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Series exploring the relationship between British music and fashion. This episode examines the 1980s - the decade when, thanks to the music video, image became everything.
Just how did Britain become the place where the best music goes with the most eye-catching styles? Lauren Laverne narrates a series about the love affair between our music and fashion, looking at how musicians and designers came up with the coolest and craziest looks and how we emulated our idols.
British pop and rock is our great gift to the world, at the heart of the irrepressible creative brilliance of Britain. But it has never just been about the music. Across the decades we have unleashed a uniquely British talent for fusing the best sounds with stunning style and fashion to dazzling effect.
The final episode in the series takes us into the 1980s - the decade when, thanks to the music video, image became everything. From Dexys Midnight Runners in their austere work wear and dungarees, through the flamboyant new romantics of London's Blitz club, the anti-fashion statements of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark to the band with the image that typified the decade - Duran Duran. The episode ends, as the decade did, with the emerging popularity of urban street wear led by Jazzie B and Soul II Soul.
But this isn't just a story of brilliant musicians and maverick designers, it's a story that touches us all because at some point in our lives, we've all delved into the great dressing-up box and joined the pageant that is British music and fashion.
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Clips
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Dexys Midnight Runners spark a new trend
Duration: 00:45
Music Played
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Josh Record
House
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Billy Idol
Dancing with Myself
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ABBA
The Winner Takes It All
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Dexys Midnight Runners
Geno
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Dexys Midnight Runners
Dance Stance
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Dexys Midnight Runners
Keep It
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Dexys Midnight Runners
Come On Eileen
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Dexys
Nowhere Is 91热爆
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Visage
Fade To Grey
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Spandau Ballet
To Cut a Long Story Short
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David Bowie
Fashion
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David Bowie
Ashes to Ashes
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Visage
Mind of a Toy
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Kajagoogoo
Too Shy
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A Flock of Seagulls
Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)
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Culture Club
Karma Chameleon
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Enola Gay
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Maid of Orleans
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Genetic Engineering
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Secret
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
4-Neu
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Duran Duran
Rio
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Duran Duran
Hungry Like the Wolf
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Duran Duran
Is There Something I Should Know?
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Duran Duran
Ordinary World
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Soul II Soul
Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) (feat. Caron Wheeler)
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Double Trouble & Rebel MC
Just Keep Rockin'
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Rebel MC & Double Trouble
Street Tuff
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Soul II Soul
People
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David Bowie
Sound And Vision
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Small Faces
Itchycoo Park
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ABBA
The Winner Takes It All
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Visage
Fade To Grey
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Kajagoogoo
Too Shy
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Culture Club
Karma Chameleon
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Enola Gay
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Duran Duran
Rio
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Duran Duran
Is There Something I Should Know?
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Soul II Soul, Caron Wheeler
Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)
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Soul II Soul
Jazzie's Groove
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David Bowie
Sound And Vision
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Lauren Laverne |
Executive Producer | Steve Condie |
Series Producer | Matt Hill |
Director | Matt Hill |