THE CAST

Out Of Africa (1985)

In the role of Karen Blixen, Meryl Streep swaps her European attire for clothes more practical in early 1900s Kenya - jodhpurs and riding boots or shapely linen jackets with full ankle-length skirts.

 "The film had an enormous impact on the sale of linen," says Leanne Whitehouse, the principal and founder of the Whitehouse Institute of Design. "Everyone was wearing it, in all forms."