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-Do you struggle to decide

-what to wear in the morning?

-That isn't a problem for the three

-people featured on tonight's show.

-You won't believe

-the amazing choice they have!

-Radio presenter, Chris Needs,

-has some very exotic clothes.

-Shelah Eakins has some clothes

-from the 1960s and 1970s.

-Aimee Phillips would love to wear

-Shelah's clothes.

-Aimee is into vintage styles.

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-Aimee Phillips from Bridgend is a

-fashion graduate, living in London.

-Where does a stylish girl like Aimee

-buy her clothes?

-Anywhere that sells cheap clothes.

-Charity shops, vintage shops

-and designer outlets.

-Sometimes, I go shopping...

-..and I have a gut feeling

-that I won't find anything.

-I'll still walk around

-but I know I won't buy anything.

-On another day,

-I know I'll find something.

-I bought this

-for the office Christmas party.

-I like the way it's been shortened.

-Where did you find this dress?

-At Top Shop Vintage,

-for thirty pounds.

-More than you'd usually spend

-on a dress.

-Yes, but it was the day before

-the party, so I settled for this.

-Is the history of clothes

-important to you?

-Yes, it is.

-That's why I'm into vintage.

-I wonder about who wore it before me

-and what they were doing.

-Why did they wear it and

-what was fashionable, at that time?

-When did you wear this?

-When did you wear this?

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-For my graduation.

-I wanted to look like a Welsh lady.

-I wore a petticoat under it

-and a daffodil too.

-I wanted to make a statement.

-I've graduated and I'm Welsh!

-I give it an airing every year.

-I wear it at Christmas time.

-I wear it during the day.

-It makes me feel special.

-It's a good, winter dress.

-It holds special memories

-of your graduation day too.

-A friend of mine

-made this black dress.

-This is the back.

-This is the back.

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-Risque!

-It looks plain, from the front.

-You show no flesh at the front,

-then you see the back - hey!

-I love this black dress.

-You can wear it all the time.

-You can dress it up

-or dress it down.

-Yes - or wear it over trousers.

-Did your friend make this dress

-as a present, for you?

-No, it was part of her collection

-when she was a student.

-You grabbed it!

-Yes, initially to go to a party.

-I like classic items

-which I can wear for years to come.

-Things like jeans -

-everyone likes jeans.

-Jeans are brilliant

-because they grow with you.

-They change with you.

-This denim shirt

-is an example of that.

-It's growing with me

-but it belonged to my mother.

-She wore this

-when she was pregnant, with me.

-It's 24 years old.

-I love it as much as ever.

-It hasn't gone out of fashion.

-It will never go out of fashion

-because it has a style of its own.

-I love this.

-I adore floral patterns.

-The colours are amazing.

-I bought this for a friend's party,

-in the Cotswolds.

-It was a garden party, in a marquee,

-so I wore this dress.

-To which period does it belong?

-To which period does it belong?

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-The 1970s, or possibly the 1980s.

-My initial reaction to seeing

-this cardigan was, "Oh, yuck!"

-National Express bus!

-The seats on National Express buses.

-I'm sure it looks fantastic on you

-because you know how to wear it.

-I wear it with other patterns.

-It makes it look worse, in a way!

-It looks worse, but it's better!

-The people I look up to...

-..have always been people like

-Dolly Parton and Bonnie Raitt.

-People who have massive hair

-and wear eccentric clothes.

-That's especially true

-of Dolly Parton.

-She was like a Barbie doll.

-If she went skiing,

-she'd have the full rigout.

-The clothes you wear tell a story...

-..of where you are and what you do.

-That's how I feel

-when I buy something.

-It's like, "OK. This dress is really

-summer's day in Barcelona".

-That's where I'm going.

-The older I get, the wackier I get.

-I'm becoming more eccentric.

-I feel better inside, so I have

-more confidence to do as I please.

-I dressed to make myself feel good.

-I liked to look good.

-I enjoyed hearing people tell me

-I looked pretty.

-The same thing is still true.

-I enjoy dressing up,

-going out and feeling great.

-Shelah Eakins's life story

-is in her wardrobe.

-When I was a teenager,

-I would make my own clothes.

-I would sew

-and I would knit jumpers.

-I did a lot of sewing.

-I bought some lovely fabrics

-and I made my own clothes.

-Once you were married and settled,

-did clothes become less important?

-No, not at all.

-I went shopping for clothes

-every Saturday.

-I worked hard.

-We'd moved in to a guest house.

-I had students

-and I had summer visitors.

-Nine months after the wedding,

-I also had a baby.

-There was money coming in,

-so I no longer had to knit and sew.

-I could buy whatever I wanted.

-Did you keep a lot of the clothes?

-Did you keep a lot of the clothes?

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-Yes, I did.

-I kept my favourites.

-Maybe, one or two dresses

-could tell a story.

