Pennod 2 Cwpwrdd Dillad

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-Marlene Dietrich

-dressed to create an image.

-Is the same true of the three people

-we'll meet tonight?

-Gwenllian Jones

-will open her wardrobe to us...

-..at her home, in Caernarfon.

-We will also see...

-..what's on the hangers of

-clothes shop manager, Ffion Jones.

-Our journey begins in Hendy,

-with Geraint Williams.

-Welcome to Cwpwrdd Dillad.

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-Geraint Williams is a Law Society

-Development Officer.

-He's very fond of clothes.

-If I'd saved the money

-I've spent on clothes...

-..I'd have paid off my mortgage.

-I work in the world of law and

-I must be smartly dressed every day.

-When I meet a lawyer, I make a note

-of what I wore to that meeting...

-..to make sure I don't double up.

-What sparked your interest

-in clothes, Geraint?

-I was raised in clothes shops and

-it's something I've always loved.

-My style has changed,

-as I've changed.

-I was a fat child.

-I was overweight until I was 21,

-around three years ago.

-I decided to lose weight.

-Once I'd lost all the weight,

-my style changed completely.

-I had the freedom to

-walk into a shop and buy anything.

-That taste of freedom

-really inspired me.

-Are your clothes

-a mirror to your character?

-Yes, I think so.

-My clothes reflect the fact

-I'm a little bit of an eccentric.

-On the whole, I'm conservative,

-with a small c...

-..but there are unusual aspects to

-my character, beneath the surface.

-May I open the wardrobe doors?

-May I open the wardrobe doors?

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-Yes, of course.

-The first thing that strikes me

-is how tidy it is.

-Thank you.

-There are lots of patterns in here.

-Bold patterns and stripes

-leap out at me.

-I'm not aware of it when I buy them,

-but most of my shirts are stripey.

-It's probably because vertical

-stripes make me look tall and slim.

-I have very few

-short-sleeved shirts.

-I rarely wear short sleeves.

-Long sleeves are smarter.

-I do have

-a few short sleeved shirts.

-This is really disgusting!

-I bought it to go on holiday

-to Magaluf, two years ago.

-I'm not sure

-why it's still in my wardrobe.

-This is perfect for Magaluf!

-If you don't like it,

-why haven't you thrown it out?

-I suppose it's become

-a sentimental item of clothing.

-It will be in a charity shop

-pretty soon, mind you.

-Let's move on to the trousers.

-This pair of trousers

-has caught my eye.

-Fantastic!

-I'm not quite sure

-why I bought them.

-They caught my eye.

-I've worn them once or twice...

-..with a brown, linen shirt

-and brown, leather flip-flops.

-I think it's time

-to get rid of them.

-They're a good quality

-and they were expensive.

-You can have them, if you like.

-You can have them, if you like.

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-I think they'd suit me.

-They're a bit big for you.

-Music is a hobby of mine.

-I'm an organist at my local chapel.

-It's a big part of my life.

-I'm accompanist to a local choir.

-Music takes up a lot of my time.

-What do you wear

-when you play the organ?

-You'd expect me to wear

-a suit, a shirt and a tie...

-..but the members of Bethesda chapel

-will tell you that isn't the case.

-What about shoes?

-It's important to have the right

-footwear when you play the organ.

-I found the shoes I wanted to wear

-to play the organ in London.

-They're made by Prada

-and they cost over 200.

-I hope the chapel members appreciate

-the fact I'm wearing Prada shoes!

-Do you have a weakness for shirts,

-trousers or shoes?

-Do you prefer one of those items

-above and beyond the others?

-Apart from shoes,

-I'm also really keen on coats.

-Long coats, usually.

-I bought

-a cashmere camel coat recently.

-People must wonder what a man my age

-wants with a coat like that.

-I wear it for work, in the winter...

-..and I've also worn it with jeans,

-a black polo neck and a scarf.

-I bought a pair of shoes,

-when I was a student.

-They weren't expensive but there was

-only one pair left in the shop...

-..and they were three sizes smaller

-than the size I normally wear.

-I cut a few slits in them,

-to make them fit better.

-I love them and I still wear them

-at least once a week.

-I'd be lost without them.

-I couldn't fail to notice

-these Prada socks, down here.

-I bought 20 pairs of these socks

-on eBay for 12.

-They're authentic!

-They didn't

-fall off the back of a lorry.

-I haven't used them all, yet.

-Do you do your own laundry?

-Do you do your own laundry?

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-No, I don't.

-A lady comes here to collect

-my dirty washing every week...

-..and she brings them back

-on hangers, covered in plastic.

-I'd be lost without clothes.

-It makes me sound shallow but

-clothes really do give me a buzz.

-I have a passion for clothes,

-to shape my image...

