Katharine Hamnett

Published: May 21, 1989, 10:15 a.m.

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is one of Britain's most successful fashion designers - Katharine Hamnett.

She started in the business 10 years ago with a \xa3500 loan, and now runs a company with a \xa310 million turnover. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the connection between politics and fashion, and also about her famous baggy white t-shirts, which bear political and ecological slogans, and the memorable occasion when she wore one of them on a visit to 10 Downing Street.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Big Head by Max Bygraves\nBook: The I Ching\nLuxury: Aircraft carrier (to decorate)