Time Capsule ‘79

Series

Series Name

This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.

1083

Date Released

1979

Length of issue (in feet)

175

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Time Capsule ‘79

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Australian Vicki Luke visits Simpson’s, the old-established store in London’s Piccadilly, where there was recently an exhibition displaying the work of 26 designers, covering the entire spectrum of British fashion for Autumn 1979. She discovered that through the generosity of everyone involved, the entire exhibition - clothes, accessories, display mannequins and the designers’ original working drawings, are to be donated to the Victoria & Albert Museum. So what began as a department store attraction will become a small but important part of one of the world’s finest historical costume collections.

Researcher Comments

Includes interview with designers John Bates and Jane Cattlin and with V&A director, Dr Roy Strong. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version

Keywords

Shops and shopping; Fashion and costume; Exhibitions and shows; Design

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 42 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 936/1083

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

John Wilson

Presenter

Vicki Luke

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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