Identity, Photography, Fashion: Images from new exhibition North
Here is a selection of amazing images featured in new exhibition North: Identity, Photography, Fashion, which is open to the public from today at Liverpool’s Open Eye Gallery.
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Exclusive installation shots from North: Identity, Photography, Fashion
I am very grateful to curators Adam Murray and Lou Stoppard for these exclusive installation shots from their exciting exhibition North: Identity, Photography, Fashion, which opens in a couple of hours at Liverpool’s Open Eye Gallery. Exploring the influence of England’s northern cities and landscape on fashion and visual culture, the show presents the work of […]
Reissued: The Look Of London – charting fashion x music in the greatest city in the world
I’m delighted to announce that my map The Look Of London – which teases out the intertwining of popular music and street style in our capital over five decades – has been reissued by groovy guide makers Herb Lester Associates.
What We Wore: An intelligent and egalitarian celebration of our collective visual invention
Into the over-worked field of ‘street style’ comes a breath of fresh air: What We Wore – A People’s History Of British Style. Free of cliche and pretension, Nina Manandhar and Eva Dawoud’s book compiles the personal images and anecdotes of a hugely diverse set of contributors. The book is not dominated by well-known people and […]
Flashback to Hawkwind + Pink Fairies at The Roundhouse 1975 as Nik Turner’s trademark claim sparks hostilities
Sad to witness Hawkwind, the great British musical force which has carved out a unique position outside of the mainstream music business over several decades, dragged into a tawdry row regarding ownership of the group’s name. The dispute has been sparked by saxophonist/flautist/sometime frontman Nik Turner. It seems he is trademarking the group’s name as […]
Jeremy Deller’s BBC film for All That Is Solid Melts Into Air
Artist Jeremy Deller was commissioned to make a film by the BBC to coincide with the opening of his exhibition All That Is Solid Melts Into Air, a peroration on the consequences for Britain of the advent and aftermath of the Industrial Revolution. The film underlines Deller’s deft application of juxtaposition. Eight year old primary […]
Television: Don Letts’ Subculture
I’m among the interviewees featured in Subculture, Don Letts’ Channel 4 documentary about post-War British street style, the first part of which aired for the first time last night.
I like a bit of a cavort: Street Tuff
This compilation of scenes from 1989 raves is proof positive of the nutso-bongo atmosphere of such events, and that tracks such as Street Tuff still prompt a shake of the leg (and other limbs).