When innovatory British men’s magazine Club International was launched in 1972, editor Tony Power and art director Steve Ridgeway assembled a diverse pool of contributors, including jazzer, art critic and cultural commentator George Melly, the Stately Homo Quentin Crisp, Rocky Horror Show founder Richard O’Brien, former White Panther Mick Farren, photographers David Parkinson, Mick Rock and Karl Stoecker, illustrators Bush Hollyhead and Brian Grimwood and the design studio Hipgnosis.

//Casual trousers £9.50 from Mr Freedom; satin waistcoat £12 from Chris at Hidegrade; Bobbysoxer Boots £12.75 by Daisy Roots from Way In. From Club International Vol 1 No 3, 1972//

//Prince of Wales Oxford bags £4.95 from Take 6; Hollywood Funsters £12.25 by Daisy Roots from Way In. From Club International Vol 1 No 3, 1972//

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Tags: A Nice Pair, Antiquarius, Aubrey "Po" POwell, Club International, Daisy Roots, Daniel hechter, George Melly, Hipgnosis, Karl Stoecker, Mick Rock, Mr Freedom, Peter Frampton, Pink Floyd, Quentin Crisp, Quincy, Somethin's Happening, Steve Ridgeway, Stian Brekke, Storm Thorgesen, Take 6, The Birdcage, The Village Gate, Tony Power, Way In

//Signed bar menu. Courtesy: Jonathan Ross//

//Signed back cover of So Alone, Johnny Thunders, Real Records,1978. Courtesy: Jonathan Ross//

As demonstrated by my recent post, the west London house of collector/gallerist Jonathan Ross became a hive for the art/boho/punk crowd flooding the capital in the  70s.

Among the visitors were Johnny Thunders and Iggy Pop, who both left their marks in different ways.

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Tags: Bob Gruen, Chrissie Hynde, City Lights Studio, Felix Dennis, George Melly, Isobel Strachey, John Armit, John Jesse, Johnny Thunders, Johnson & Johnson, Jonathan Ross, Julyan Wickham, Lucian Freud, Morrison Hotel Gallery, Sable Starr, Tchaik Chassay, The Rainbow, Tony Mackintosh, You're Gonna Wake Up, Zanzibar

//Photo: Kyle Zeto.//

NAME: Nicholas Abrahams

RESIDES: London

OCCUPATION: Film-maker

Nick Abrahams’ work includes promos for Stereolab, Add (N) To X and sigur rós. More recently he collaborated with Jeremy Deller on the fascinating exposition of fan’s desires,  The Posters Came From The Walls.

Among Abrahams’ current projects is Jayne County biopic Man Enough To Be A Woman. Judging from the rushes shown last year, this will be a doozy.

Last autumn Abrahams created the 30-minute Stooges film Doghouse. The installation at Tatty Devine included a portrait of our hound Rita.

Abrahams cuts quite a dash in any company; as I say below, I admire his ability to combine the edgy with the traditional without pretension.

Here he answers the Blokes Of Britain questionnaire, covering ground from Tiny Tim to gold teeth by way of Cordings, Trickers, Viv Stanshall and William Burroughs. Oh, and not to forget Edward Gorey’s fur coats, Joseph Beuys’ felt suits and Nick’s own creation: The Denton Welch safety bib.

How would you describe your sartorial style?

My girlfriend says I look like a straight bear (IE: a chubby gay man with beard).

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Tags: Cordings, Cornershop, Crombie, Cutler & Gross, Dali, David Bowie, Denton Welch, Derek Jarman, Doghouse, Earl Brutus, Edward Gorey, Franz Josef, George Melly, Greta Garbo, Jayne County, Jeremy Deller, John Waters, Joseph Beuys, kabuki, Kyle Zeto, Leigh Bowery, Nick Abrahams, Robert Wyatt, Tiny Tim, Trickers, Uniqlo, Vision On, Viv Stanshall, Wilf Lunn, William Burroughs