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18:09Now PlayingThe business of beauty was certainly more than skin deep in 1955, as Jean Metcalfe's report for Special Enquiry discovered.
From London's Elizabeth Arden salon, to the Yardley factory, with pitstops in the worlds of advertising, design and the movies, we get an extensive insight into the public's pampering and fashion regimes, and the industries that lie behind them.
Clip taken from Special Enquiry: The Business of Beauty, originally broadcast on BBC Television, Monday 23 January, 1955.
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