https://shapersofthe80s.com/2025/10/05/2025-%e2%9e%a4-finally-a-candid-insight-into-the-glittering-new-romantics-revolution/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/nrteam-20250924-online.jpgNRteam-20250924-onlineContributors to Nightlife Rebels: Derek Ridgers, Kim Bowen, David Johnson, John Maybury. (Photo by David Jenkins)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/nr-onsale-tdm-20251003-online.jpgNR-onsale-TDM-20251003-onlineThere's our book on the second shelf at the Design Museum: Dare we assume the two lads thumbing through the options might have been Blitz Kids back in the day? (Photo by Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/nightlife_rebels_cover_300.jpgNIGHTLIFE_REBELS_COVER_3002026-03-08T16:58:01+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2022/11/07/2022-%e2%9e%a4-martin-kemp-on-a-life-full-of-love-but-lacking-two-vital-apologies/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/mk83-losang-sbtour_bydj.jpgMK83-LosAng-SBtour_byDJGolden years: Martin Kemp escaping fans after Spandau Ballet played at The Palace, Los Angeles, in 19832026-02-28T00:51:28+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/08/20/%e2%9e%a4-after-his-spandau-ordeal-singer-ross-shakes-off-the-blues/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/rossww19-1sep-snorman-rehearsal-rww.jpgRossww19-1sep-SNorman-rehearsal-rww1 Sept update: Ross and Spandau’s saxophonist Steve Norman rehearsing in London today for their appearance together at next Saturday’s Pop-Helden-Festival of 80s Pioneers in Berlin, along with Marc Almond, Paul Young, Wet Wet Wet and Howard Joneshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/gatsby19-27aug-the-musical.jpgGatsby19-27aug- the musical2026-02-28T00:35:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2025/10/07/2025-%e2%9e%a4-the-new-romantics-history-book-currently-turning-heads/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/nightlife_rebels_cover_final_aw.jpegNIGHTLIFE_REBELS_COVER_FINAL_AWNightlife Rebels: my new book published September 2025 2026-02-09T00:23:48+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/08/17/%e2%9e%a4-big-brother-turns-martin-kemps-son-roman-into-a-shooting-star/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/romkemp12-stephenconway.jpgRomKemp12-StephenConwayhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/romkemp12twitpic.jpgRomKemp12,twitpichttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/romkemp12models1013.jpgRomKemp12,Models1013https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/romkemp12models1012.jpgRomKemp12,Models1012https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/romkemp12models1-009.jpgRomKemp12,Models1-009https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/romkemp12models1-008.jpgRomKemp12,Models1-008https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/romkemp12models1-006.jpgRomKemp12,Models1-006https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/romkemp12models1-04.jpgRomKemp12,Models1-04https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/romkemp12denimjkt.jpgRomKemp12,denimjkthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/romkemp12cbb13hm.jpgRomKemp12,CBB13,HMCelebrity Big Brother launch on Wednesday: Roman and Harleymoon Kemp applaud their father Martin as he enters the TV house. (Video Channel 5) 2026-02-06T22:55:24+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/index/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/db79-tmwstw-satnightlive.jpgDB79-TMWSTW-SatNightLiveThe night Bowie “transformed live television”: 1979 recording of the most immaculate of all performances of TMWSTW by Bowie, here on SNL with Klaus Nomi, Joey Arias, Stacey Hayden on guitar and Jimmy Destri on keyboards. Just click on the pic 2026-01-16T01:26:42+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/what-the/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dj19-bychriss-l25_162316-web250-square-copy.jpgDJ19-byChrisS-L25_162316-web250-square copyThe face behind Shapers of the 80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/standard-newsboy1863-mulreadys.jpgNewsboy-1863Newsboy 1863-66, by Augustus Mulready © York Museums Trust https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/ny81-djsb.jpgNY81-dj,sbhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/sbww14-thanks-endcredits.jpgSBWW14-thanks-endcreditsCheers, Stevehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dbeyes.jpgDBeyeshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/nynewscan-dj.jpgNYnewscan-djhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/idpple85almond-nk.jpgiDpple85,almond-nk“People of the 80s”: for i-D magazine’s fifth anniversary, 100 were photographed in 1985 © by Nick Knight. Top left, pop singer Marc Almond, deejay and journalist Jay Strongman, club entrepreneur Rusty Egan, singer and club entrepreneur, Steve Strange, fashion editor Caryn Franklin and club entrepreneur Nick Trulocke. Finally, some hack from the London Evening Standardhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bk80claremichelle-dr.jpgBK80,ClareMichele-drBlitz Kid style 1980: Outside the Carburton Street squat, Clare-with-the-Hair and Michele Clapton-with-the-awesome repose. Photographed © by Derek Ridgershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/otl80xmaslunch-dj28.jpgOTL80XmasLunch-dj28On The Line's Christmas lunch, Dec 1980: key shapers of the decade ahead meet at Joe Allen's (note how omelette and chips cost only £1.55, so there could be no scandal over expenses claims). Picture © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/cropped-db80ashhdr36.jpgcropped-db80ashhdr36.jpg2026-01-16T01:17:44+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2026/01/06/2026-%e2%9e%a4-what-made-molly-the-inimitable/2026-01-08T00:55:47+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2025/11/10/2025-%e2%9e%a4-no-telling-how-often-i-fell-in-love-at-maggies/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/maggie-joness-tabletop.jpgMaggie-Jones's-tabletopClassic farmyard fair: the traditional Maggie Jones’s menu returnshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/maggie-jones-restaurant-kensington-09-11-2025_n.jpgmaggie-jones-restaurant-kensington-09-11-2025_nReopening today: Maggie’s which gained its name from Princess Margaret back in the Swinging Sixties. Photo by Shapersofthe80s2025-11-12T17:31:28+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2025/11/07/2025-%e2%9e%a4-love-is-in-the-air-once-more-for-jon-and-george/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/boygeorge-film-premiere-imax-20251104.jpgBoyGeorge-film-premiere-Imax-20251104At the Waterloo Imax: Princess Julia HRH interviewing the editor of the doc Paul Carlin. The huge band shot onscreen is by Derek Ridgers. This photo by Shapersofthe80s2025-11-12T16:53:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2025/10/07/%e2%9e%a4six-magazines-that-changed-the-course-of-postwar-british-journalism/2025-10-07T09:08:31+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2025/10/07/%e2%9e%a4-possibly-the-first-post-here-at-shapersofthe80s-in-2009/2025-10-07T08:42:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2009/03/28/six-magazines-that-changed-the-course-of-postwar-british-journalism/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/picture-post-covers-from-1938.jpgScreenshotPicture Post covers from 1938 onwards2025-10-07T08:17:18+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/soundvision/200-acts-who-set-the-style-for-the-new-music-of-the-1980s/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/nowthatswhaticall-music-oct2021-now-yearbook-1984.jpgNowThatsWhatICall-Music-Oct2021-Now Yearbook 1984Now That’s What I Call Music’s Now Yearbook 84 playlisthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/animal82decflicks-dj.jpgAnimal82,dec,Flicks-djAnimal Nightlife play Flick’s, Dartford: 1982 line-up with Leah Seresin, Andy Polaris and Chrysta Jones, just after releasing the single Love Is Just The Great Pretender. © Shapersofthe80s https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/redferns1246.jpgRedferns1246Young romantics: trendsetting but as-yet unsigned Spandau Ballet sport a mix of Willy Brown Modern Classics, the odd Simon Withers knee-breeches and crucial Chinese dancing slippers for the Ritz Hotel shoot in August 1980 © Virginia Turbetthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/vis79atbz-sr.jpgVis79atBz-srVisage in 1979, soundtrack to the Blitz Club: Rusty Egan, John McGeoch, Barry Adamson, Dave Formula, Billy Currie, Steve Strange, Midge Ure. Photographed © by Sheila Rockhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/bz80ssrevislpvidgrab.jpgBz80,ss,re,visLPvidgrabVisage 1980: Steve Strange and Rusty Egan in the video for Visage the single (Polydor)2025-08-19T15:20:32+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2025/07/29/2025-%e2%9e%a4-champagne-all-round/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/marcel-duchamp-with-cake.jpgMarcel Duchamp-with-cakeWhere life starts: My mentor Marcel Duchamphttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/djparty-final22-20250728_203149.jpgDJparty-final22-20250728_203149Finalists at last night's gathering at Champagne Charlie's2025-07-29T09:16:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/clubbing/69-dean-street-and-the-making-of-uk-club-culture/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/gossips84-whisky-davemick-collins-danishtv.jpgGossips84-Whisky-Dave+Mick-Collins-DanishTVThe Gossip’s fan: Whisky Dave who found the vintage videos... and the Gossip’s manager, Mick Collins who perfected the one-nighter formula. (© Danish Television)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/dean83-face-title.jpgDean83-Face-titleDoors to two Soho clubs only feet apart – David Johnson’s cover story from The Face, February 1983https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/gossips84-christian-mick-danishtv.jpgGossips84-Christian-Mick-DanishTVTalking on video at Gossip’s, 1984: Christian Paris of the psychedelic Alice in Wonderland club-night, and Mick Collins who perfected the one-nighter formula over three decades. (© Danish Television)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gargoyle-club56-soho-signage.jpgGargoyle-club56-Soho-signagehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/c83deantitle-border.gifC83,Deantitle-borderFrom