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  1. Un-Dressed: Fashion in the Twentieth Century (1998 Video)

    aka: Undressed: Fashion in the 20th Century

    Director
    Jaci Judelson; Gideon Koppel
    Producer
    Pascale Lamche
    Subject
    Design
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, 2 videocassettes. VHS. col. 208 min (total)., 1998 sale: £19.99 (inclusive) pair

    Four-part series detailing the history of 20th-century fashion by examining its many influences. Tape 1: 1) REBELLION: Focuses on how fashion has mirrored social change and highlights some influences,...

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  2. Working for Piece Work Wages (1987 Video)

    Director
    Phyliss Waught
    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videoassette. Standard formats. col. 35 min.

    Most of the 10,000 workers in the Toronto garment industry are migrant women and most of these work for low piece work wages, accompanied by high production quotas and poor working conditions. These women...

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  3. 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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  4. Christina Shannon: Textile Designer (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Design; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 min.

    Looks at the working methods of Christina Shannon, who designs printed textiles for the fashion industry. She works as a freelance designer because it gives her more scope to develop an individual style, but...

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  5. History of Dress (5 Parts) (1977 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    1: Ways in which clothes have been used throughout history to accentuate, disguise, distort and hide the body. 2: Fabric and style, how the materials from which clothes are made have varied, and how the form...

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