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To mark the publication of my new book about The Face, I will be in conversation at London’s Central Saint Martins on November 16 with Magculture’s Jeremy Leslie and the magazine’s founder/editor/publisher Nick Logan. This event represents a chance not just to hear from Leslie, whose shop is the country’s leading independent magazine hub, but also […]
This is the front of the jacket of my new book The Story Of The Face: The Magazine That Changed Culture, which is published by Thames & Hudson this autumn.
Sartorial Style is on this Saturday at the V&A and looks to be a humdinger. The day of talks, q&as and presentations considers centuries of male style and elegance and also explores contemporary men’s fashion, bringing together curators, academics, photographers, writers and designers. Sartorial Style kicks off with Real Men DO Wear Pink!, an investigation into masculine […]
Fittingly Britain’s most surprising rock star has found his way to Britain’s newest and most surprising city, where high tech meets ecologic, where concrete meets conservation, where the silicon chip meets the fibreglass rod… Steve Taylor, South Of Watford, Summer 1983, London Weekend Television While putting the finishing touches to my forthcoming book about The Face […]
To celebrate the opening next week of a new exhibition of work by photographer Sheila Rock, here is a selection of her early fashion styling.
Apologies for not posting for a while; I am currently focusing energies on my book Legacy: The story of The Face, which is published by Thames & Hudson in autumn 2017. Launched in 1980 by print publishing pioneer Nick Logan – the editor of the NME during its ’70s glory years, the man who also founded Smash Hits, […]
// 5 x Barney Bubbles designs, 1981/2. Photo above: Nina Sologubenko// Last week I had an exciting encounter with the rare and adventurous furniture designs produced by the late graphics master Barney Bubbles in the early 80s.
From time to time I’m going to be turning over information and images here as I go through the process of writing my book Legacy: The story of The Face. Today I spent an enjoyable and enlightening few hours interviewing former editor Richard Benson; during our conversation it became clear that one of the turning […]
I am now starting work on a new book. Legacy: The Story Of The Face is to be published by Thames & Hudson in 2015 and has the support and involvement of Nick Logan, the owner and founder of what became one of the most important and influential publications of recent times.