Clothes-Line illustrated the development of fashion history through live models in original costumes from C. Willett Cunnington's collection.
[8] After the first episode was broadcast, The Listener commented: "we were left wondering quite what it was we had just seen and heard – a poetry-reading, a lightning-artist display, a mannequin parade, or what?
[1] As she got closer to her due date, and had to stand further back from her easel, the noticeability of Binder's condition caused consternation amongst the BBC.
[1] The last show episode, Grandmamma Looks Back, aired on 9 December 1937 and a fashionable backless evening dress worn by Micheline Patton, the actress playing the granddaughter to Nesta Sawyer's grandmother, was the cause of accusations of public nudity due to the filming angle from behind.
Laver, Binder, Adams, Patton and Sawyer all returned to reprise their roles for the second (revised) version, which consisted of three parts, and was renamed Clothes Through The Centuries.