Pennod 4 Cwpwrdd Dillad

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-In this programme, 1950s style

-with actress Nia Roberts...

-..and a few horsey tips

-and fashion tips from Huw Rees.

-Welcome to Cwpwrdd Dillad.

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-My life revolves around shopping.

-I get up in the morning and I shop

-for models or for a pregnant woman.

-I shop for personal shoppers...

-..and I'm always on the lookout

-for something for myself.

-I think I was

-born to be a professional shopper.

-Huw Rees has been involved

-in the fashion industry for years.

-He studied in London...

-..and became a designer for

-high street shops like Warehouse.

-He then returned to Wales...

-..to become a fashion consultant

-on S4C programmes.

-I've learned a lot

-from talking about clothes.

-I think every designer should visit

-shops and talk about their clothes.

-Meeting the people who wear the

-designs is also a great experience.

-I talk to people

-about what they like to wear...

-..and that's led to me doing

-a lot of personal shopping work.

-That means I meet a housewife

-who hasn't a clue what to wear...

-..take her to lunch,

-have a chat with her...

-..then take her

-around the shops in Cardiff.

-The ladies pay for the clothes

-and I get paid, too.

-I'm lucky enough

-to have worked with stars...

-..like Charlotte Church

-and Gavin Henson.

-Charlotte was fantastic.

-She knows what she likes but she

-welcomes other people's ideas, too.

-It must be great to see someone

-transformed, thanks to your styling.

-Yes. I feel I get as much out of it

-as those who pay for my service.

-Huw doesn't just shop for others.

-He loves finding unique clothes

-for his own wardrobe, too.

-What about your personal clothes?

-I can sum them up in one word -

-black.

-I wear almost nothing except black.

-Everyone who knows me

-knows I always wear black.

-No-one would dare buy an item of

-clothing for me that isn't black.

-If I were given a purple jumper

-or a blue shirt...

-..it would stay in its packaging.

-I wear black.

-This is one of my favourite outfits.

-The tie grabs people's attention

-because there's a lot of pink in it.

-I don't wear much colour

-but this tie works well.

-I wear a black shirt

-beneath this Paul Smith jacket.

-Paul Smith

-is one of my favourite designers...

-..even though he often makes clothes

-exclusively for skinny people.

-This coat fits me nicely, it's warm

-and I love the detail on it.

-The buttons are great, as is the

-stitching around the buttonholes.

-I love shoes.

-These black shoes

-are similar to trainers.

-The stitching on the toe

-is a really lovely detail.

-You spend most of your time shopping

-but how do you like to relax?

-Horses are my other great passion.

-I spend time with my horses

-every weekend.

-I either enter them in competitions

-or I tend to them every weekend.

-That happens on the farm, of course.

-The clothes I wear on the farm are

-light years away from my daywear.

-I'd love to give up shopping

-to focus on the horses...

-..but the shopping

-pays for the horses.

-Image is the last thing on my mind

-when I'm working on the farm...

-..unless I'm preparing for Shows.

-These are your Show clothes.

-Image is important in Shows,

-isn't it?

-When you're in the ring at a Show...

-..you must follow the dress code

-laid down centuries ago.

-The children must wear tweed jackets

-when they're showing ponies.

-This tweed jacket

-is called a rat catcher.

-The rest of the outfit

-matches the tweed.

-They're expensive.

-This jacket cost over 200.

-A child's jacket cost 200?

-A child's jacket cost 200?

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-Yes, and everything else must match.

-He wears a yellow shirt,

-this tie and a waistcoat.

-Are these your clothes?

-Yes. Sam wears yellow and green.

-Yes. Sam wears yellow and green.

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-Sam is your nephew.

-Yes, he's my nephew

-and we compete every weekend.

-The children come off the ponies

-and we remove the saddle.

-I then take the horse into the ring

-to be judged.

-One of the rules is

-you must wear a hat.

-Some people go into the ring

-inappropriately dressed...

-..but I wear matching clothes.

-A yellow jacket, a green and yellow

-shirt, yellow trousers and a hat.

-I'm shocked. Where's the black?

-There is no black!

-This dark blue

-is the closest I get to black.

-I wouldn't wear a Burberry shirt to

-go out or to appear on television...

-..but it's perfect, in this context.

-Is it a nice feeling to lock the

-black clothes in the wardrobe...

-..and fish out a bit of colour,

-at the weekend?

-Are you a different person

-when you wear colourful clothes?

-What a great question!

-When I wear these clothes,

-I feel like a kid in fancy dress.

