What Not To Wear (UK)
Season 1
What Not to Wear is a BAFTA Award-nominated makeover reality television show launched by the BBC in 2001. It was presented by Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine for five series, bringing the pair to national prominence. After they left, the BBC produced two more series presented by Lisa Butcher and Mica Paris.
Where to Watch Season 1
8 Episodes
- VanessaE1
VanessaPosh style journalists Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine claim they can make any woman look stylish, regardless of her shape, age or height. In the first of the series, these two wardrobe witches dole out their tough style treatment to unsuspecting businesswoman Vanessa Lanham.Set up by her friends and family, Vanessa has been secretly filmed so that Susannah and Trinny can diagnose just how badly she dresses in her every day life. Once hit with this news, Vanessa opens her entire wardrobe up for further investigation and most of her clothes are labelled what not to wear.Given £2,000 to soften the blow, Vanessa must buy new clothes only according to Susannah and Trinny's rules. Will she follow them? Does she agree with Susannah and Trinny? Throughout the experience Vanessa gives us her opinion. - MikaelaE2
MikaelaMikaela Sales, mother of four and furniture van driver, is renowned amongst her friends for her appalling mismatched dress sense, low cleavage tops and very, very short shorts. She doesn't know it yet, but they've nominated her to undergo a major restyling at the hands of Britain's most savage wardrobe witches: Susannah Constantine and Trinny Woodall.Mikaela will experience the trauma and joy of learning what not to wear as the posh style journalists examine secret footage of her, trash her existing wardrobe and give a frank appraisal of her natural assets. They issue her with rules that should turn her into a sophisticated dresser.Trinny and Susannah believe every woman can look stylish - whatever her age, shape or height. A £2,000 cheque to buy a new set of clothes softens the experience for Mikaela. But what does she think? Does she like Susannah and Trinny? Does she agree with their views? Mikaela gives us her candid opinion. Will she change her lifestyle? - KimE3
KimBeing an art teacher is no excuse for looking a multi-coloured mess, according to Susannah Constantine and Trinny Woodall. These two posh style journalists get their teeth into Kim Simmons, a 46-year-old, long-haired art teacher who wears tent dresses and, rather curiously, only red shoes.Nominated by friends and family, who help to secretly film her, an unsuspecting Kim is hit by Trinny and Susannah with the news that she's to receive £2,000 to spend on new clothes, but only if she buys according to their rules.An uncompromising 360-degree mirror, a blunt discussion about her natural assets, and a thorough rummage through her existing wardrobe leaves Kim in no doubt that Trinny and Susannah think she should improve her look. Every woman can look stylish if she knows what not to wear, according to Trinny and Susannah, but will Kim agree with their ideas about what suits her? - MariaE4
MariaMaria Barraclough, mother of three, wears pastel tops and three-quarter length trousers every day, whether she's shopping, going out for the evening or working at a pre-school nursery, and husband Matt has had enough. He wants a sexy wife, which is why he has nominated her to be given the What Not to Wear treatment by Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine.These two style journalists examine secret footage of Maria, to see for themselves just how boringly she dresses, before hitting her with the news that she has £2,000 to spend on new clothes, but only if she buys according to their rules. - GeneveE5
GeneveResident style gurus Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine meet their match as they attempt to restyle Geneve Vasiljevic, a 52-year-old Tina Turner lookalike who owns her own hair and beauty salon and reckons she knows a thing or two about style herself.Geneve has extremely large breasts, which she likes to show off, and is determined to defy Trinny and Susannah's attempts to cover them up. Geneve does emerge triumphant from a fitting room in a bra which finally gives her the support she's been searching for. The result is an extraordinary transformation. - RoseE6
RoseLondon cabbie Rose lives in her jeans. She wears them every day. Her best friend last saw Rose wearing a dress about 15 years ago. The cabbies she works with have never seen her legs. They believe Rose is in need of a major restyling, which is why her mates have secretly nominated her for the treatment of resident style gurus Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine.Rose is determined to hang onto her denim - the duo are determined to get her out of her jeans. Whilst happy to receive the £2,000 to buy a brand-new wardrobe, Rose does not buy into following Trinny and Susannah's new clothing rules too closely. - SamE7
SamSam Blower is very popular amongst her friends, and the life and soul of any party, yet her posse of close girlfriends wish she would smarten herself up. They think she's lost her femininity, and needs a major styling overhaul. That's why they have nominated Sam for the tough treatment given out by style gurus Susannah Constantine and Trinny Woodall. Using secret footage, the two examine Sam's wardrobe of too-short trousers, black pumps and badly cut jackets, and decide how best they can improve her style.Sam is one of the series' most obedient subjects. Armed with Trinny and Susannah's £2,000, she tries to buy a vast wardrobe strictly according to their style rules and, for the most part, succeeds. Her friends are just as happy with the result as she is. - DeliaE8
DeliaNo one who saw Delia Bourne in the street would imagine she is marketing boss of the UK's leading erotica businesses. She may wear sexy underwear, but on the outside she looks like a prim and proper headmistress in her endless wardrobe of dark suits. Her husband complains that she doesn't even change out of her daywear to go out for dinner. That's why he and her work colleagues have secretly nominated her for the tough style treatment doled out by Susannah Constantine and Trinny Woodall.No woman over the age of 35 should wear a hemline above the knee, says Susannah, as she dispatches most of Delia's suits to the bin. As the new look Delia emerges, so does Delia's confidence and joie de vivre.