-..and I also enjoy

-looking at clothes in magazines.

-Aesthetics are important to me.

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-I like materials.

-I enjoy playing with them.

-I'm fond of colours and stitching.

-I don't know why or where I got it.

-My great-great-great-grandfather

-was a tailor.

-That's the only possible source.

-Gwenllian Jones's wardrobe includes

-items collected over 25 years.

-She's seen the world

-and she's lived abroad.

-Her husband

-worked for the United Nations...

-..and they lived in Uganda, Kenya,

-the Gulf and Bangladesh.

-Gwenllian has visited

-many other countries, too.

-Her passion for materials,

-arts and crafts and embroidery...

-..have influenced

-the contents of her wardrobe.

-Travelling gives her a great excuse

-to buy something new.

-What sparked your interest

-in clothes and materials?

-I've always liked clothes...

-..but I could never find

-what I wanted.

-I'd buy material and make my own

-dresses, when I was a student.

-I stitched everything by hand.

-I don't use sewing machines.

-The seams would unravel!

-I moved to Uganda and things

-became very messy over there.

-I was trapped in my hotel compound,

-with a 3-month-old baby.

-I saw some Indian garments

-in the hotel shop...

-..and I decided

-to try to make something similar.

-I made a waistcoat,

-which I still have.

-I designed the flowers myself.

-I've only ever used one pattern

-and that was for a bedspread.

-I created the other designs.

-Are clothes like postcards...

-..that remind you

-of the countries you've visited?

-Clothes speak, unlike postcards.

-Clothes are tangible.

-There's more than simply

-the material and the item itself.

-Clothes have a history,

-unlike postcards.

-There are people

-behind an item of clothing.

-I have a real appetite for clothes.

-I take an extra bag with me,

-wherever I go.

-I had to buy a bag

-when I was last in India.

-I don't know why I do it.

-Nobody sees them.

-I can't wait to go to Morocco in May

-to buy long dishdashas...

-..and float around in them.

-I love wearing long dresses

-all through the summer.

-How would you define your style?

-I don't have a style.

-I'd say I am

-completely devoid of style!

-My husband says I don't

-have clothes, like everyone else.

-I have garments!

-He says I wear old tents

-and old sacks.

-I don't wear dresses,

-like other women.

-We went to Kathmandu, Nepal...

-..and I saw this,

-hanging in front of the shops.

-I didn't buy it.

-I don't know why not.

-John, my husband, went back there

-without me, some time later...

-..and he brought this back, for me.

-Look at the peacocks.

-These things all have

-the same shapes on them.

-The shishas

-protect you from the evil eye.

-If the devil comes after you,

-he sees his reflection in that.

-He backs off.

-He backs off.

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-He's so ugly, he scares himself!

-I like untidy people.

-You like untidy people?

-You like untidy people?

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-Yes. I'm untidy!

-We'll be the best of friends!

-I'm untidy and I can't stand people

-who are too neat and tidy.

-I like to see the inside

-of a garment look like that.

-That's exactly how I sew -

-I leave threads hanging everywhere.

-Look at these loose threads!

-That's what I call a crooked seam.

-Look at those stitches!

-I love this sort of embroidery work.

-I'm not sure where this was made.

-It was probably made in Pakistan

-or in Egypt.

-I would say

-it was made in a Moslem country.

-I bought it in Kuwait.

-This is 25 years old.

-The embroidered eyes serve the

-same purpose as the tiny mirrors.

-They ward off the evil eye.

-A friend of my husband's

-worked in Afghanistan....

-..and he'd bought these dresses

-for his daughters.

-The girls grew up

-and he gave them to my daughter.

-I think they're wonderful.

-They were made in Kabul

-and it's hand-embroidered.

-There are tiny shishas

-on the sleeve.

-Oh, they're pretty little things.

-She wore them to go to parties.

-What about that orange suit?

-What about that orange suit?

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-I bought it when I was in Uganda.

-It was expensive.

-I can't tell you how much it cost

-because I'm embarrassed.

-I bought it in an Indian shop.

-I've never seen anything like it.

-I had to buy something.

-I didn't even try it on.

-I've never worn it.

-My son was in Botswana, at the time,

-with his girlfriend.

-I thought they may get married

-in Botswana.

-I had a big, crazy dream about them

-getting married in the Kalahari.

-I thought the orange dress

-would be perfect for the wedding.

-I wondered at the time,

-"What could be better than this?"

-I remember thinking in the shop...

-..if I had a choice between seeing

-Sean Bean dressed in a white robe...

-..looking like Lawrence of Arabia.

-Sean Bean dressed in Arab clothing

-was my fantasy!

-I thought to myself I'd choose

-this dress over Sean Bean!