-It isn't something I'd buy naturally

-so a lot of thought goes into it.

-It's like dressing up.

-I don't feel like the same person

-when I wear these clothes.

-Perhaps I have a split personality.

-I'm comfortable in these clothes...

-..because I'm comfortable

-in this world, too.

-It surprises many people.

-When I go to the horse sale

-at Llanybydder mart...

-..farmers say,

-"Here comes the knickers man"!

-I just smile and accept it.

-If I took it as an insult...

-..I'd be upset month after month.

-Why are you so fond of scarves?

-Why are you so fond of scarves?

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-I don't know why but I love scarves.

-I buy scarves, wherever I go.

-I wear black all the time...

-..but I look for texture and colour

-in a scarf.

-There's often black in the scarf.

-I have a Dolce & Gabbana scarf...

-..which is black on one side

-and red on the other.

-I often wear the red side out.

-I either buy something small

-that ties around the neck easily...

-..or something big.

-Everyone who knows me

-knows I love shoes.

-Do you

-spend a lot of money on shoes?

-Yes. I spend an awful lot of money

-on shoes.

-I went to Dublin one weekend and

-my friends banned me from shopping.

-The first night was great.

-We were out on the second day and

-I still hadn't shopped, come 2.30pm.

-We were sitting opposite

-the Brown Thomas store...

-..and I told my friend

-I had to go into the shop.

-We copied the girls and said

-we were both going to the loo.

-We pretended to go to the loo but we

-were really heading to Brown Thomas.

-We ran across the road and made

-a beeline for the Prada section.

-I bought a pair of shoes

-and we went back to the restaurant.

-When we were leaving,

-our friends said, "What's that bag?"

-I bought shoes in 10 minutes!

-You didn't even try them on?

-You didn't even try them on?

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-No. I knew they'd fit me.

-I rarely try on shoes in shops.

-I know what size my feet are.

-If I like the look of shoes,

-I buy them.

-Even if they're uncomfortable,

-I'll wear them.

-These shoes are uncomfortable

-but I like them, so I wear them.

-Beauty is pain!

-Fashion and I came together...

-..because I suit

-the ever-changing fashion world...

-..and fashion suits me because I'm

-always looking for something new.

-I'd be lost, without clothes.

-Clothes

-are a part of everything I do.

-If there was no fashion world,

-there would be no Huw Rees.

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-Actress Nia Roberts

-is dotty about vintage clothes...

-..especially 1950s dresses.

-She enjoys shopping for clothes

-that have an interesting history.

-Do you dream about clothes?

-Do you dream about clothes?

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-Sometimes.

-I think it's more a case

-of me thinking about clothes.

-For special occasions,

-I must wear the right thing.

-I think long and hard

-about what I want to buy...

-..or about how to accessorise

-something I already own.

-If I had money,

-I think about what I could buy.

-I daydream about clothes

-rather than dream about them.

-We had a dressing-up box in

-the bedroom when I was growing up.

-My mother had put a lot of her

-1950s clothes in there.

-My mother would buy things for us

-and we loved to dress up, at home.

-I think that's where it started.

-Did you walk around

-in your mother's heels?

-Yes, and in big dresses.

-Mam wore hairpieces and wigs,

-in the 1960s.

-We wore those, too.

-It was great fun.

-You're an actress.

-What's the relationship between a

-character and the clothes she wears?

-Clothes help you find the character.

-When we're rehearsing,

-it can help to wear the shoes.

-If I'm doing a period piece,

-it helps to wear the corset...

-..simply because

-it changes your posture.

-Yes, clothes play a vital part

-in unearthing a character.

-The appeal of acting lies within

-dressing up and being someone else.

-What's your idea of dressing up?

-What's your style?

-I enjoy combining vintage

-and contemporary clothes.

-I enjoy buying vintage dresses

-because they're steeped in history.

-That makes them special, in my eyes.

-Thinking about the past life

-of the clothes I buy fascinates me.

-Can you describe how you feel when

-you walk into a vintage shop...

-..and you find something

-taht suits you?

-I get palpitations.

-Without a doubt!

-If I walk into

-a fantastic vintage shop...

-..I know I'll be there

-for two to three hours...

-..and I think, "Wow!"

-My heart starts racing.

-I won a BAFTA one year

-and I wore this to the ceremony.

-It didn't have an underskirt...

-..so Mam found a 1950s skirt

-and attached it to the dress.

-It's wonderful.

-You're going to captivate people

-when you wear a red dress.

