Give Us a Twirl

Synopsis

Looks at young people and their desire to wear clothes with designer labels. Shows Valentino and Dior ballgowns, Gucci mother-and-daughter look-alike outfits, Vivienne Westwood, DKNY for girls, and girls dressed in Calvin Klein clothes at an under-16s evening in Glasgow’s Sub Club. The marketers of designer fashions appear to have succeeded in their campaigns aimed at young people, but who really pays?

Series

Lowdown, The: Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Year of production

1996

Availability

Sale; 1994 sale: £45.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Notes

Broadcast on BBC1 on 7/5/96.

Subjects

Business studies

Keywords

clothing industries; fashion design; marketing

Distributor

Name

BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning

Contact

Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)

Email

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’