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Plucking and Grooming

Jenni Murray celebrates performance artist and breast cancer campaigner Tutu. Plus the fashion label for women with disabilities, and plucking and grooming - vanity or narcissism?

A celebration of the life of Tutu - performance artist and breast cancer campaigner. The woman behind a fashion label for women with disabilities. Plus how much time do you spend on improving your looks with lotions, potions, plucking and plastic surgery? Is it a healthy sense of vanity or an act of narcissism? And should women in the public eye show off their cleavage or cover up ?

Producer Vibeke Venema.

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58 minutes

Last on

Wed 4 Apr 2012 10:00

Chapters

  • Ann Olivier - Clothes for disabled women

    Jenni talks to Ann Olivier about her fashion designs.

    Duration: 06:42

  • Breasts - how much cleavage is too much?

    Jenni is joined by fashion historian Caroline Cox, broadcaster and former GMTV presenter Penny Smith and Liz Jones, Daily Mail columnist.

    Duration: 12:15

  • Plucking and grooming

    Jenni is joined by journalist Charlotte Raven and Daily Mail columnist, Liz Jones to discuss whether we should reject today’s elaborate beauty regimes.

    Duration: 09:10

  • DIY Beauty - facials

    Sali Hughes, who writes, blogs and tweets about Beauty for The Guardian, shows Judi Herman her how it's done.

    Duration: 05:38

  • Punk cancer

    Jenni is joined by writer Stephanie Theobald to talk about her friend Tutu who died last month.

    Duration: 07:36

Broadcast

  • Wed 4 Apr 2012 10:00

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