Outlaws - Fashion Renegades of Leigh Bowery's 1980 London

'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.

About the author

Martin Green was a regular on the 1980s club circuit and went on to run the legendary nightclub Smashing in the early 90s. He is co-curator of the exhibition Outlaws: Fashion Renegades of 80s London with NJ Stevenson, which opens at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London in October 2024. Green has compiled 30 albums and has a show on Soho Radio. He has co-ordinated fashion show music for Katherine Hamnett, Pringle and Pucci and has DJ’d at events for Pulp, Prada and Paul McCartney.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Green, Green Martin, NJ Stevenson
• Publisher: Abrams
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.11.2024
• EAN: 9781785516016
• ISBN: 978-1-78551-601-6
• Dimensions: 225 mm x 285 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; London, Greater London, PERFORMING ARTS / General, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Film, TV & radio, Other performing arts, Art & design styles: from c 1960, Theatre: technical & background skills, Individual artists, art monographs, c 1970 to c 1980, c 1980 to c 1989, Individual designers, Individual designers or design groups, Drag culture and performance, DESIGN / Individual Designers, Performing arts: makeup, ART / European / General