Taster of First Episode

03/17/21 • 1 min

A taster of the first episode presented by Ami Bouhassane (granddaughter of Lee Miller and Co-Director of her Archives) who in the coming episode speaks with fashion historian Amber Butchart on world war 2 fashion.

Full Episode to Release on 26th March 2021

Amber Butchart is a dress historian, author and broadcaster who specialises in the intersections between politics, clothing and culture. She is a former Research Fellow at the University of the Arts London, and is a regular public lecturer across the UK’s leading arts institutions. She researches and presents documentaries for television and radio, including the six-part series A Stitch in Time for BBC Four that fused biography, art and the history of fashion to explore the lives of historical figures through the clothes they wore. Amber is an external adviser for the National Crime Agency as a Forensic Garment Analyst, working on cases that require investigation of clothing and textiles. She has published five books on the history and culture of clothes, including The Fashion of Film, Nautical Chic, and a history of British fashion illustration for the British Library.

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Lee Miller’s photography of British fashion for Vogue during World War 2 was prolific yet few are aware of the full extent of this body of her work. Many know Lee Miller’s name in connection to her inspirational World War 2 reportage. Few are aware of the volume of her British fashion images that were published on British Vogue’s pages from 1939 to 1944.

The six part series is produced in conjunction with the release of Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime Britain book and exhibition and explores British fashion during the war, Lee Miller's contribution to the fashion industry in these years and her significant service to the survival of British Vogue magazine.

Audrey Withers, Lee Miller’s editor at British Vogue, wrote as early as 1941:

‘she [Lee Miller] has borne the whole weight of our studio production through the most difficult period in Brogue’s [British Vogue’s] history’.

The series is presented by Ami Bouhassane, Lee Miller's grandaughter and co-director of the Lee Miller Archives

Guest speakers include: Fashion Historian Amber Butchart, Robin Muir, contributing editor to British Vogue, Hilary Roberts, head curator of photography, Imperial War Museums London, Julie Summers, biographer of Audrey Withers and contemporary fashion and fine art photographer Viviane Sassen.

Produced by Tolly Robinson

Music from DeWolf Music

This series was made possible by public funding awarded by Arts Council England from the DCMS Culture Recovery Fund

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Full Episode to Release on 26th March 2021

More info on series:

Audrey Withers, Lee Miller’s editor at British Vogue, wrote as early as 1941:

‘she [Lee Miller] has borne the whole weight of our studio production through the most difficult period in Brogue’s [British Vogue’s] history’.

The series is presented by Ami Bouhassane, Lee Miller's grandaughter and co-director of the Lee Miller Archives

Produced by Tolly Robinson

Music from DeWolf Music

This series was made possible by public funding awarded by Arts Council England from the DCMS Culture Recovery Fund

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Fashion in Wartime

The six part series is created in connection with the publication and exhibition 'Lee Miller Fashion in Wartime Britain'. Presented by Ami Bouhassane, Lee Miller's grandaughter and co-director of the Lee Miller Archives it explores British fashion during the war, Lee Miller's contribution to the fashion industry in these years and her significant service to the survival of British Vogue magazine.

This episode features fashion historian Amber Butchart.

Amber is a dress historian, author and broadcaster who specialises in the intersections between politics, clothing and culture. She is a former Research Fellow at the University of the Arts London, and is a regular public lecturer across the UK’s leading arts institutions. She researches and presents documentaries for television and radio, including the six-part series A Stitch in Time for BBC Four that fused biography, art and the history of fashion to explore the lives of historical figures through the clothes they wore. Amber is an external adviser for the National Crime Agency as a Forensic Garment Analyst, working on cases that require investigation of clothing and textiles. She has published five books on the history and culture of clothes, including The Fashion of Film, Nautical Chic, and a history of British fashion illustration for the British Library.

Audrey Withers, Lee Miller’s editor at British Vogue, wrote as early as 1941:

‘she [Lee Miller] has borne the whole weight of our studio production through the most difficult period in Brogue’s [British Vogue’s] history’.

Guest speakers in other episodes include: Robin Muir, contributing editor to British Vogue, Hilary Roberts, head curator of photography Imperial War Museums London, Julie Summers, biographer of Audrey Withers and Contemporary fashion and fine art photographer Viviane Sassen.

Produced by Tolly Robinson

Music from DeWolf Music

This series was made possible by public funding awarded by Arts Council England from the DCMS Culture Recovery Fund

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.