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9. The Influencer Sausage Factory: Love Island, Part 1

How Love Island became a finishing school for influencers and a commercial juggernaut through its association with fast fashion.

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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 3
Olivia Attwood video on influencers flying to Dubai for work

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46 minutes

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  • Thu 15 Dec 2022 21:00

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