The Rag Trade

As the annual Garment Traders' Ball approaches, the staff become unruly as they have to hand-stitch a new dress for Mrs. Fenner to show off. Unfortunately, Fenner manages to rip the dress, much to the wrath of his wife!

Union grumbles continue apace when Fenner tries to get his recalcitrant staff to work on leatherwear. As far as they are concerned, they're garment workers not leather workers, but this fine distinction is lost on Fenner.

The fact that the company hasn't made a profit in the last twelve weeks is sending Fenner into a downward spiral of stress and depression. There's only one solution - an economy drive!

Tony's been caught out with a married woman by her husband, much to the amusement of the girls. Their amusement is curtailed when Fenner announces that he has no option other than to shut the firm down.

Fenner's more uptight than usual when a high profile order is not up to scratch, blaming Paddy's organisational skills. Little does he know that Paddy's been offered another job and is seriously thinking about jumping ship.

Newspaper reports about the increasingly unsafe nature of the streets surrounding the factories are leapt on by Paddy when she insists that Fenner subsidise self-defence lessons for the girls.

Fenner shocks Paddy by agreeing to an extortionate bonus rate on a new line of dresses for a swanky Chelsea boutique, the buyer for which just happens to be drop-dead gorgeous