-A lot of memories

-are attached to them.

-They're of good quality.

-Expensive clothes.

-Those are the reasons I kept them.

-I'll show you

-a few items from the 1960s.

-I'm in my element

-with 1960s clothes.

-Take a look at this.

-That's amazing.

-A friend of mine, who lived

-in Mumbles, made this for me.

-She was a good friend.

-She made several dresses for me

-but this is the only one I've kept.

-Friends of mine borrowed the others

-to go to fancy dress parties...

-..and they kept them.

-This is the last one.

-Oh! Matching gloves and boots!

-Those boots were made for dancing.

-I wore the dress and the boots on a

-Saturday night, to go to the Pier...

-..to the Langrove Country Club

-and perhaps to Caswell Bay.

-I felt I was 'it' when I wore them!

-I bought this dress in a small shop,

-in Swansea.

-It was a boutique called Monica.

-Monica went to Italy,

-Spain and France to buy clothes.

-I bought this dress from Monica.

-I have a photo of myself

-wearing the dress...

-..and I'm standing next

-to Gareth Edwards in that photo.

-It was taken in Swansea, at a

-champagne morning on one Sunday.

-We were raising money for charities.

-I was lucky to have

-my picture taken with Gareth.

-He was famous, back then.

-I bought this dress

-to attend a dinner in Cardiff.

-Everyone who knows me

-recognises this dress.

-I've worn this dress

-every New Year's Eve...

-..for the past 15 years.

-Really?

-Yes. It's remarkably light

-and it's easy to wear.

-It's very glam too.

-It's very glam too.

-

-Yes, that's true.

-The 1980s style is unmistakable -

-the Ra Ra skirt and the low waist.

-The shoulder pads

-are also very 1980s.

-Having said that, all these styles

-are coming back into fashion.

-Yes. I wore this

-on New Year's Eve three years ago.

-What about this, Shelah?

-What about this, Shelah?

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-It's a bit Joan Collins!

-Did you feel like Joan

-when you wore it?

-Yes. I loved wearing it.

-I went

-to a friend's birthday party...

-..and someone spilled red wine

-down the front of this dress.

-I went upstairs to rinse it

-and someone passed me a hairdryer.

-The dress shrivelled into a clump,

-like this.

-It became a mini dress!

-I was really upset

-but it regained its shape.

-How do you know exactly what

-you're looking for when you shop?

-I know my own body shape.

-I'm not like that, I'm like this.

-I know what suits me.

-I enjoy playing golf.

-I also enjoy wearing golf clothes.

-Every Tuesday, I go for a round

-of golf with the girls.

-We then have lunches in the house,

-in the afternoons.

-We change out of our golf clothes

-and dress up, for lunch.

-We also

-go to golf club dinner parties.

-The golf club

-plays a big part in my life.

-Do you enjoy

-standing out from the crowd?

-Yes, I do.

-My friends tell me I buy clothes

-which are anything but mainstream.

-They ask me where I bought them and

-I'm pleased to be able to tell them.

-I attract attention

-because I look different.

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-The doctor told me to wear bling

-because it helps me play the piano.

-I got these on prescription!

-If you play the piano, bling makes

-you look the part - like Liberace.

-I do a Liberace tribute show

-and so, I must look the part.

-I enjoy dressing up,

-especially at night.

-If I go to a restaurant,

-in Bridgend or Cardiff...

-..people turn around and say,

-"Wow! What's that, love?"

-That's the general reaction.

-Chris Needs,

-the Radio Wales presenter...

-..has a fan club of 30,000.

-Chris says his clothes

-are a huge part of the show.

-Is standing out from the crowd

-important to you?

-Yes, because I think I'm right

-and everyone else is wrong.

-I am a fashion guru,

-as far as I'm concerned.

-Clothes give me a feel-good factor.

-Come up to my bedroom.

-Come up to my bedroom.

-

-I'd love to, Chris.

-To the bedroom!

-To the bedroom!

-

-Yes - to HQ.

-Sit down.

-I've got something to show you.

-Are you excited?

-Are you excited?

-

-Yes.

-All the girls say that!

-This is your big chance

-to show us your bits.

-Show my what?

-Show my what?

-

-Your bits.

-Especially in chapel,

-because it's very holy!

-Wear it with these, in chapel.

-"Rock"!

-What do the chapel congregation say?

-They think Rock

-is a tribute to Gibraltar.

-Covent Garden.

-Oh, Chris!

-It doubles up

-as a pair of binoculars.

-Well, well!

-Look - these are massive!

-There's a bag to go with it.

-That's fantastic.

-I think my granny

-has a handbag just like this one.

-This is what I call

-the Quentin Crisp look.

-Wow! It's lovely to touch.

-Do you wear anything under it?

-Do you wear anything under it?

-

-No. All my assets are on display.

