DESERT ISLAND DISCS IS A RADIO PROGRAMME BROADCAST ON BBC RADIO 4 SINCE 1942, THE PROGRAMMES GUESTS ARE INVITED TO IMAGINE THEMSELVES AS CASTAWAYS ON A DESERT ISLAND AND TO CHOOSE EIGHT TRACKS TO TAKE WITH THEM, THE LISTENER HEARS AN EXPLANATION OF THEIR CHOICES AND A REFLECTION OF THEIR LIFE.

 

INSPIRED BY DESERT ISLAND DISCS, DESERT ISLAND DRESS FOLLOWS A SIMILAR ARRANGEMENT AND ASKS GUESTS TO CHOOSE FOUR ITEMS OF DRESS, ITEMS WHICH LIKEWISE HAVE SHAPED GUESTS LIVES, THAT THEY COULD NOT BEAR TO LEAVE BEHIND ON THE MAINLAND. ITEMS THAT CANNOT BE REPLACED, 

 

MUCH LIKE THE MUSIC CHOICES THESE ITEMS ARE WORTHLESS FROM A UTILITY PERSPECTIVE ON THE ISLAND AND THEREFORE SHOULD RECOUNT TO ITEMS ENTWINED WITH OUR MOST PRECIOUS MEMORIES AND PEOPLE AND TO SAVOUR THE EMOTIONAL CONNECTIONS AND NOSTALGIA WE MAKE WITH THE OBJECTS WHICH HAVE DRESSED AND ADORNED US OR THOSE CLOSE TO US FOR THE BIG LIFE OCCASIONS BUT ALSO THE SMALL INSIGNIFICANT MOMENTS. 

 

BORROWED, PURCHASED, STOLEN, GIFTED. 

FROM OUR FIRST MEMORIES TO OUR LAST MEMORIES AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. 

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