-There was no wedding

-in the Kalahari.

-They got married at a vineyard

-in England, in the end...

-..and I never got to wear the dress.

-I wore the scarf to his wedding,

-with a different suit.

-This is my idea of heaven.

-There are trinkets

-from all over the world here.

-This comes from Africa.

-I think it's made of nuts.

-This bracelet is full of sand

-or rice or something which rattles!

-Gwenllian received this

-Nepalese bangle from her husband.

-There are some exotic items here.

-This came from a shop in Llandudno!

-What about your jewellery?

-Are you keen on it?

-Are you keen on it?

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-Yes. I'm like a magpie.

-I love anything which glitters.

-My husband once called me

-"The poor man's Elizabeth Taylor".

-I love jewellery.

-I'll wear six necklaces

-at the same time.

-They're so heavy,

-they give me a headache!

-If all your clothes vanished

-tomorrow, how would you feel?

-Gutted!

-That's what a footballer would say.

-Is being trendy important to you?

-I don't know about trendy, but I do

-like to be different from the rest.

-I opened a clothes shop so I could

-choose unusual clothes for myself!

-Having spent time in France as

-a skiing and snowboarding coach...

-..Ffion Jones came home to Ruthin

-to open an extreme sports shop.

-How has it influenced her wardrobe?

-When I order things for the shop...

-..I order one thing for myself

-which I won't sell in the shop.

-Nobody else will have it!

-Is being unique important to you?

-Is being unique important to you?

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-It isn't important to me.

-It's just the way I was brought up.

-I enjoy wearing clothes

-which are different from the norm.

-I never shop on the high street.

-I refuse to go in

-to high street shops - I hate them!

-My friends

-can't stand shopping with me.

-I'll only shop at the fantastic

-Camden Market, in London...

-..Aflex Palace, in Manchester

-or the Corn Exchange, in Leeds.

-Those are the only three places

-I shop.

-When people and ask me

-where I bought my clothes...

-..I refuse to tell them!

-I've never met anyone else

-whose wardrobe is in their kitchen.

-Well, the truth is

-I have too many clothes.

-I have so many clothes...

-..I really must have a wardrobe

-in the kitchen.

-What do you keep in this wardrobe?

-What do you keep in this wardrobe?

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-Coats.

-Are these your favourite coats?

-Are these your favourite coats?

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-Yes, this is vintage.

-It was a present from my granny.

-It must be about 50 years old

-and it's one of my favourites.

-What about this one?

-It's an unusual shape.

-Yes, I bought this in the

-vintage section at the Clothes Show.

-I bought it

-from a Japanese-style shop.

-I've worn that many times.

-I like its shape.

-That covers wardrobe number one.

-May we see wardrobe number two?

-May we see wardrobe number two?

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-Yes. Follow me.

-This the second wardrobe.

-What do you keep in here?

-Simon, my boyfriend...

-..keeps his clothes

-in the top section.

-That's all the space

-the poor love has for his clothes!

-That's plenty!

-I've commandeered this drawer.

-It's jam-packed with clothes.

-I call them

-my 'just in case' clothes!

-Just in case of what, Ffion?

-Just in case of what, Ffion?

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-Well, just in case

-I become a mother, one day...

-..and my children want to borrow my

-clothes, like I do with my mother.

-My mother's attic is full of clothes

-and I go up there and help myself.

-They're vintage

-and they're fantastic.

-I keep all the clothes I never wear

-in this chest of drawers.

-You've worn them,

-at some point in your life?

-No, not necessarily.

-I've never worn

-some of the things in here.

-I've never worn the things

-in the second drawer.

-Shall I tell you a secret?

-Green will be fashionable next year!

-It's fashionable this year but

-it will be

-the

-colour next year.

-I've bought a lot of green clothes

-because I have inside knowledge.

-I usually refuse to name colours!

-I'll wear green next year.

-A lot of these clothes

-are quite busy.

-There are pictures and graphics

-on them.

-Is that something

-you particularly like?

-Yes. You'll never see anyone else

-wearing skirts like these.

-They're one-offs.

-That's what I like about them.

-What about that sparkly top?

-What about that sparkly top?

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-That's really retro.

-I bought it

-in a small shop in Leeds.

-It's a one-off.

-Guess what? It was

-in the bargain bin for a tenner.

-Brilliant!

-Brilliant!

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-Even better!

-I was delighted.

-What do your clothes mean to you?

-What do your clothes mean to you?

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-Clothes play a big part in my life.

-I've become attached to

-the vast majority of my clothes.

-I think my personality comes out

-in the clothes I choose to wear.

-I wear busy, colourful clothes,

-and that's the kind of girl I am.

-S4C subtitles by

-Eirlys A Jones