The Face, February 1983https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/matisse11redstudioc2a3400s-dacs.jpgMatisse11,RedStudio,£400S-DACSMatisse’s Red Studio of 1911: it once hung in Soho’s legendary Gargoyle club, but was sold in 1942 by David Tennant and acquired by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1949 (Mrs Simon Guggenheim Fund) © Succession H. Matisse / DACShttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/gossips82-ridgers.jpgGossips82-RidgersUpstairs, downstairs on Meard Street: the sign on the wall announces Gossip’s “formerly Billy’s” beside the pedimented doorway leading down to the cellars... A few paces further along is the neon sign of the Gargoyle, where a lift whisks guests to the rooftop theatre-bar. Photographed by Derek Ridgershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/whamrap83-andrewfacel.jpgWhamRap83-Andrew,FaceLClick pic to open the Wham Rap! video in another window ... “Man or mouse” Andrew Ridgeley establishes his group’s clubbing credentials in the opening shots of the Wham video by reading this very Face cover story on Club Culture that you’ve just been reading!https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/face83no34julesgold-dr.jpgFace83No34Jules,Gold-drTuesdays and Wednesdays at Gossip’s: left, Sound Table Knights; right, Christian Cotterill with his Gold Coast high-lifers. Photographed by Derek Ridgershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/face83no34gazwalsh-dr.jpgFace83no34Gaz,Walsh-drThursdays and Fridays at Gossip’s: left, Gaz greets a Rockin’ Blues follower; right, Steve Walsh, host of Radio Invicta’s fusion night. Photographed by Derek Ridgers2025-07-19T22:53:46+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2025/05/21/2025-%e2%9e%a4-heres-an-extravaganza-of-a-show-to-confirm-the-blitz-kids-place-in-history/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/strange-blitz79-sheila-rock.jpgStrange-Blitz79-sheila-rockBlitz Club host Steve Strange: Posing outside his club with Visage and friends in 1979 – today promoting an exhibition. (Detail from photo by Sheila Rock)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/bzlaunch-marlowelms-20250520-dj.jpgBzLaunch-Marlow+Elms-20250520-djThe Last Word: Robert Elms entertains museum director Tim Marlow (not to mention Groucho Marx, at rear)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/bzlaunch-egan-20250520_1048-dj.jpgBzLaunch-Egan-20250520_1048-djPress call: Tim Marlow, Robert Elms, Danielle Thom and Rusty Egan2025-06-01T22:12:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/modes/1980-what-made-blitz-kids-unique/2025-05-22T07:47:16+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2025/05/15/2025-%e2%9e%a4-in-a-busy-week-derek-ridgers-relives-his-addictive-past/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/drbook-jasmine-carlton-beach-1988-hwoodrep.jpgSDRbook-Jasmine, Carlton Beach, 1988creenshotJasmine on Carlton Beach in Cannes, 1988: captured by Derek Ridgers2025-05-17T12:58:06+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/01/12/2010-%e2%9e%a4/2025-04-07T00:40:07+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2025/02/19/2025-%e2%9e%a4-heres-to-those-faces-who-created-a-new-breed-of-journalism-for-the-1980s/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/face-talk-logan-20250220_124339-dj.jpgFace-talk-Logan-20250220_124339-djNPG talk about the Face exhibition: editor Nick Logan, art director Neville Brody and from 1987 the mag's first fashion editor Kathryn Flett. (Photo © Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/facepv-wkend-pix-20250220_113137-dj.jpgFacePV-Wkend-pix-20250220_113137-djFace exhibition video display: Who’s Who in clubland reportage by Yours Truly, featuring Chris Sullivan and Ollie O’Donnell. (Photo © Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/facepv-brody-quote-20250220_114759-dj.jpgFacePV-Brody-quote-20250220_114759-djWise words from the man who suberted graphic design. (Photo © Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/face-exhibn-npg-poster-2025.jpgFace-exhibn-NPG-poster-2025Promotional poster for the NPG exhibition The Face Magazine: Culture Shifthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/npg25-face-ex-pv-invitn-border.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/facepv-nickdagger-20250218_200726-dj.jpgFacePV-Nick+Dagger-20250218_200726-DJKings among influencers: Nick Logan and Steve Dagger, at the NPG private view. (Photo © Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/facepv-jonesashworth-20250218_190558-dj.jpgFacePV-Jones+Ashworth-20250218_190558-djYet more influence: milliner Stephen Jones and photographer Peter Ashworth. (Photo © Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/facepv25-dj-tocamera-byps.jpegFacePV25-DJ-tocamera-byPSReporting London’s club culture: Yours Truly with my 1983 Face cover story. (Photo © Paul Simper)2025-02-23T17:37:00+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2024/11/05/2024-%e2%9e%a4-andy-polaris-reminds-us-of-quincy-joness-legacy-as-a-titan-of-20th-century-showbiz/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/quincy-jones-1984-withmj.jpgScreenquincy-jones-1984-withmjshot1984: Quincy Jones with Michael Jackson at the 1984 Grammy Awards, where they won eight2025-02-16T19:25:47+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2025/02/14/2015-%e2%9e%a4-steve-stranges-anniversary-deciphering-the-pen-portraits-of-the-man-of-masks/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ss81-robin-hood-bbc.jpgss81-robin-hood-bbcSteve Strange in 1981: here in Robin Hood guise (BBC)2025-02-16T18:12:07+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/revolution/key-to-the-blitz-cults-lift-off/2025-02-11T21:31:49+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/03/30/%e2%9e%a4-proustian-frissons-aplenty-as-derek-ridgers-photographs-revisit-three-decades/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dr12mozsoccafe615-dj.jpgDR12,Moz,SocCafe615-djDerek Ridgers in Soho last night: his portrait of Morrissey a bridge between two eras. Photographed by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dr12krsoccafe6411-dj.jpgDR12,KR,SocCafe6411-djSoho last night: Ridgers, Richards and a fan called Tracey. Photographed by Shapersothe80s2025-01-12T20:34:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2022/03/27/2022-%e2%9e%a4-new-romantics-here-are-some-who-wont-own-to-that-name/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mark_dooris-bytessa-hallmann134-web.jpgmark_dooris-byTessa-Hallmann134-webFILM REVIEW BY MARK DOORIS (Photo Tessa Hallmann)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/tramps22_atbfi-bytessahallmann145-web.jpgDirector Kevin Hegge discusses his film 'Tramps!'After yesterday’s Gala premiere of Tramps! – BFI host at left, then director Kevin Hegge, Scarlett Cannon, Jeffrey Hinton, Philip Sallon, Verity Susman (music), Matthew Sims (music) and Brian Robertson (producer). (Photo © Tessa Hallmann)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/dooris_atbfi-bytessahallmann148-web.jpgdooris_atBFI22FILM REVIEW BY MARK DOORIS (Photo Tessa Hallmann) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/tramps22-director-kevin-hegge.jpgtramps22-director-kevin-heggeKevin Hegge, director of the documentary TRAMPS! © Kevin Hegge2025-01-12T20:26:05+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2024/10/17/2025-%e2%9e%a4-50-years-on-celebrating-the-worlds-first-pose-band/2025-01-11T15:11:58+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/origins/giants-who-went-before/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/nice-style74-es-cork-part2.jpgNice-Style74-ES-Cork-part2Part 2 of Cork's review. Nice Style were Bruce McLean, Paul Richards, Gary Chitty and Robin Fletcher. Photo by Craigie Horsfieldhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/nice-style74-es-cork-part1.jpgNice-Style74-ES-Cork-part1Cork’s review part 1 – click to enlarge in a new windowhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/nice-style74-es-cork-headline.pngNice-Style74-ES-Cork-headlineCLICK ON THIS PHOTO to read part one of Cork's riveting review of Nice Style in the Evening Standardhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/nice-style74-baroque-mclean.jpgNice-Style74-Baroque-McLeanNice Style posing at the Gallery, 1974: High up on a Baroque Palazzo. McLean himself is at top left. Photo by Craigie Horsfieldhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/man_ray_le_groupe_dada22-collntreillard-web.jpgman_ray_le_groupe_dada22-CollnTreillard-webPhotographed by Man Ray: Le groupe Dada : Serge Charchoune, Philippe Soupault, Tristan Tzara, Paul Chadourne, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Mme Soupault, Jacques Rigaut, Paul Eluard, c. 1922 https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/mad-mag84-april-george.jpgMad-mag84-April-GeorgeMad magazine April 1984: Alfred E Neuman thinks he’s Boy George https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/tworonnies83-nov13-georgekid.jpgTwoRonnies83-Nov13-George+KidOld Romantics: Boy Georgy-Porgy and Kid Creoley-Poly (The Two Ronnies, BBC TV, Nov 1983)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/curtislemmonhot.jpgCurtis,Lemmon,hotBenchmark for cross-dressers: Tony Curtis as Josephine and Jack Lemmon as Daphne in Some Like it Hot, 1959https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/biba71twiggy-getty.jpgBiba71,Twiggy-GettyTwiggy, the fashion model, relaxing in the landmark Rainbow Room at Biba in 1974: founded by fashion designer Barbara Hulanicki in1964, Biba set a distinctively sexy and brave style for both the 60s and 70s. It grew from a modest shop in Abingdon Road, Kensington, that became a hangout for the popstars of the Swinging 60s, and eventually took over the seven storeys of a lavish art-deco department store in Kensington High Street which had opened as Derry & Toms in the 30s. The black-and-gold Biba logo itself became a collectible, whether on price tags, carrier bags, wallpaper or cereal jars from the food hall. The renowned Roof Garden with its strutting flamingos attracted record numbers of tourists along with the ravishing Rainbow Room restaurant which as an entertainment venue showcased the decade’s most stylish performers, such as Brian Ferry, New York Dolls and