* 1980s fashion and culture, as seen on the deeply influential
pages of BLITZ, the pioneering '80s style magazine * A wealth of
stunning visuals, text and interviews from the time, plus new
commentaries from over 100 key players * A must-have book for
anyone seriously interested in 20th-century style, especially
devotees of the 1980s * The Metropolitan Museum is holding the
exhibition PUNK: Chaos to Couture from May 9 August 11, 2013 "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 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 center of this world. His images manipulated fashion to
explore ideas of transformation, beauty, glamor 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 previously-unseen archive content, original images and
tear-sheets. A separate section features original BLITZ interviews
with the key designers, and there is also 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. Characters and contributors include: 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, Vivienne Westwood, and many more.
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