The Blitz Kids

The Club craze was going strong in America and Europe - Britain in particular was home to many famous clubs - one of them being Taboo, owned by the influential and brilliant Leigh Bowery. Bowery was a performer through and through - he would live every day as if it was a performance, wearing his creations (he was a self-proclaimed fashion designer, but only designed for himself as he didn't want anyone else to be copies of the 'Bowery look').

(Source: bbook.com) I adore the attention to detail he put into his art - the stars under his eyes are so precise and completely finish the look, and the shimmering eyebrows are so painstakingly applied.


(Source: willyegang.tumblr) His influence remains quite strong - McQueen channelled his look into the makeup for his show 'The Horn of Plenty' and Lady Gaga who was very strongly influenced by this era often references some of his most famous looks.


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Taboo was a hub for many new young designers, artists and musicians, such as David Holah and Stevie Stewart of Bodymap, and Boy George. The people who gathered in this place were nicknamed the 'Blitz Kids', as they were frequently featured in the youth-run magazine Blitz. For the Blitz Kids, every day was a show, and they'd frequently make costumes to wear out; fashion was fun, and they were spending their lives in an almost surrealist way.


(Source: fashionsmostwanted.blogspot) David Holah and Stevie Stewart of Bodymap - they created some of the most defining looks of the decade and helped to put Britain back on the fashion map. They reinvented the way we look at clothes and their androgynous shapes still remain strong today.




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(Source: fashionfox.com) The Blitz Kids/bodymap family in Blitz magazine