-I like boxer shorts and I also have

-some G-strings and some thongs.

-There are motifs like "Hunky boy"

-printed on them.

-I also have some diamante thongs.

-I like being a bit different.

-Some people say,

-"You can't wear that, at your age!"

-Watch me, love.

-I still haven't grown up.

-This is a picture of me.

-You're naughty,

-just like Dennis the Menace.

-Now then! # Da-ra! #

-Why do a pair of jeans with so many

-holes in them appeal to you?

-I don't know. They're trendy.

-# Keep young and beautiful #

-I bought these in Durham

-with Christine, my friend.

-The lady serving me said,

-"For your son, love?"

-"No, they're for me!" I said.

-What was she thinking?

-Dress young and you feel young?

-Dress young and you feel young?

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-Yes. You've got to try.

-Someone asked me,

-"Have you got a fan club?"

-I said, "Yes, of course I have,"

-but I was lying!

-I made up a fancy title for it.

-The Chris Needs Friendly Garden

-Association Affiliated Ltd Twice.

-Over 30,000 people

-have since joined "The Garden".

-I travel the length and breadth

-of Wales in the motorhome...

-..when we do the shows.

-It's a handy place to shower,

-have a change of clothing...

-..watch "Pobol y Cwm" and hide.

-This is fantastic, Chris.

-Where's your wardrobe?

-Where's your wardrobe?

-

-Et voila, mademoiselle.

-Ooh, monsieur!

-What clothes do you keep here?

-I keep two sets of clothes in here.

-Clothes to wear to go shopping

-and stage clothes.

-Performance clothes.

-Yes. I love

-having this mobile dressing room!

-This is my velvet jacket.

-This is my "In The Garden" badge.

-This is your fan club badge.

-This is your fan club badge.

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-Yes.

-I wear these Cuban heels whenever

-I'm going to dance the flamenco.

-Can you do flamenco dancing?

-Can you do flamenco dancing?

-

-Well, I try.

-Whenever I do a show,

-I go for the jugular.

-I want people to see the real me.

-They like to see Spanish stuff...

-..because I play

-lots of flamenco music on the radio.

-I wear bell-bottoms and Cuban heels.

-People love the bling

-and the really wild clothes.

-# Here we go, here we go, here we go

-# Here we go, here we go #

-Oh, Nia! I have nothing to wear

-to appear on the wireless tonight.

-I'd better help you choose.

-Let's take a look

-at your accessories.

-When do you use a tiny bag,

-like this?

-I do use this bag.

-It makes a statement.

-I couldn't agree more!

-Whenever I walk on stage,

-at the top of the show...

-..I carry this bag with me.

-I've always complained

-about men and bags...

-..so this is my chance

-to make a statement.

-I keep my mini disc, my fags,

-my lighter and my tablets in here.

-What's in this box?

-How do I open it?

-Is it alright if I look inside?

-Is it alright if I look inside?

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-Say the magic words - Open Sesame.

-Say it!

-Say it!

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-Open Sesame.

-Mademoiselle!

-You have more jewellery than me.

-You have more jewellery than me.

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-Yes, I know.

-Armani.

-Just like my aunt, it's two-faced!

-I hope she's not watching!

-This is the time in Wales

-and this is the time in Spain.

-That's lovely.

-Where did you get it?

-Where did you get it?

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-It was a present, from my audience.

-It cost a fortune.

-Do you wear jewellery every day,

-to go to work?

-No, not every day.

-When I get the urge.

-I wear some gold,

-when I need a boost.

-What does gold do?

-Does it make you feel smart?

-Dolly Parton said it costs a fortune

-to look this cheap and she's right!

-I wear this

-to answer the door to the postman.

-At home, with Chris Needs!

-This is good. Watch this!

-If you don't like it, like that...

-..you can turn it inside out.

-It depends on your mood?

-It depends on your mood?

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-Yes.

-Where did you get it?

-Where did you get it?

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-Gibraltar.

-I went there almost every weekend.

-Flights are so cheap, these days.

-I once went there for 28 quid.

-I once went there for 28 quid.

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-That's great, isn't it?

-I save a fortune. I buy duty frees,

-clothes and smellies.

-I like this.

-Noel Coward, my dear.

-I went off to Gibraltar

-for the weekend...

-..and I gave my credit card

-a real hammering.

-How much did you spend?

-In a weekend, between hiring a car,

-staying in a nice hotel...

-..eating out, going to a show,

-buying clothes and duty frees...

-..I spent something like

-six thousand pounds.

-I don't think I'm all there, really.

-I think I need

-a little stay in a hospital!

-Clothes are like my family.

-I look at something

-and remember events in the 1970s.

-Meeting old friends, and so on.

-They're like family to me

-and I won't get rid of them.

-No way, Jose.

-S4C subtitles by

-Eirlys A Jones