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Smart Consumer
Why Love Island style dental veneers might not be the best idea
17 minutes
First broadcast:Available for over a year
The Smart Consumer Podcast with Lydia Thomas and Louisa Adams
The Why Factor
Beauty pageants
23 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service East Asia
Available for over a year
In an era of female empowerment this week’s Why Factor asks: why do women still compete in beauty pageants? Show more
Deborah Bull talks with beauty icons, including Jean Shrimpton, about losing their looks and getting older. From September 2011. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Hardeep Singh Kohli discovers the royal connections linking Ascot racecourse with fashion for over 300 years. From June 2011. Show more
Smart Consumer
Failed diets and body shaming - can you combine wellbeing and weight loss?
22 minutes
First broadcast:Available for over a year
The Smart Consumer podcast with Frankie Haynes, Shahroo Izadi and Man V Fat.
In the Studio
Opening Ceremony: Fashioning a new collection
32 minutes
First broadcast:Available for over a year
In The Studio follows OC’s directors Humberto Leon and Carol Lim through the process of creating their Pre-Spring 2019 collection Show more
When artist Scottee decided to invent fat beauty pageant Hamburger Queen, he wanted to celebrate people he was sick of hearing described as sad, lazy and a drain on the NHS. Show more
Mary Portas: On Style
Tom Dixon on British design, Miss Jason in Liverpool, Fashion Revolution, Design Museums at 30
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Tom Dixon on British design, Miss Jason, Fashion Revolution's new wall planner, and the directors of two of the world's first Design Museums discuss developments in design. Show more
The Arts Hour
Backstage: London Fashion Week
53 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC World Service AustralasiaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service East Asia
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Nikki Bedi goes behind the scenes at London Fashion Week, where the fashion industry come to display their new collections for the first time Show more
Patricia Cumper uncovers the cultural significance of gap teeth, and how it has affected not only society's view of gap teeth but also her own. Show more
Smart Consumer with Simon Hoban on the boom in second-hand clothes
We've heard about the gender bias, the age bias, and the racial bias but what about the beauty bias? Show more
Four surgery seekers get a ringside seat to watch the tummy tuck procedure they all want. Will expert advice and the experiences of former patients change their minds? Show more
Four people planning to get hair transplants have a unique opportunity to watch the procedure live and talk to former patients. Will they still want to go ahead? Show more
Tansy Hoskins, Thomas Turner, Rebecca Shawcross, and Owen Humphreys discuss unboxing, shoe factory working conditions, and what fashionable sandals were like in Roman times. Show more
From laboratory grown fabrics to recycled school jumpers and a single pair of jeans for life, Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough investigates the future of fashion. Show more
Shahidha Bari looks at a documentary on X factor winner Dalton Harris, the lives of Black Britain captured in photography and poetry, the NPG and oral histories of feminist artists Show more
Shahidha Bari dons a pair of gloves and is joined by guests Anne Green, Tom Chatfield, Riina Oun and Rebecca Unsworth to examine their making and the many meanings they have held. Show more
In a diary charting a sewing challenge, fashion historian Jade Halbert reflects on the skills of textile workers she has interviewed exploring the fashion trade in Glasgow. Show more