-Yes, it felt fab

-to wear a full skirt.

-You won a BAFTA?

-Yes, for 'Lois',

-back in the year 2000.

-The film 'Solomon a Gaenor'

-was nominated for an Oscar in 2000.

-I wore this dress

-to the Oscars ceremony.

-I love this dress.

-The whole Oscars experience was...

-well, it was an experience!

-I had a stylist and

-several dresses were offered to me.

-I chose this one, eventually.

-I love this dress.

-The jewellery I wore came from

-Asprey & Garrard, of London.

-I wore something like 40,000 worth

-of diamonds that night.

-You borrowed them?

-You borrowed them?

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-Yes, I borrowed them.

-Mr Asprey also let me borrow

-a Judith Leiber bag...

-..which was worth around 3,000.

-I woke up

-on the morning of the Oscars...

-..and the bag was on the chair,

-at the foot of the bed.

-I just thought,

-"Oh, no! The bag is horrible."

-I didn't like it.

-I called Mr Asprey

-on the mobile phone.

-I said, "I know it's the morning of

-the Oscars and you're very busy...

-..but I don't like the bag."

-He couldn't believe it.

-He said, "Elizabeth Hurley

-always carries a Judith Leiber."

-I thought, "Exactly!"

-Fair play to Mr Asprey,

-he found another bag for me.

-He found this Jimmy Choo for me.

-I'm not keen on it now

-but it was perfect, at the time.

-It's simple

-and it was exactly what I wanted.

-I don't like lots of bling.

-Less is more, for me.

-You travel the world, with your job.

-Have your clothes

-come from various countries?

-Yes.

-I bought this in Amsterdam.

-It was a different dress -

-it was long.

-It wasn't very nice

-but I loved the colour.

-I bought it and it was only

-something like 20 euros.

-I brought the dress home

-and I took it to the tailor.

-He changed the dress's shape.

-I wore this dress

-to the BAFTA ceremony, one year.

-I love the colour.

-My sister lives in Patagonia...

-..and we went to visit her on

-a working holiday a few months ago.

-I came across this poncho

-in Buenos Aires.

-My Spanish isn't too hot but I think

-the man said it's a 1950s poncho.

-It reminds me

-of something I had when I was young.

-I think

-that's what attracted me to it.

-Let's take a look at your shoes.

-There are lots of styles

-from different periods here.

-Do you have a favourite pair?

-At the moment, I enjoy wearing

-second-hand, 1980s shoes.

-They're quite fashionable.

-I think my favourites

-are the Roland Cartier pair.

-They're 1980s shoes.

-This pair.

-They're so '80s.

-This pair

-looks extremely second-hand!

-I found them in Buenos Aires.

-They're old, tango shoes.

-They look as if they've had a life.

-They have exciting tales to tell.

-It's safe to say I like

-tatty-looking shoes at the moment!

-There's a story behind this red bag.

-This is my boomerang bag.

-It's been stolen twice

-but it's come back.

-I was in a cab in New York.

-I got out of the cab...

-..and the driver sped off,

-with this on the back seat.

-I got it back.

-The second time,

-my house in London was burgled.

-It was like a loot bag

-and they threw it in the hedge.

-I got it back, a second time.

-This bag doesn't want to leave you.

-This bag doesn't want to leave you.

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-No. It keeps coming back.

-I love this scarf.

-I found this

-in a second-hand shop, in London.

-It's a 1950s scarf.

-It's covered in poodles.

-There must have been a fad where

-everyone had a poodle in the '50s.

-This scarf is quite twee.

-I like it

-and I'm fond of the colours.

-I've spotted some berets.

-I've spotted some berets.

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-Yes, I'm partial to the odd beret!

-Would you model it for us?

-Would you model it for us?

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-OK.

-This isn't second-hand. It's new.

-It really suits you.

-Very French!

-How do you feel about your clothes?

-Do you love them? Respect them?

-I think I do respect my clothes.

-When I wear

-a special dress to go out...

-..I worry about spilling things

-on it and damaging it.

-Once I'm out,

-I forget about the dress.

-Sometimes, I wake up in the morning

-to see a ripped or stained dress...

-..but you must live in your clothes.

-I respect them

-when I'm not wearing them...

-..but when I'm wearing them,

-I live in them.

-I'd love to step back in time.

-I can't do that,

-so the next best thing...

-..is to taste

-some of the romance of the past...

-..by wearing

-the clothes of the past.

-S4C subtitles by Eirlys A Jones