Full Description
'Dress as though your life depends on it, or don't bother.'
(Leigh Bowery, 1985)
Outlaws dives into the anarchic energy of London's 1980s club scene, celebrating the avant-garde, experimental designs of Leigh Bowery and his fellow fashion renegades, including John Galliano, Stephen Linard, BodyMap, Pam Hogg, Rachel Auburn and Wayne Hemingway.
This unique and daring creative movement sparked an explosion of outrageous fashion. Outlaws features specially commissioned photography of original outfits crafted by 28 trailblazing clothes designers. They are accompanied by first-hand accounts from musician Holly Johnson, DJ Mark Moore, artist Peter Doig and photographer Dave Swindells, as well as rare photos and flyers from club nights where these outfits were worn, such as Bowery's legendary Taboo.
Outlaws captures a subculture that defied norms and pushed the boundaries. It is a tribute to the visionaries who reshaped British pop culture and blazed a trail to high fashion.
Contents
Into Taboo - Martin Green
Timeline
Introduction - NJ Stevenson
The Designers
Leigh Bowery
Annie LaPaz
Rachel Auburn
Now Everything is New - Iain R Webb
John Crancher
Peter Doig
In conversation with Peter Doig
Gallagher Wells
John Flett
Juliana Sissons
In conversation with Holly Johnson
Bodymap
Dean Bright
A Year in Fashion - Halle Bakke's diaries
Boys Wonder
English Eccentrics
PX
Judy Blame
John Galliano
The Parish Noticeboard - Daniel Scott
Pam Hogg
Demob
In conversation with Mark Moore
Christopher Nemeth
Nocturne
Stephen Linard
In conversation with Dave Swindells
David Cabaret
Mark & Syrie
Clothes for London Warriors - Syrie Panton
Degville's Dispensary
Richard Torry
Red or Dead
In conversation with Wayne & Gerardine Hemingway
Vaughn & Franks
Elmaz Hüsyein
Mark Lawrence
Afterword - Claire Lawrie
