Clothes Of The Summer Wine – Simon Dunn

September 10, 2019

Clothes Of The Summer Wine

Take a moment to look at this frame from a 2006 episode of Last Of The Summer Wine.

Even if your only experience of the show is from the 80s or 90s, you can still immediately see Norman Clegg. You might also then straight away wonder where Compo and Foggy might be.

That’s the work of the costumes.

We all know the basic silhouette of that famous trio.

But even here, long after that trio split up, each character has their own distinct costume and shape. Billy, Entwhistle, and Truly are at once recognisable in frame. And it’s true of all the characters, throughout the show’s run.

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