Fenner makes a time and motion study of the girls, but loses money on the deal. His potential buyer for the dresses is a gourmand, so he tries to get Reg and the girls to provide a slap up meal in his office.
Paddy gives Carole a home perm in the workroom and indirectly causes Fenner's permanent crease slacks to end up stiff as boards. The workers have to pretend to be French to get the order.
Fenner introduces a new model in place of Carole. The girls sabotage the clothes the new model is to wear, but Fenner changes his mind at the last moment, and Carole has to model the sabotaged garments.
Fenner tries to persuade his bank manager that Fenner's Fashions is a good investment. He cannot sell a batch of baby doll nighties, but the girls sew fringes on them and they sell as flapper dresses.
Brenda hides her baby in the workroom. Paddy demands a crèche for the girls' babies. They use some of Fenner's material to make a nappy, and Carole has to model a skirt with a panel missing.