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Katharine Hamnett

Katharine Hamnett

FromDesert Island Discs


Katharine Hamnett

FromDesert Island Discs

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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
May 21, 1989
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is one of Britain's most successful fashion designers - Katharine Hamnett.She started in the business 10 years ago with a £500 loan, and now runs a company with a £10 million turnover. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the connection between politics and fashion, and also about her famous baggy white t-shirts, which bear political and ecological slogans, and the memorable occasion when she wore one of them on a visit to 10 Downing Street.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Big Head by Max Bygraves
Book: The I Ching
Luxury: Aircraft carrier (to decorate)
Released:
May 21, 1989
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.