Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up

Aug 10, 2002

2h 0m

★ 10.0

Overview

Tells the story of the photographers who cemented the image of swinging London and who, through their pictures, irreversibly altered the face of fashion and pop.

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

BBC

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Neil Pearson

Self

Twiggy

Self

Christine Keeler

Self

Mary Quant

Self

David Hemmings

Self

Vidal Sassoon

Self

Veruschka von Lehndorff

Self

Andrew Loog Oldham

Self

Terence Stamp

Self (archive footage)

Michelangelo Antonioni

Self (archive footage)

Marianne Faithfull

Self (archive footage)

Jean Shrimpton

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