Shopgirls: The True Story of Life Behind the Counter

Name: Shopgirls: The True Story of Life Behind the Counter
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-06-24
Cast: Pamela Cox

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Documentary

Dr Pamela Cox presents this three-part series following the journey of the shopgirl from an almost invisible figure in stark Victorian stores, to being the beating heart of modern shops.

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StatusEnded

First AiredJune 24, 2014

Last AiredJuly 8, 2014

Episode Runtime59dk

Seasons1

Episodes3

TypeMiniseries

Origin CountryUnited Kingdom

Original LanguageEnglish

Spoken LanguagesEnglish

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Last Episode

S1 E3 • 7/8/2014

The New Cool

During the London Blitz, shopworkers rescued evacuees and served customers from bomb-damaged premises. The war created flexible working opportunities on the shop floor and gave rise to a new concept, the working mum. By the 1960s, teenagers emulated the beautiful shopgirls working in trendy boutiques like Mary Quant's Bazaar in London's Kings Road. Shopgirls were crucial to the success of stores like Biba, where their jobs were more about modelling the clothes and hanging out rather than giving customers the hard sell.