Photographs / Factory Cassettes
If we have any long time readers who are super minted can they buy us this lot please? Starting bid of £699 on ebay as we speak.
Es Paradis / Ibiza / Postcards /1985
It has been a very balearic day. These also arrived in the post today courtesy of our friend Piers (who I should mention has a pretty essential looking book out soon – Italo-Disco: A Secret History of Modern Pop). Thanks Piers.
The Face / Hard / Ray Petri
Classic buffalo spread from The Face in March 1985 with photography by Jamie Morgan and styling by the late Ray Petri. I’ll run the Warhol piece from this edition at a later date. [Apiento]
Spectrum / Terry Farley
Story: Terry Farley Photographs: Chris Abbot On April 11th 1988 the vast space that was (and still is) Heaven opened its doors to an ‘Acid House’ night. The problem was apart from around 200 people who frequented Shoom and Future nobody knew what Acid House was, let alone how to dance to it. The promoters...
Last Night Of Shoom
Our mate Graham Styles took these years ago at the last night of the Shoom. Love the one of Pete Heller with arms aloft. Happy happy. Thanks to Steven Hall, Graham Styles and Emma Warren (who dumped her mates outside so she could get in on the night).
Just Because / 014
Pop and lock! Another quick one stolen from Shawn Stussy’s blog to make mine look nice. If you have five minutes go kill it there.
Arena Homme + / 25 Years Of Buffalo / The Legacy Of Ray Petri
Classic stuff here from Arena Homme + in Winter/Spring 09/10 covering the work of the late Ray Petri. Buffalo is perhaps one of the finest styles ever to come out of London and be associated with club culture. The mix of sportswear and the likes of Armani looked fresh at the time and still do...
Just Because / 013
New York New York. Props to Rob J for finding this thread. If you like paint, walls and trains, or old men talking about NYC and it’s neighbourhoods, click the link and dig through.
Balearic London
If you were wondering what the people behind the mixes looked like now you know. All the balearic people were in town last week for a charity special… Nice day chaps.
Just Because / 010
Straight steal from Shawn Stussy’s blog – here’s London’s chapter of the International Stussy Tribe in 1990 when Stussy was alive and kicking. As he says, ‘When it meant something, the original London chapter of buddies that kind of gravitated into a loose knit crew… Left to right, Michael Kopelman, James Lebon, Mick Jones, Barnzley...
Dirtbox / 1983 To 1986
These photos of the Dirtbox crowd circa 1983-1986 come courtesy of Hazel Taylor. For our ex-UK friends, the Dirt Box was an illegal drinking den that moved around London run by the infamous club face Phil Dirtbox. As you can see it was a time of amazing clothes, hair and jean shorts on Philip Salon....