EPISODE · Aug 8, 2026 · 9 MIN
“People used tea bags and gravy browning to tan their legs!”
from Brendan O'Connor · host RTÉ Radio 1
From Coco Chanel introducing tanning as a style statement to the war effort of mimicking nylons with teabags, fake tan has always been in vogue. Beauty and fashion historian Laura Fitzachary joins Brendan to give a potted history of fake tan and why Irish people are its biggest fans.
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