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1980s fashion and culture, as seen on the deeply influential pages of Blitz, the pioneering '80s style magazine In London at the start of the 1980s, three new style magazines emerged to define an era. It was a time of change: after Punk, before the digital age, and at the dawn of a hedonistic club scene that saw the birth of the New Romantics. On the pages of Blitz, The Face and i-D, a new breed of young iconoclasts hoped to inspire revolution. As Blitz magazine's fashion editor from 1982-87, Iain R. Webb was at the centre of this world. His images manipulated fashion to explore ideas of transformation, beauty, glamour and sex. The magazine's arresting, subversive fashion pages, and its profiles of disparate designers and creative types, let the imagination run free. Lavishly presented here are over 100 Blitz fashion stories, with unseen archive content, original images and tear-sheets. A separate section features original Blitz interviews with the key designers, and a vast amount of completely new material: Iain R. Webb has gathered the memories of those involved into a gripping oral history of an under-documented time. The cast of characters and contributors includes: Leigh Bowery, Amanda Cazalet, Boy George, Princess Julia, Nick Knight, David LaChapelle, Paul Morley and Anna Piaggi. Featured designers include Bodymap, Judy Blame, Dean Bright, Comme Des Garcons, Jasper Conran, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Katharine Hamnett, Hermes, Pam Hogg, Marc Jacobs, Stephen Jones, Calvin Klein, Andrew Logan, Issey Miyake, Franco Moschino, Rifat Ozbek, Antony Price, Vivienne Westwood, and more. AUTHOR: Iain R. Webb is Professor of Fashion at Royal College of Art and Central Saint Martins. During his career he has been fashion editor/director of Blitz, The Evening Standard, Harpers & Queen, The Times and Elle. He won the Fashion Journalist of The Year Award two years running in 1995 and 1996. A respected fashion writer, he is the author of Foale and Tuffin: The Sixties. A Decade in Fashion, ISBN 9781851496068 and Postcards From the Edge of the Catwalk ISBN 9781851496471. REVIEWS: A wealth of stunning visuals, text and interviews from the time, plus new commentaries from over 100 key players Blitz provided a beautiful flamboyance in the '80s... When you and I met up it was an eye-opening moment for me. You showed me a life that was different to how I had perceived it. - Nick Knight Blitz completely changed the perception of beauty. There were no chocolate box girls in Blitz, just lovely edgy young things who depicted the age and a different mood in how people viewed beauty. - Carole White, co-founder of Premier Model Management Like the lightning in its name, it struck us in 1980 and kept us spellbound the whole decade. 'Too fast to live, too young to die', that is Blitz for me. Every month we would run to the news stand to be 'Blitzed' with irreverent, glamorous, chic and iconic images. Blitz was Iain R. Webb's brainchild that corresponded perfectly to the era; it was one of its best expressions. He used emblematic faces that were so inspiring, and that I used for my shows, like Martine Houghton, who later became a photographer. Blitz, we miss you but we are ready for your attack again! - Jean Paul Gaultier 150 colour and 100 b/w illustrationsProduct Identifiers
PublisherACC Art Books
ISBN-139781851497232
eBay Product ID (ePID)141500670
Product Key Features
Book TitleAs Seen in Blitz
AuthorIain R. Webb
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
GenreFashion
Number of Pages272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height300mm
Item Width230mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorIain R. Webb
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 14 Dec, 2021
Fabulous book
A superlative and incisive book that captures the edgier side of 80’s fashion. Iain R Webb’s 24 carat love affair with 80’s style!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
