyake, Gianni Versace and Christian Lacroix cut their cloth.
Part 6: In-depth profile of the undisputed king of couture, and intensely private man still dogged by self-doubt. - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 50 min.
- Year of production
- 1992
- Availability
- Sale
- Keywords
- clothing industries; fashion design
Sections
- Title
- Runway
- Synopsis
- Part 1: Catwalk smalltalk from the models, designers, movers and shakers on fashion's international strageties.
- Title
- Scenting money
- Synopsis
- Part 2: Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein and Donna Karan on how perfumes have become th ultimate in designer sidelines.
- Title
- Power from the press
- Synopsis
- Part 3: Fashion journalists Anna Wintour, Suzy Menkes and Liz Tiberis on editorial clout.
- Title
- Uniform and function
- Synopsis
- Part 4: Looks at the label - the selling of personal identity through an instantly reconnisable insignia, from haute coutre to street cred.
- Title
- Material world
- Synopsis
- Part 5: How Issey Miyake, Gianni Versace and Christian Lacroix cut their cloth.
- Title
- Yves Saint Laurent
- Synopsis
- Part 6: In-depth profile of the undisputed king of couture, and intensely private man still dogged by self-doubt.
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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