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Radio 3,13 Jan 2016,14 mins

SeriesListener, They Wore It

Federico Fellini's 8 1/2

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Five writers recall clothes and accessories that resonate vividly in works of art: Author and critic Stephen Bayley on a pair of glasses sported brilliantly in the film 8 1/2 by Marcello Mastroianni. So classic and cool are the frames, that we desire them today. Producer Duncan Minshull

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