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Tag: Paul Howie

1970s

Homage to Ben Kelly’s Seditionaries facade in Vuitton’s High Tech A/W 15 show

Amid the references to the late Christopher Nemeth in today’s Paris show of the Louis Vuitton A/W 15 menswear collection (see my last post), artistic director Kim Jones used the staging to pay subtle homage to the two great maverick figures of London street culture – namely Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood and specifically their […]

January 22, 2015
Art

The Photo Kid: Ben Kelly at the Royal College Of Art, 1974

This is designer Ben Kelly at his 1974 degree show at London’s Royal College Of Art. Kelly adopted the alter-ego The Photo Kid, who is portrayed in the work by which he is standing. The Photo Kid wore clothes – in particular brothel creepers – from Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood’s shop Let It Rock, […]

June 13, 2013