Laura Ashley
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: City girls around the world have recently been walking out in romantic country looking dresses. The fabrics and design of this fashion trend all emanate from a small factory in Wales where Laura Ashley, the originator of the new styles has based her work. Michele Brown has a look at the fashions and talks to Laura Ashley about why her particular designs have become so popular.
- Researcher Comments
- Includes footage from the BBC’s ‘Made in Britain: Laura Ashley’ programme. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version
- Keywords
- Industry and manufacture; Fashion and costume; Design
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/832
- Credits:
-
- Camera
- AI Films
- Production Co.
- AI Films
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Producer
- Eric Halliday
- Director
- Eric Halliday
- Presenter
- Esmeralda Reyna
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Michele Brown
- Support services
- Zakiya Powell
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
- Series held
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How to cite this record
'Laura Ashley', This Week In Britain Issue No. 832, 1974. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/329073 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)