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The Suit

Episode 6 of 10

Brian Hoey introduces the programme, which includes detailed sewing advice from designer Ann Ladbury. (1967)

Brian Hoey introduces the programme, which includes detailed sewing advice from designer Ann Ladbury and an earnest discussion between fashion designer Michael of Carlos Place and Doris Ward, a 'home dressmaker from Newcastle', about what, given her pear-shaped figure, is the best suit style for her. (1967)

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Tue 14 Nov 1967 23:37
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Michael of Carlos Place, aka Michael Donnellan, was born in Dublin and initially trained as a surgeon before turning his hand to design and becoming a couturier in London. According to his obituary in The Times, he had a profound influence on high street fashion as he became an adviser to Marks & Spencer in the 1960s and worked to improve the cut and cloth used for mass manufactured clothes.

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