THE LOOK on BBC documentary Men Of Fashion

THE LOOK is a rich source of material for the excellent documentary series Men Of Fashion currently on BBC Radio 4 – listen here to Paul Gorman’s contribution to episode 13 The King’s Road: Granny Takes A Trip…Into Punk.

//Left: Colin Woodhead 1966. Right: John Pearse 2000. Images (c) Woodhead and Pearse//  

All the other contributors to this episode - Colin Woodhead, John Pearse, Malcolm McLaren - were interviewed for THE LOOK, while our material on Elvis Presley’s working relationship with Bernard Lansky and John Stephen’s creation of Carnaby Street is also covered.

//Left: John Stephen Carnaby Street 1966. Right: The King and Bernard Lansky, Memphis, 1956. Images (c) Rex + Lansky Bros//  

Presenter Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen casts aside his foppish persona (apart from in the publicity shots) and emerges as an informed anchor harnessing the wide range of facts and views packed into the programme with authority.

Find the Men Of Fashion home-page here, where there is an opportunity to listen to other episodes on Teddy Boys, the influence of sport, Hollywood and royalty.

The documentary is a Just Radio production.