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May 2022
46m 29s

9. The Influencer Sausage Factory: Love ...

Bbc Radio 4
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Pandora Sykes and Sirin Kale analyse how Love Island became a finishing school for influencers and a commercial juggernaut through its association with fast fashion. Featuring interviews with Megan Barton-Hanson, Dr Alex George, and many more.

Producer: Hannah Hufford Executive Producer: Pandora Sykes Executive Editor: James Cook Content Producer: Hannah Robins Technical Producer: Giles Aspen

Archive credits: Love Island, ITV Studios/Lifted Entertainment/Motion Content Group Sausages, Adam Buxton Trying on Love Island x I Saw it First outfits… is it worth the money!?, Roxxsaurus Ethical Fashion, Brett Staniland The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett, Steven Bartlett Let’s Talk Business: Meet My Manager (Finally), Molly Mae Hague Blindboy Undestroys the World, Rumpus Media for BBC 3 Olivia Attwood video on influencers flying to Dubai for work

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