Clothes Show 1990 Beachy Head
Photo by Gail Herbert.
The Clothes Show (1986-2000) was a hugely popular fashion magazine show transmitted on Sunday afternoons. It started as a spin off from fashion items on Pebble Mill at One and was the brainchild of Exec Producer, Roger Casstles. The producers included Clare Stride, Jane Lomas and Colette Foster. Directors on the show included Clive Wagner, Tim Langford, Alex Fraser, Paul Vanezis.
Regular presenters included Selina Scott, Jeff Banks, Caryn Franklin, Brenda Emmanus, Margherita Taylor and Tim Vincent.
The title music was part of the Arthur Baker remix of the Pet Shop Boys’ ‘In The Night’.
The show was so popular that a BBC magazine of the same name was launched, as well as the annual ‘Clothes Show Live’ event at the NEC, which is obviously still a fixture.
The television series became renowned for the fast pace of its editing, and creative use of digital video effects. The post production team won a BAFTA for their video editing in 1989.
Tim Langford was the director of this particular insert.
Jane Green comments about working on The Clothes Show: “I FM’d on some of the first Clothes Shows with Selina and Geoff. We did the first ever Bride of the Year in Bradley, Staffs, with Lindka Cierach designing the dress, and Trevor Sorbie and Barbara Daly, hair n make-up. Years later I was a director – at the British Fashion Awards I met a new young model called Kate Moss, a crazy Vivien Westwood and Philip Treacy, and a grumpy Naomi Campbell. My 11 year old daughter finds it hard to believe mummy had such a cool job. It was hard slog but great fun. Roger was a genius.”