BBC
Above DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister) and DI Alex Drake (Keeley Hawes) in the final series of Ashes to Ashes. Below right Nicolas Cage and Deborah Foreman in 1983’s Valley Girl.
Power suits, check. Shoulder pads, check. Big earrings that could scrape those shoulder pads, check. Chunky necklaces, check. Blacks and whites and primary colours, check. The wardrobe department on BBC’s Ashes to Ashes seems to have done its homework as far as DI Alex Drake’s (Keeley Hawes) clothing is concerned, but we are trying to reach back in to our memories for something resembling her series three hairstyle.
22 Mar