Dr Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band. The store foundered financially after a buy-out, closing in 1976. Hulanicki went on to design for Fiorucci and Cacharel. The flamingos still strut their stuff today. Photographed © by Justin de Villeneuve2025-01-10T18:53:11+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/blitz-kids/1981-the-romantics-a-mainstream-deejays-guide/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/BlitzJive80-Luke-Sebastien-arch.jpgBlitzJive80-Luke-Sebastien-archBlitz movers: The Warren Street Jive at its coolest – once thought to be Lenny and Lee cutting the rug, recently recast as French Luke (Luc H) and St Sebastien wearing Battiloni of Paris with ballet pumps by Renoma (after waxing his legs beneath silk stockings)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/sb81sundownromjivers-dj.jpgSB81,Sundown,romjivers-djThe Warren Street jive: New Romantics wearing PX seen dancing at Spandau Ballet’s Sundown concert, March 1981. © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/newromanticsjuniors81-dj.jpgNewRomanticsJuniors81-djNew Romantics Juniors 1981: weekend shoppers outside Kahn & Bell’s cool boutique in Birminghamhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/newromantics80degvillehelen-dj.jpgNewRomantics80,Degville,Helen-djStyle leaders 1980: Brummie Martin Degville with Helen Carey at YaYa, his eccentric London shop in Kensington Market https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/axiomfashion81sade-dj.jpgAxiomFashion81,Sade-djAxiom fashion show in New York City, May 1981: designer Melissa Caplin rehearses Robert Elms, Mandy d’Wit, Sade Adu for their runway show, all wearing Melissa’s Pallium Products. See also the full report on the Blitz invasion of the US. © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/bz80marspacecadets-hs.jpgBz80mar,spacecadets-hsThe Blitz 1980: this week if the theme is space cadets, we dance like Major Tom. Photograph © www.homersykes.comhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/c80dechvn19leess-dj.jpgc80dec,Hvn19,Lee,SS-djLee Barrett and Steve Strange: seen at Spandau Ballet’s date in Heaven, Dec 1980. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/bz80lennyleejive.jpgBz80,Lenny,Lee,jiveBlitz movers: The Warren Street Jive at its coolest with Lenny and Lee2024-12-01T23:32:23+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/11/22/1963-%e2%9e%a4-with-the-beatles-the-day-kennedy-was-shot/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/withthebeatles63album.jpgWith+The+Beatles63,Albumhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/globestockton11-stalls.jpgGlobeStockton11-stallsThe Globe, Stockton, 2009: a glorious interior in art deco stylehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/globe_stockton600.jpgGlobe_Stockton600The Globe, Stockton, today: awaiting its £8m restorationhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/globe57steelemania.jpgGlobe57,steelemaniaPre-Beatles hysteria: massive queues along Stockton High Street when Tommy Steele played the Globe in 1957https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/beatles63-globe-poster.jpgbeatles63-globe-posterhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/beatles63stockton-live.jpgBeatles63,Stockton-liveBeatles live onstage in Stockton, Nov 22, 1963: George Harrison at the microphone on the night Kennedy was shothttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/beatles63globe-fans-gazette.jpgbeatles63,Globe-fans-GazetteThe Globe, Stockton, Nov 22, 1963: Beatles fans firmly seated. (Picture, Evening Gazette)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/beatles63globe-aud-gazette.jpgbeatles63,Globe-aud-GazetteThe Globe, Stockton, Nov 22, 1963: Beatles fans learning to scream. (Picture, Evening Gazette)2024-11-24T11:31:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2024/10/06/2024-%e2%9e%a4-original-outlaws-celebrate-their-blasts-from-the-past/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/outlaws-byflk-atfbk-2024-10-06-b.jpgOutlaws-byFLK-atFBk-2024-BOutlaws: true creativity and amazing mannequins – Photo © Franceskahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/outlaws-byflk-atfbk-2024-10-06-a.jpgScrOutlaws-byFLK-atFBk-2024AeenshotOutlaws: superb gallery of the exhibition – Photo © Franceska2024-10-06T12:25:07+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2024/09/18/2024-%e2%9e%a4-thrill-to-amaze-now-in-the-west-end/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jamie-allan-amaze-magic24.jpgJamie-Allan-Amaze-magic24Be amazed: magic for all the familyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/jamie-allan-amaze-hightech-magic24.jpgJamie-Allan-Amaze-hightech-magic24Be amazed: Jamie Allan exploiting high-tech illusions2024-10-06T10:28:04+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/10/27/%e2%9e%a4-rip-lou-reed-today-we-lost-another-legend/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/reed70nyc-by-dustin-pittman1.jpgReed70,NYC-by Dustin Pittmanhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/reed65nico-c2a9-steve-schapiro.jpgReed65,Nico-Schapiro Lou Reed and Nico in the recording studio with The Velvet Underground. --- Image by © Steve Schapiro/Corbishttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/reedandrock75-mickrock.jpgReedandRock75-MickRockLou Reed and his favourite photographer, the Brit Mick Rock in 1975https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/reed75boston.jpgReed75,Bostonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/reed75amsterdam-gijsbert-hanekroot.jpgReed75,Amsterdam-Gijsbert Hanekroothttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/reed74wantedposter.jpgReed74,WantedPosterhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/reed72mileendsundown.jpgReed72,MileEndSundownhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/reed69shades.jpgReed69,shadesLou Reed on his bare-bones guitar style: “One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you’re into jazz”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/reed-onstage-in-t.jpgReed-onstage-in-Thttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/helloziggy72bowiereed.jpgHelloZiggy72,Bowie,Reed2024-09-23T20:19:44+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2024/09/13/2024-%e2%9e%a4-chris-sullivan-re-lives-blue-rondos-second-album-at-a-soho-party/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/blue-rondo-masked-moods-re-release.jpgBlue Rondo-Masked Moods-re-releaseTreat yourself to this audio track at YouTube, Masked Moods (Long Version)2024-09-14T10:12:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/blitz-kids/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/julia80-apr-cthom-lilac-taffeta-suit-blousebypx-terry-smith.jpgJulia80-apr-CThom-lilac-taffeta-suit-blousebyPX-Terry-SmithJulia Fodor in April 1980, before she became Princess: as an assistant at PX, the home of New Romantic ready-to-wear, here wearing a lilac taffeta suit made by Clare Thom, with spiked-collar blouse by Helen Robinson of PX. Photographed in the Endell Street shop by Terry Smithhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/sb80-team-knott-waldorf-s.jpgSB80-team-Knott-Waldorf-SWaldorf Hotel 1980: seated at centre, Spandau Ballet, house band of Covent Garden’s Blitz Club, home of the New Romantics movement, plus support team of Blitz Kids who helped put their first single To Cut a Long Story Short into the UK singles chart at No 5, on 6 December. Average age 20, everyone had a specific role to play in staging and promoting the band: seven musicians, six designers, three media and management, three club-hosts, two DJs, one crimper and 22 egos. <br />Commissioned by Yours Truly and photographed on 16 December for the Evening Standard © by Herbie Knotthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/timeout81-jan30-cover-rushers.jpgTimeOut81-Jan30-cover-RusherSTime Out, Jan 1981, and the New Romantics are about to reap their first whirlwind of media coverage: “An enclosed world where style is all, and a fashion ends as it begins”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/sl84captap-id15toscani52.jpgSL84,cap,tap-iD15toscani52Ex-St Martin’s fashion designer Stephen Linard at the height of his commercial success in 1984, when he worked for three years for Jun Co in Japan. Here pictured by Toscani for i-D magazine’s issue No 15 in “An illustrated guide to detail”. He sports a leather Confederate Army cap $15 bought in transit through Anchorage airport in Alaska. The jacket £250 over giant-collared shirt £120, and trousers £200 are all by Yohji Yamamoto. Waistcoat £180 by Gianni Versace. Artfully placed on his left lapel is a silvered bathroom tap £60 and faucet brooch £40, both from a jewellery collection for Chloe, Paris. He said: “It was worth it for the stir it caused at the Paris collections.” https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bk81slmyra-f.jpgBK81,SL,Myra-fNoir et rouge at Le Kilt, 1981: Stephen Linard in his Endangered Species look and Myra with, well, that hairhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bz80extssjb-letac.jpgBz80ext,ss,jb-Letachttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bkwebb-sketch.jpgBK,Webb-sketchThe identikit Blitz Kid: drawn and annotated 1983 by © Iain R Webb, ex-St Martin’s, ex-fashion editor of The Times of Londonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/cs81czoot-dj.jpgCS81c,zoot-djThe blue number: Chris Sullivan, zoot suit and wardrobe in 1981 at his Kentish Town flat. The nearest thing to the Blitz Kids’ own Renaissance man, he shaped music, style and nightclubbing for the next 19 years by fronting Blue Rondo à la Turk then naming and co-hosting Soho’s Wag club in his own image. His dictum for the 80s was: “One look lasts a day.” Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bk81p30filmdhkb-dj2.jpgBK81p30filmdh,kb-djUnholy cabaret, May 10, 1981: improvising a louche cabaret scene for a John Maybury movie at the Film-Makers Cooperative are Stephen Jones, Jeremy Healy, David Holah and Kim Bowen. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/barb68milofonda-sa1.jpgBarb68,Milo,Fonda-SA41st century pleasure-seekers: the wayward scientist Dr Durand-Durand with the lovely Barbarella encased in the orgasmatron he has dubbed the Excessive Machine, which he operates from a keyboard (Barbarella, 1968, directed by Roger Vadim)2024-08-29T14:39:15+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/06/03/1980-%e2%9e%a4-2010-the-stage-magic-that-inspires-romantics-ancient-and-neo/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/taylormacself.jpgtaylormac,selfMac as himselfhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/bk80kbsl-dr.jpgBK80,kb,sl-drDoyennes among the Blitz Kids in 1980: Kim Bowen and Stephen Linard stamp themselves on that week’s zombie leitmotif. (Photographed © by Derek Ridgers)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/bk80ctmc-dr.jpgBK80,CT,MC-drBlitz Kid style: Outside the Carburton street squat, Clare-with-the-Hair and Michele Clapton with awesome repose. Photographed © by Derek Ridgershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/bzsj.jpgBz,SJHatter Stephen Jones: immaculate at the Blitzhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/travesties.jpgtravestiesTravesties: fact was, novelist James Joyce, the Dadaist poet Tristan Tzara and the revolutionary Lenin were all living in Zurich in 1917https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/walldoddcombo.jpgWall,Dodd,comboMasters of the comedian’s art: Max Wall and Ken Doddhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/mac10-timhailand.jpgMac10-TimHailandTaylor Mac 2010: sequinned and painted as Bowie-cum-Tony Tim. Photographed by Tim Hailand2024-08-26T20:26:44+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2024/04/25/2024-%e2%9e%a4-welcome-to-much-unseen-photography-by-durans-first-lensman/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/dd24-edmond-book-covers-aps-poster.jpgDD24-Edmond-book-covers-APS poster2024-06-13T02:25:47+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2024/04/08/2024-%e2%9e%a4-ahaaaah-25-year-old-stage-musical-mamma-mia-confirms-abbas-genius/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mamma24-tinsel-20240406_221142.jpgMamma24-tinsel-20240406_221142MAMMA MIA! at 25: A ton of tinsel pours down onto the audience during the many encores ending the London show. (Photo © Shapersofthe80s.com)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mamma24-judy-20240406_221814.jpgMamma24-Judy-20240406_221814MAMMA MIA! at 25: During the encores to the London show’s creator Judy Craymer introduces Catherine Johnson who wrote the book for the musical. (Photo © Shapersofthe80s.com)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mamma24-bjorn-20240406_222018.jpgMamma24-Bjorn-20240406_222018MAMMA MIA! at 25: After the encores to the London show one of its lyricists, the modest Björn Ulvaeus, gives thanks for its success and accepts a bow from one of the cast. (Photo © Shapersofthe80s.com)2024-04-09T18:26:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2024/03/10/2024-%e2%9e%a4-farewell-to-linard-the-craziest-man-ive-known/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sl-canvey-181106_140705-dj.jpgSL-Canvey-181106_140705-djStephen Linard in 2018: His last pint at his local pub before moving away from Canvey Island. Photo @ Shapersofthe80s) 2024-03-15T00:32:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2024/03/12/2024-%e2%9e%a4-londons-evening-standard-publishes-my-obituary-of-linard-the-wild-child-of-uk-fashion/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/es24-sl-obit-in-lifestyle-2024-03-12.jpgES24-SL-obitPhoto by Kate Garnerhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/stephen_linard_by_kate_garner-crop.jpgstephen_linard_by_kate_garner-crop2024-03-12T18:57:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/08/24/1982-%e2%9e%a4-who-peter-capaldis-first-interview-probably-as-a-green-young-stand-up/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/capaldi14-tardis-aug-bbcs.jpgCapaldi14-Tardis-Aug-bbcSCapaldi and his new Tardis: the 12th Doctor Who. © BBC/Guy Levyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/who14s8e1-wrong-gif.jpgWho14,s8e1-wrong-gifRare self-deprecation: Click pic to view Doctor gifs at thespoonmissionerhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/capaldi82bmd13-72r-dj.jpgCapaldi82,BMD13-72R-djCapaldi learning the ropes as a comic Live onstage supporting Spandau Ballet in 1982. (Photographed © by Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/capaldi83lancasterlocal-hero.jpgCapaldi83,Lancaster,Local-HeroLocal Hero, 1983: Peter Capaldi with Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert, a gentle Scottish comedy directed by Bill Forsyth2024-01-15T19:45:45+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/revolution/1980-who-was-who-in-spandaus-break-out-year/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/nosacrifice80-combos.jpgNoSacrifice80-comboSAugust 1980: No Sacrifice released a howl from those London fashion students who had been stepping out of linehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/bk80-sj-kb-mirror-letacs.jpgBK80-SJ-KB-mirror-LetacSMilliner to the Blitz: Stephen Jones with his mannequin de vie, Kim Bowen in 1980https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/px80-julia-long-mbradings.jpgPX80-Julia-long-MBradingSPX in February 1980: Julia Fodor in attendance when the home of New Romantics ready-to-wear expanded to Endell Streethttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dmirror80-blitz-kid-headline.jpgDMirror80-Blitz-Kid-headlinehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/otl80-groovy-quiz-questions.jpgOTL80-groovy-quiz-questionshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/otl80-private-worlds-survey.jpgOTL80-Private-Worlds-surveyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/otl80-striking-a-pose.jpgOTL80-Striking-a-Posehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sb80-dailystar-andy-john-review.jpgSB80-DailyStar-Andy-John-reviewhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sb80-recmirror-barry-cain-interview.jpgSB80-RecMirror-Barry-Cain-interviewhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sb80-scala-long-sb-webs.jpgSB80-Scala-long-SB-webSA photograph never before published: sharply styled Spandau Ballet in 1980 playing the dramatically lit Scala Cinema gig that eventually brought the record companies scrambling to sign them. (Photograph © by Steve Brown)2024-01-14T13:54:29+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/the-face-i-d-media/1983-shock-report-on-art-schools-in-crisis/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/face83-no39-artp44-placeholder-490.jpgFace83-No39-Artp44-placeholder-490Click to enlarge © July 1983 Nick Logan/The Face Archivehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/face83-no39-artp44x1500.jpgFace83-No39-Artp44x1500Published July 1983 © Nick Logan/The Face Archivehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/face83-no39-artp46-placeholderx490.jpgFace83-No39-Artp46-placeholderx490Click for larger image © Nick Logan/The Face Archivehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/face83-no39-artp46x1500.jpgFace83-No39-Artp46x1500© Nick Logan/The Face Archivehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/face83-no39-july-artontherunx250.jpgFace83-no39-july-ArtontheRunx2502024-01-04T01:55:57+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2024/01/01/2024-%e2%9e%a4-fearless-pilger-is-the-kind-of-journalist-we-badly-need-today/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/john-pilger-quoted-on-journalists.jpgJohn-Pilger-quoted-on-journalists2024-01-02T14:52:55+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/seismic-shifts/hockneys-new-vision-of-the-world/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/dh83c-reading-dj.jpgdh83c-reading-djHockney at his Kensington studio in London, July 3, 1983: so keen to deal with his new ideas, he reads aloud from Shattuck’s book about Proust while the toy parrot on his table listens. Behind him we see a freshly worked canvas, marking his return to painting. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/hawking12-smg-ar-cover-byhockney-copy.jpgHawking12-SMG-AR-cover-byHockney copyHockney’s iPad portrait of Hawking on the cover of the Science Museum Group’s Annual Review 2012https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dh13-self-ipad.jpgDH13-self-iPadiPad Self-Portrait with Red Braces (2003) © David Hockney https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dh13-self-ipad-cup.jpgDH13-self-iPad-cuphttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dh12video-oliver_berg.jpgDH12,video-oliver_bergHockney’s Bigger Picture multi-screen video of Rudston Road. (Picture by Oliver Berg)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dh12tapdancevid-parisbreakfast.pngDH12,tapdancevid-ParisbreakfastHockney’s multi-screen video of tap dancing to Tea For Two. (From Parisbreakfast blog)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dh12studiovid-parisbreakfast.pngDH12,studiovid-ParisbreakfastHockney’s multi-screen video of visitors to his studio. (From Parisbreakfast blog)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dh12jugglersvideo.jpgDH12,jugglersvideoDavid Hockney (b 1937), still from The Jugglers, June 24th 2012 (2012). Eighteen-screen video installation, color, sound; 9 min ( © David Hockney. Image courtesy Hockney Pictures and Pace Gallery)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dh83jul10c-easelcr.jpgDH83jul10C-easel,crHockney in London, Jul 10, 1983: a new work looking very Picasso-esque, pictured © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dh83c-readcupcr-dj.jpgDH83C-read,cup,cr-djHockney at his Kensington studio in London, July 3, 1983: so keen to deal with his new ideas, he reads aloud from Shattuck’s book about Proust while the toy parrot on his table listens. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80s2023-12-06T13:49:26+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2023/12/04/2023-%e2%9e%a4-whos-the-keenest-fan-of-marcel-proust/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/proust-and-madeleine-20191015-paris.jpgProust-and-madeleine-20191015 ParisProust’s episode of the madeleine: involuntary memory captured in a French exhibition in 2015https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/hockney83-wolpert08-byatt92.jpgHockney83-Wolpert08-Byatt92Hockney, Wolpert and Byatt: leading the pack?2023-12-05T20:24:20+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2023/12/02/2023-%e2%9e%a4-johnny-marr-climaxes-his-solo-career-with-stunning-book-and-unique-live-concert/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/marr23-book-covertour-schedule.jpgMarr23-book-cover+Tour-scheduleCelebrating Marr's solo career: an impassioned photo- book and a UK tour next yearhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/marr23-orchestra-event-poster-manc.jpgMarr23-orchestra event-poster-Manchttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/marr-spirit-power-blue-2023-11-11.jpgMarr-Spirit-Power-blue-2023-11-11Johnny Marr at 60: creating an innovative sound at Manchester’s new Aviva Studios2023-12-04T01:09:37+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2023/11/22/1963-%e2%9e%a4-where-were-the-beatles-the-day-kennedy-was-shot/2023-11-22T21:11:18+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/index/news-old-faces-new-mixes/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/toyah22-anthem-tour-pop-music.jpgToyah22-Anthem-Tour-pop-musichttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/toyah19-highlands-tour-portrait.jpgtoyah19-highlands-tour-portraithttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/toyah19-highlands-tour-portrait-s.jpgtoyah19-highlands-tour-portrait shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/toyah-willcox-2019-live-gigs.jpgToyah-Willcox-2019-live-gigshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ashworth-sleeves-eurythmics83-visage80.pngAshworth-sleeves-Eurythmics83-Visage80Classic album sleeves: Eurythmics and Visage photographed by Peter Ashworthhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/rhoda-dakar18-7dec-poster-crop.jpgRhoda Dakar18-7dec-poster cropRhoda Dakar: for one night only in Sohohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/rusty18-july-by-adam-szigeti-lcrop.jpgRusty18-july-By Adam Szigeti-LcropBusy bee Rusty Egan: master of the remixhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/toyah18-8oct-medusa-mouth-crop.jpgToyah18-8oct-medusa-mouth cropToyah Willcox: reliving her Medusa moment as her tour clmaxes https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dazed18-summer-youthrevolting-crop.jpgDazed18-summer-YouthRevolting-cropSpot the white-haired little old lady on the over of Dazed magazine’s summer issuehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sb18-7jun-bandwrosswild-official-web.jpegSB18-7jun-band+wRossWild-official-webSpandau Ballet’s first live concert dates for their new singer Ross William Wild – in London and in Europe2023-11-19T21:22:32+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2023/09/27/2023-%e2%9e%a4-one-savvy-fan-rates-kid-creoles-london-extravaganza/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/kid23andy-20230930-wa0005.jpgKid23+andy-20230930-WA0005Backstage after the London show: Animal Nightlife’s singer Andy Polaris meets August Darnell to thank him for so much inspiration 2023-10-01T22:09:26+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2023/09/23/2023-%e2%9e%a4-kid-creole-returns-to-britain-with-that-vintage-darnell-bazzazz/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/nych81-darnellfouratt-dj.jpgNYCH81-Darnell&Fouratt-djNew York 1981: When I first met August Darnell, here with Jim Fouratt, promoter of the Spandau Ballet/Axiom gig and fashion show at the Underground club. (Photo © Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/kidc23-meets-andyp_235010-dj.jpgKidC23-meets-AndyP_235010-djBackstage after the London show: Animal Nightlife’s singer Andy Polaris meets August Darnell to thank him for so much inspiration https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/kidc23-longshot-223620-dj.jpgKidC23-longshot-223620-djKid in full swing in London... with his dancers Roos Van Rossum, Charlotte De Graaf, Kristina Hanfordhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/kidc23-fans-onstage_230743-dj.jpgKidC23-fans-onstage_230743-djOnstage by invitation: a queue of London fans joined the Coconuts line-uphttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/kidc23-darnell_223602-dj.jpgKidC23-Darnell_223602-djLounge lizard Kid in London: turning on that bazzazz. (Photos by Shapersofthe80s)2024-12-11T11:55:49+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2023/09/29/2023-%e2%9e%a4-witnessing-the-performance-of-gambons-life-as-his-tribute-to-pinter/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/nomansland93-withpinter-pictk.jpgNoMansLand93-withPinter-PicTKAlmeida theatre, 1993: Paul Eddington and Harold Pinter in his own play No Man's Land. (Photograph: Tristram Kenton)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/no-mans-land08-gambon-pictk.jpgNo Man's Land08-Gambon-PicTKDuke of York’s, 2008: Michael Gambon, David Bradley and Nick Dunning in No Man’s Land. (Photograph: Tristram Kenton)2023-09-30T22:50:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2023/09/30/2023-%e2%9e%a4-young-sculptor-brings-bronze-into-the-age-of-3d-printing/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/jr2340baf-booth-view-jr.jpgJR23@BAF-booth-view-JRJR's own view of his booth in the top-floor Solo Contemporary section of the British Art Fairhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/jr40baf-wish-230928_2640-dj.jpgJR@BAF-Wish-230928_2640-djRogers line-up: At left, I wish I was level headed enough to balance the both of us (twins), £6k... At centre: A study in the possibility of a man taking so much on the chin, that his jawline blocked the feelings falling out of his mind (Rock Drill / Mandibular Man) £7k. (Courtesy of James Rogers © 2023)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/jr40baf-hive-230928_2723-dj.jpgJR@BAF-Hive-230928_2723-djRogers line-up: At right, Hive minded men share beliefs whilst termites share stomachs (He’s built like a brick sh*thouse), £14k... At centre, When everything is shining I can’t even tell you if it’s dark or not, £12k. (Courtesy of James Rogers © 2023) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/jr40baf-grafter-230928_2518-dj.jpgJR@BAF-Grafter-230928_2518-djRogers line-up: Right, Grafter (A study for boys operating big machines wearing dresses), £7k... Second from right: I can never tell if it’s the head above, or the legs below that take me to the places I end up (Wrong trousers), £8k. (Photographs by me, courtesy of James Rogers © 2023 in the Solo Contemporary section of the British Art Fair with Julian Page.) 2023-09-30T10:51:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/01/16/2011-%e2%9e%a4-the-unknown-mr-big-behind-londons-landmark-nightspot-makes-his-return-to-the-blitz/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/biddie-n-eve78-cabaret-poster-s.jpgBiddie-n-Eve78-cabaret poster-SThe 1978 relaunch, now with a stage: flyer for Biddie & Eve’s regular thrice-weekly cabarethttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/rtb11jmes-dj80.jpgRTB11,j,m,e,s-dj80Spandau delegation at Return to the Blitz 2011: John Keeble, Martin Kemp and Shirlie Holliman catch up with Eve Ferret (second right). Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/rtb11evemb-dj.jpgRTB11,EveMB-djReunited last night after 30 years: the reclusive founder of the Blitz wine bar, Mike Brown, and the cabaret singer Eve Ferret who first tasted stardom there. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/bz77thunderbcsally-mh.jpgBz77,Thunder,BC,Sally-mhDressing up for the Blitz wine bar’s Come as your Wildest Dream party, 1977: Mick Hurd, Richard Jones as Thunderbirds heroes, with Eve Ferret... and, right, manager Brendan Connolly with barmaid Sally Marks. Polaroids © by Mick Hurdhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/biddieatblitz.jpgBiddieatBlitzOne-man cabaret: Biddie on-table at the Blitz wine bar in 19772023-09-16T20:53:25+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/the-face-i-d-media/1983-hacienda-navigates-the-coalition-of-all-the-cults/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/face83-no33-hac-x1600.jpgFace83-No33-Hac-x1600© Nick Logan/The Face Archivehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/face83-no33-hac-placeholderx490.jpgFace83-No33-Hac-placeholderx490Click for larger image © Nick Logan/The Face Archivehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/face83-no33-hac-loveaction-dj.jpgFace83-No33-Hac-loveaction-djHacienda 1983: love-action between the bollardshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cha-cha-flyer81-michael-hardy-scarlett.jpgCha-Cha-flyer81-Michael Hardy-Scarlett2023-09-14T15:54:15+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2023/09/05/2023-%e2%9e%a4-the-blitz-kid-poser-who-reshaped-eighties-fashion/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sl85-idno30-99pple-of80s-knight-web.jpgSL85-iDno30-99Pple-of80s-Knight-webStephen Linard seen in i-D magazine’s fifth birthday issue, No 30 in 1985, as one of their gallery of creative protagonists they titled 99 People of the 80s, photographed by Nick Knight.https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sl81-degreeshow-christos-shirts-web.jpgSL81-DegreeShow-Christos-shirts-webSmiles from the press at Linard's degree show: The Reluctant Emigrés wore pinstripe trousers in Savile Row fabrics and city shirts in feminine couture fabrics evoking Edwardiana. (Photo by Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sl23-tfv-logo-rogue-gallery-exhibn.pngSL23-TFV-logo-rogue-gallery-exhibnhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sl23-tfv-exhibn-neongothic-females-sl.jpgSL23-TFV-exhibn-NeonGothic-females-SLA stark collision of Space 1999 meets liturgical Gothic: Two robes from Stephen Linard’s sensational Neon Gothic collection in his second year at St Martin's2023-09-13T11:20:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2023/09/11/2023-%e2%9e%a4-linard-snapped-in-the-footsteps-of-duchamp/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/slex23-summer80-20230909_155548.jpgSLex23-Summer80-20230909_155548TFV archive: 1980’s Summer in the City drawings for a futuristic project in linenhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/slex23-male-tango-wed-20230909_155611.jpgSLex23-male-Tango-Wed-20230909_155611TFV archive: glitzy male mannequin before a 1979 Tango Tea Dress and a punky lace Wedding Dresshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/slex23-mags-20230908_202449.jpgSLex23-mags-20230908_202449TFV archive: magazine coverage which established Linard’s growing reputationhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/slex23-goth80-20230909_155625.jpgSLex23-Goth80-20230909_155625TFV archive: 1980’s Neon Gothic collection – “a stylish collision of Space 1999 meets liturgical Gothic”. (Gallery photos © Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/slex23-emigre-20230909_160048.jpgSLex23-Emigre-20230909_160048TFV archive: memorabilia around 1981’s Reluctant Emigrés with a runway shot in the foregroundhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/slex23-emigre-20230908_202514.jpgSLex23-Emigre-20230908_202514TFV archive: Linard’s degree collection Reluctant Emigrés featured classically tailored menswear with eccentric twistshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/slex23-sl-20230908_202707.jpgSLex23-SL-20230908_202707At his TFV PV: a colourful Linard with some of his early illustrations inspired by Tom of Finland. (Photo © Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/slex23-ray-20230909_155835.jpgSLex23-Ray-20230909_155835Our host: Ray Gange among the vintage Linards – at far right, 1983’s influencers model his Angels With Dirty Faceshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/slex23-michele-20230908_200054.jpgSLex23-Michele-20230908_200054At the PV: St Martin’s colleague Michele Clapton, sporting one of her designs for TV’s Game of Thrones. (All photos by Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/slex23-julia-20230908_183820.jpgSLex23-Julia-20230908_183820At the PV: Princess Julia with Val Byers and Rose Hibbert, old friends from Southend School of Art2023-09-11T23:31:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2023/09/08/2023-%e2%9e%a4-siouxsie-live-at-troxy-burns-bright-as-morticia/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/siouxsie-at-troxy-sep2023-pic-james-watkins.jpgSiouxsie at Troxy-sep2023-pic-James-WatkinsHaving a blast: Siouxsie at Troxy, London, jaunty and relaxed and chatty. (Photograph by James Watkins)2023-09-11T23:24:29+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2022/12/20/2022-%e2%9e%a4-finally-a-blue-heritage-plaque-to-honour-the-rum-runner/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rum80s-party-invtn-glyn-rickards.jpgRum80s-party invtn-Glyn-RickardsRum Runners: naughty party invitation from Glyn Rickardshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rum80s-original-entrance_n.jpgRum80s-original-entrance_nRum Running: original entrance to Birmingham's legendary nightspothttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rum80-membcard-paul-woodyatt.jpgRum80-membcard-Paul-WoodyattRum Runners: membership card from Paul Woodyatthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rum22-plaque-pv-mayor-guests-bywarren.jpgRum22-plaque-PV-mayor-guests-byWarrenAt the Rum Runner plaque unveiling: Lord Mayor Maureen Cornish with guests. (Photo by Debra Warren)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rum22-plaque-pv-mayor-guest-bydrakeford.jpgRum22-plaque-PV-mayor-guest-byDrakefordAt the unveiling: Maureen Cornish and (we assume) Paul Berrow with Rum Runner plaque. (Photo Neil Drakeford)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rum22-dj-whittingham-byregan-crop.jpgRum22-DJ-Whittingham-byRegan-cropAt the unveiling: Richard Whittingham beside the new Rum Runner plaque. (Photo by Adam Regan)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rum22-broadst-220825_dj.jpgRum22-BroadSt-220825_djRum Running: today’s RR Works set back from Broad Streethttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rum11-whittingham-oneshow2011-bbc.jpgRum11-Whittingham-OneShow2011-bbcRichard Whittingham aka, DJDick: talking to the 2011 Rum Runner One Show (© BBC)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/djdick83-rum-live1-audioaw.pngDJDick83-Rum- Live1-audioAW2023-08-30T10:47:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2023/07/18/1980-%e2%9e%a4-out-of-the-blue-durans-first-gig-pictured-at-the-rum-runner/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/dd80-debut-lebon-viadcompilns4.jpgDD80-debut-LeBon-viaDCompilns4July 1980: Simon brings his song-writing clout to the Berrow brothers’ “good-looking poser band”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/dd80-debut-trio-bw-viadcompilns4.jpgDD80-debut-trio-b&w-viaDCompilns4July 1980: DD stake their claim as the Rum Runner’s house band... Here, Simon, John and Andyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/dd80-debut-frontal-viaddfbk-pubd2018.jpgDD80-debut-frontal-viaDDFBK-pubd2018July 1980: Frontal view just about reveals Roger on drums...https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/dd80-debut-four-pix-at-compilns4-2018.jpgDD80-debut-four-pix-at-Compilns4-2018DuranCompilations pulls out the plums, 2018: two more new images to make four DD debut pix scarcely seen beforehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/dd80-debut-andyred-viadcompilns4.jpgDD80-debut-Andyred-viaDCompilns4July 1980: Jacket on, Andy wears red...https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/dd80-debut-andybk-viaddfbk-pubd2015.jpgDD80-debut-Andybk-viaDDFBK-pubd2015Duran Duran: Who’s who in this debut line-up on 16 July 1980 onstage at the Rum Runner in Birmingham? (More to the point, who actually took this photo?)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/dd80-simon-lebon-rrunner-source-dwfb.jpgDD80-Simon-Lebon-RRunner-source-DWFBSimon Le Bon live at the Rum Runner 1980: previously unseen photo, likely to be the singer’s debut. (Source: Durantastic World)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/dd80s-rum-runner-lineup-web.jpgDD80s-Rum-Runner-lineup-webA broody looking Duran Duran en route to stardom: the band posing outside the glam entrance to the Rum Runner nightspothttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/dd80-16july-rumrunner-simon-sings-nick-keys_n-copy.jpgDD80-16July-RumRunner-Simon-sings-Nick-keys_n copyDuran Duran: Who’s who in this debut line-up on 16 July 1980 onstage at the Rum Runner? (Newly discovered photo by @Birmingham_81)2024-10-28T00:08:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2023/05/29/2023-%e2%9e%a4-celebrating-kahn-and-bells-role-at-the-centre-of-brummie-fashion/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/rrunner-plaque-20230216_dj.jpgRRunner-plaque-20230216_djThe blue plaque finally awarded to the site of the Rum Runner nightclub in Birminghamhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/brumstar-villa-20230216-dj.jpgBrumStar-Villa-20230216-djOne of the few surviving brass stars still visible in Broad Street's Walk of Stars, this one a tribute to Aston Villa FChttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/brum-hurst-st-backtobacks-google.jpgBrum-Hurst-St-BacktoBacks-GoogleHurst Street’s terrace of vintage shops now home to the National Trust's Back-to-Backs Museum in Birminghamhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/rob-cooper85-in-knb-helmetcodpiece-rc.jpgRob-Cooper85-in-KnB-helmet+codpiece-RCRum Runner regular Rob Cooper sporting K&B’s studded helmet and codpiece in 1985https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/knb80s-byrob-cooper.jpgKnB80s-byRob-CooperKahn & Bell in the Swinging 80s, pictured by Rob Cooperhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/knb80s-by-paul-edmond.jpgKnB80s-by Paul EdmondKahn & Bell in their heyday, photographed by Paul Edmondhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/knb23-twiggy-in-tiger-printkaren-jebb-byglm.jpgKnB23-Twiggy-in-tiger-print+Karen-Jebb-byGLMTwiggy in tiger-print top with Karen Jebb, owner of K&B garments, pictured by Gary Lindsay-Moore https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/knb23-byglmoore.jpgKnB23-byGLMoorePhotographer Gary Lindsay-Moore captures the K&B flamboyance for the new exhibition https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/kahnbell23-exhbn-notice-rc.jpgKahn&Bell23-exhbn-notice-RCK&B’s Hurst Street shop pictured by Gary Lindsay-Moore2023-08-30T00:32:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/soundvision/1981-lift-off-in-birmingham/2023-08-27T22:36:28+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2023/08/14/2023-%e2%9e%a4-fans-vote-for-bowies-top-26-best-videos/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/db79-manwho-in2023-poll.jpgdb79-manwho-in2023-pollIn December 1979 Saturday Night Live aired the most immaculate performance of TMWSTW by Bowie, Klaus Nomi, Joey Arias, Stacey Hayden on guitar and Jimmy Destri on keyboards, which some say was the night “he transformed live television”. This nine-minute clip also includes brilliant versions of TVC 15 with Bowie in skirt and heels, plus a hilarious performance of Boys Keep Swinging where he sports a life-sized nude puppet costume. Click on the picture to view, though don’t be surprised if you cannot reach the video. For rights reasons, this unrivalled video keeps being removed from the web by its broadcaster, so we stay on our toes scouting for alternative postings!https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/db80-ashes-vid-signed_n-l.jpgDB80-Ashes-vid-signed_n-L2023-08-22T00:37:00+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2023/08/05/2023-%e2%9e%a4-glorious-pop-sleeve-artwork-that-is-pure-gold/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/dband-may84art_crop.jpgDBand-May84+art_cropDavid Band with his artwork for Spandau in May 1984. (Photo © Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/dband-may84-withsb_crop.jpgDBand-May84-withSB_cropDavid Band with his artwork for Spandau in May 1984. (Photo © Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/dband85-with-artwork_crop.jpgDBand85-with-artwork_cropDavid Band with his artwork in 1985. (Photo © Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/david-band83-gold-collage-cover.jpgDavid-Band83-Gold-collage-coverDavid Band's collaged sleeve for Spandau Ballet's single Gold2023-08-05T12:54:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2023/04/01/2023-%e2%9e%a4-join-me-recalling-the-heady-days-of-fleet-streets-newspaper-industry/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/shoelanetalk23-vw-dj-eh-viae.jpgShoeLaneTalk23-VW-DJ-EH-viaEUpdate – Shoe Lane Library talk, L-R: Vic Wilson (Standard distribution veteran), journalist David Johnson and event organiser Eloise Hawser, with the Standard newsroom onscreenhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/shoe-lane-talk-flyer-2023-04-03.jpgShoe-Lane-talk-flyer-2023-04-03https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/es69-featuresdesk-annes-web.jpgES69-featuresdesk-AnneS-webThe Evening Standard newsroom in 1969: viewed from the features desk where Yrs Truly worked... Editor Charles Wintour is just visible on the back bench before the far windows at about three-o’clock 2023-06-23T23:11:11+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/blitz-kids/1980-just-dont-call-us-new-romantics/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sl80-stmgoths-geofdjf.jpgSL80-StMGoths-Geo,FD,JFSt Martin’s Alternative Fashion Show 1980: Stephen Linard’s “Neon Gothic” collection modelled by George, Fiona and Juliahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sl80-goth-stmsmyramc-gs.jpgSL80-Goth-StMs,Myra,MC-gsSt Martin’s Alternative Fashion Show 1980: Stephen Linard’s “Neon Gothic” collection worn here by Myra in lace hat and Michele in skullcap both by Stephen Joneshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bk80-mar3-dmirror-kids-headline-cutting.jpgBK80-mar3-DMirror-Kids-headline-cuttingChristena’ed by the Daily Mirror: the headline that created the Blitz Kids epithet in March 1980. Richard Wakefield sports the haircut heading into orbithttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/ashes80-vidlocation-ssdjjf-eb.jpgAshes80-vidlocation-SS,DJ,JF, EBBowie’s chorus at Hastings, July 1980: Polaroid snapped by a crew member on the beach during filming of Ashes to Ashes with Blitz Kids Steve Strange, Darla Jane Gilroy, Judi Frankland and Elise Brazier keeping warm in a mackintosh between takes. When they got back to London, they all went clubbing at Hellhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/bk80-may2altstm-slgothshow-archive.jpgBK80-May2AltStM-SLgothshow-archiveSt Martin’s Alternative Fashion Show 1980: Linard’s Neon Gothic collection modelled by his most stylish Blitz Kid friends – from the left, Michele Clapton, George O’Dowd, Lee Sheldrick in white as a space-age pope, and Myra Falconerhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/bk80-nosacrifice-melissa-mjmls.jpgBK80-NoSacrifice-Melissa-M,JM,LSAugust 1980: St Martin’s graduate Iain R Webb organises No Sacrifice, a modest runway show for art-school refusniks such as Melissa Caplan. Here at Chelsea’s Chenil Gallery her Pallium Products are modelled by Blitz Kids Myra, John Maybury and Lee Sheldrick. (Photo: Mick Hurd)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/bk80-st27apr-geos-dr.jpgBK80-ST27Apr-GeoS-drCore Blitz Kids captured at their Covent Garden club for the Sunday Times Magazine, dated 27 April 1980: Back row, George O’Dowd, Vivienne Lynn, Chris Sullivan, Theresa Thurmer. Front, Kim Bowen and one of Steve Strange’s favourites called Steve in the zhooshed riah. Photo by Derek Ridgershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/bk80-stmag27apr-drpix-crop.jpgBK80-STmag27Apr-DRpix-crophttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/charles-fox-logo.jpgcharles-fox-logohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/kimb80-glorianacostume-dclaridge-tedpol.jpgKimB80-Glorianacostume-DClaridge-TedPol2023-06-23T22:45:53+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2023/02/06/2023-%e2%9e%a4-fond-farewells-to-the-glorious-queen-of-the-telegraph-fashion-pages/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/hilary-alexanderbill-nighy-mulberryaw12-by-dave-benett.jpgHilary Alexander+Bill-Nighy-MulberryAW12-by-Dave-BenettThe fashion front row L-R: Jonathan Newhouse, Anna Wintour, Bill Nighy, Hilary Alexander, writer Lisa Armstrong and Laura Craig at the Mulberry AW 2012 show during London Fashion Week. (Photo © Dave M Benett). Click to enlarge.https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/hilary22-twittervw-andreas13.jpgHilary22-twitter+VW-Andreas13Hilary's last profile posted at Twitter 2022... Hils celebrates her retirement with Andreas Kronthaler and Vivienne Westwood in 2011https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/hilary-alexander13-queen-obe.jpgHilary-Alexander13-Queen-OBEFashion royalty: Hilary Alexander was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen in 2013... Hils sports a black silk dress with a jazzy poppy print to coordinate with the OBE ribbonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/hilary-alexander-fashion-google-search-copy.jpgHilary Alexander fashion - google search copyThe umpteen faces of fashion queen Hilary Alexander: click to enlarge this Google sethttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/britfashionawards-menkes-alexander-wintour.jpgBritFashionAwards-Menkes-Alexander-WintourThe British fashion triumvirate in their heyday: Suzy Menkes of the International Herald Tribune, Hilary Alexander of the Daily Telegraph and Anna Wintour of US Vogue 2023-06-09T10:30:30+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/03/25/1967-%e2%9e%a4-secret-of-how-scott-walker-achieved-a-new-adult-voice-as-he-went-solo/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/scott-walker-by-jamie-hawkesworth-via4ad.jpgscott-walker-by-jamie-hawkesworth-via4ADAmong the last official photos of Scott by Jamie Hawkesworth. (Source 4AD)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/scottwalker17-jarvis-cocker-bbc-greencap.jpgScottWalker17- Jarvis Cocker-bbc-greencapScott Walker with Jarvis Cocker in 2017: a rich conversation about Scott’s life and times ensued (BBC)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/scott-walker70-til-the-band-comes-in.jpgScott Walker70-Til-the-band-comes-inScott Walker in 1970: still transitioning from pop idol to icon2023-05-25T21:02:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/05/09/2011-%e2%9e%a4-the-on-off-brotherly-rivalry-that-drove-john-and-scott-walker-apart/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/walkers67images.jpgWalkers67,Imageshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/walkers66-chriswalter.jpgwalkers66-ChrisWalterFrost is in the air at the height of their success in 1966: Walker Brothers John and Scott at front, with drummer Gary playing peacemakerhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/jwalker67annabella.jpgjwalker67,annabellahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/jwalker10_tourflyer.jpgjwalker10_tourflyer2023-05-25T21:01:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/06/13/%e2%9e%a4-40-years-of-ziggy-another-feast-of-bowie/2023-05-12T17:10:23+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/04/29/1983-%e2%9e%a4-a-true-romance-aboard-spandaus-triumphal-thames-riverboat-2/2023-04-29T10:31:59+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2023/04/29/1983-%e2%9e%a4-a-true-romance-aboard-spandaus-triumphal-thames-riverboat/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sb83f24boatsnsheila-dj.jpgSB83,f24boatSN,Sheila-djAt last, mother and son get to boogey togetherhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sb83f18boatchorusline-dj.jpgSB83,f18Boatchorusline-djSteve's mum Sheila joins the chorus line, and backing singer Sam Brown joins Martinhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sb83f11boatsnmkpscrop-dj.jpgSB83,f11BoatSN,MK,PScrop-djSteve and Martin are in heaven... See anybody else you know? Of course: future Spandau biographer Paul Simper in dog-tooth suit from Robot with added Wham!https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sb83f8boatsnmkdance-dj.jpgSB83,f8boatSN,MK,dance-djAboard Spandau's True riverboat: Steve Norman and Martin Kemp take to the dancefloor, while Sheila Norman asks to join inhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sb83bmpavilion17gk-dj.jpgSB83,BMPavilion17,gk-djSpandau over Bournemouth, 1 April 1983: Gary Kemp teases the screamers at the Good Friday show in the Pavilion Theatre. © Shapersofthe80s2023-04-29T10:30:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2009/10/05/1980-%e2%9e%a4-birth-of-the-new-romantics-and-the-band-who-made-it-hip-to-play-pop/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/bz80oomolebe-homer.jpgBz80,OO,BE-homerLondon’s young dynamos in waiting: seen at the Blitz in 1980, Ollie O’Donnell, Jon “Mole” Baker, Robert Elms and Jo Hargreaves. Photograph courtesy of www.homersykes.com https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/coupedge-realm.jpgCoup,Edge, Realmhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sdrecscomb.jpgSD,RE,CScombThree who made a difference to the 80s: Dagger, Egan and Sullivanhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sb09-omm3spd.jpgSB09-OMM3spdThe Observer OMM Oct 4, 2009https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sb09-omm2spd.jpgSB09-OMM2spdThe Observer OMM Oct 4, 2009https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sb09-omm1spd.jpgSB09-OMM1spdThe Observer Music Monthly, Oct 4, 2009. Pictures © by Derek Ridgers2023-04-26T13:54:37+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/10/27/on-this-day-in-1980-%e2%9e%a4-spandau-fired-the-starting-gun-for-british-clubland%e2%80%99s-pop-hopefuls-dada-didi-daaa/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/5-sb79mayhemflyers.jpg5-SB79,MayhemFlyerSDec 22, 1979: no billing on Graham Smith’s flyer when Spandau play Mayhemhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/11-sb80gkth-box.jpg11-SB80,gk,th-BoxJuly 13, 1980: LWT airs the Spandau manifesto on 20th-Century Box https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/abc82lexicon.jpgabc82,lexiconABC: “a product of the times”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sb80tocutvidfeet.jpgSB80,ToCutvid,feetKilt-wearing Steve Norman’s lace-upshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/17-sb80tocut-totp.jpg17-SB80,ToCut-TOTPNov 13, 1980: chart entry qualifies Spandau for their first Top of the Popshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/16-sb80oct27wlights-nm.jpg16-SB80,Oct27,WLightS-nmOct 29, 1980: first pro date is on Thames TV’s White Light. Pictured by Neil Matthewshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/15-sb80tocutsleeve.jpg15-SB80,ToCutsleeveOct 27, 1980: Spandau release To Cut a Long Story Short (graphics by Graham Smith)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/14-sb80mkthsigns.jpg14-SB80,MK,THsignsOct 10, 1980: Tony signs and Spandau have a record deal with Chrysalishttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/13-sb80aug12wald-vt.jpg13-SB80,Aug12Wald-VTAug 12, 1980: Spandau’s autumn look immortalised at the Ritz Hotel. Pictured by Virginia Turbett for Soundshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/12-sb80belfastmksn-vt.jpg12-SB80,Belfast,MK,SN-VTJuly 26, 1980: live date No 7 aboard HMS Belfast. Pictured by Virginia Turbett2023-04-26T13:44:44+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/09/30/1976%e2%80%931984-%e2%9e%a4-creative-clubbing-ended-with-the-80s-and-smithy%e2%80%99s-book-needs-your-help-to-tell-the-tale/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/siouxsie77banshees-gs.jpgSiouxsie77,Banshees-gsSiouxsie and the Banshees, photographed in 1977 by Graham Smith, from his book We Can Be Heroes. Souxsie was an original member of the Bromley Contingent that led Graham and his mates into the clubs of Sohohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/papillontogaparty-paulclark.jpgPapillonTogaParty-PaulClark1979 toga party at the Papillon, Brighton: these were the soul boys and soul girls who made the British dance scene spin. Photograph by Paul Clark at Facebookhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/wcbh11-newcoverl.jpgWCBH11-newcoverLLatest cover for Graham Smith’s history of clubland featuring Clare with the Hair and George O’Dowd before he became Boyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cs81cjuneathome-dj72.jpgCS81Cjune,athome-dj72At home in Kentish Town Chris Sullivan chooses the right zootsuit for today’s mood: his wardrobe is legendary, his taste impeccable, and his influence immeasurable. Shapersofthe80s shot this for his first Evening Standard interview in June 1981https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/br81chant11mcgs-dj40.jpgBR81,Chant11,MC,GS-dj40Graham Smith gets Spandau Ballet in his sights during the filming for their Chant No 1 video at Le Beat Route in July 1981: his then girlfriend fashion designer Michele Clapton sizes up the Shapersofthe80s camera technique, and it’s true that Smithy did walk away with more pix in focus than we managedhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/bk81novbobontrain-dj60.jpgBK81nov,Bobontrain-dj60Robert Elms on the train to Glasgow and his future: We were heading for Blue Rondo’s Scottish gigs on the day their first single Me and Mr Sanchez was released, Nov 6, 1981. He’s sporting the haircut that won him the audition to front TV yoof shows. © Shapersofthe80s2023-04-26T13:35:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/12/24/%e2%9e%a4-essential-pop-cultural-landmarks-reported-at-shapers-of-the-80s/2023-04-26T13:29:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/04/24/%e2%9e%a4-calling-fashionistas-for-their-tales-of-spandau-ballet-in-the-new-romantic-80s/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sb82-brtonhands5dj.jpgSB82-Brton,hands5djUnrivalled adulation in the early 80s: Tony Hadley faces the audience during Spandau Ballet’s Diamond tour of 1982. Photograph by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/omm09scalagigtext.jpgOMM09,Scalagigtexthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sb82-lpb9climber-dj68.jpgSB82-LPB9,Climber-dj68IS THIS YOU? May 8, 1982: A teenage fan shins the drainpipe at the Liverpool Empire giving access to Spandau Ballet’s dressing room on their first nationwide tour with the Diamond album. Snapped by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sb82-lp30scream116-dj.jpgSB82-LP30,scream116-djInside the Liverpool Empire, May 8, 1982: fans shocked security staff with the roar that greeted Spandau Ballet. Photograph by © Shapersofthe80s2023-04-26T13:28:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/07/17/1978-87-%e2%9e%a4-british-nightlife-snapped-by-ridgers-as-it-came-out-of-the-closet/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dr14-twinklebunty85.jpgDR14-TwinkleBunty85Twinkle Bunty comments on this Sacrosanct club pic by Ridgers posted at Facebook: “Just trotted over to Foyles and bought Derek Ridgers’ fab new book. Thrilled to find this pic from 1985 of me and Billie Madley proving that the 80s were ALL about the eyebrows. Mine were jet black Rimmel and Billie’s were red BIRO.” Another from ‪Laura Whitcomb: “When you shaved that eyebrow it was epic... That Westwood shirt and suit and of course those ear muffs your obsession – and the inimitable final touch of a Fosters with a baby blue straw”. Plastic bath cap: Billie’s own.https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dr14-review-wmag.jpgDR14-review-Wmaghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dr14-martin-steve-1980.jpgDR14-Martin-Steve-1980Two members of the pop group Spandau Ballet on the King's Road in 1980, in strict New Romantic garbhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dr14-londonyouth-cover.jpgDR14-LondonYouth-CoverCover star Tuinol Barry photographed by Derek Ridgers in 1983. Sadly, Barry was to die young.https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dr14-italianvogue-jan.jpgDR14-ItalianVogue, Janhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dr14-hambleton84-batcave.jpgDR14-Hambleton84-batcaveChris Hambleton's own snap of the book with him at the Batcave, left, and designer Stephen Linard at the Wag, righthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dr14-galliano-detailsfeb.jpgDR14-Galliano-DetailsFebDesigner John Galliano at St Martin's School of Art the day he graduated, 1984https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dr14-clubbers-call-for-ids.jpgDR14-clubbers-call-for-iDsYes that is Jaye Davidson, top right at Sacrosanct 1985, who went on to star in the 1992 film, The Crying Game https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dr14-andypolaris1978sue.jpgDR14-AndyPolaris1978,SueFuture singer Andy Polaris and Sue at Billy's in 1978. All photography © by Derek Ridgers: 78–87 London Youth is published by Damiani, 2014https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dr13-derekatskenstn-9400dj.jpgDR13-DerekatSKenStn-9400djUnderground publicity: Derek Ridgers with lavish poster treatment for his photo-book published jointly by Damiani and Transport for London. (Pic by Shapersofthe80s)2023-04-26T13:26:35+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/10/05/%e2%9e%a4-catch-up-on-new-romantic-landmarks-reported-here-at-shapers-of-the-80s/2023-04-26T13:22:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/revolution/three-wizards-who-changed-the-80s/2023-04-26T13:19:54+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/soundvision/1980-%e2%9e%a4-starting-gun-for-british-clubland-bands/2023-04-26T13:14:46+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/02/12/%e2%9e%a4-thanks-steve-for-my-invitation-to-the-swinging-80s/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sb09-omm1spd-dupe.jpgsb09-omm1spd-dupeThe Observer Music Monthly, Oct 4, 2009. Pictures © by Derek Ridgers2023-04-26T12:59:44+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/02/12/%e2%9e%a4-thanks-steve-for-my-invitation-to-the-swinging-80s-2/2023-04-26T12:57:38+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/revolution/defining-the-swinging-eighties-at-the-observer-music-monthly/2023-04-26T12:44:50+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/18/%e2%9e%a4-sir-harolds-memories-of-fleet-street-cut-and-thrust-or-be-cut-dead/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/slipup77-delanos.jpgSlipUp77-DelanoShttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/gtbt83-harryevanss.gifGTBT83-HarryEvansShttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/18ccutvthrust.jpg19C,cutvthrustPoint over edge in swordplay: attacks with the point rely more on speed and finesse while those with the edge rely more on strength and momentum. Different swords do one or the other better. The fact is that thrusting requires much less strength to make a lethal wound while an effective cut can require a powerful blow. Both demand skill. Both will kill. You decide which one suits Rupert and which suits Harold https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/gtbt83-harryevans.gifGTBT83-HarryEvanshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/slipper74-brennan.jpgSlipper74-BrennanDetective Chief Superintendent Slipper flies home from Brazil: photographer Michael Brennan snapped him asleep in flight. The caption was “The Empty Seat” https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/scoop87dvd-millar.jpgScoop87,dvd-MillarGavin Millar’s TV film of Scoop, 1987, now on DVD: Michael Hordern as Uncle Theodore, Michael Maloney as William Boot, Denholm Elliott as Salter 2023-04-26T12:41:20+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/soundvision/1981-birth-of-durans-planet-earth/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/jansen-switch-it-on-pt1-title-pic-paul-edmond.jpgJansen-Switch-It-On-pt1-title-pic-paul-edmondPhoto by Paul Edmond2023-04-18T11:19:12+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/soundvision/1981-blue-rondo-create-a-new-buzz-with-latin-sounds-and-an-extreme-suited-dude-look/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/b81rondocsarms-dj100.jpgB81Rondo,CSarms-dj100Taking flight: northern soul graduate Chris Sullivan in flight with Blue Rondo a la Turk. Photography © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/rondo81jun21chelms5-dj84.jpgRondo81Jun21Chelms5-dj84Rondo live, Jun 21, 1981: early try-out at a Chelmsford pub. Photography © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/ronctf.jpgRon,CTFhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/nsrondocol2-mck.jpgNSRondocol,2-mckFrom the top: Kito, Moses, Mick. Pictures © by Iain McKellhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/ron81-mck.jpgRon81-mckBlue Rondo, left to right: Chris Sullivan (vocals, percussion), Christos Tolera (vocals, percussion), Mark Reilly (guitar), Kito Poncioni (bass), Mick Bynoe (percussion), Geraldo D’Arbilly (drums), Moses Mount Bassie (tenor sax). Picture © by Iain McKellhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/nsrondocol1-mck.jpgNSRondocol,1-mckCarnival line-up, from the top: Mark, Geraldo, Christos, Chris. Pictures © by Iain McKellhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/ronsanch.jpgRonSanchhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/ron81postzoot.jpgRon81,post,zootLatin rhythms meet Left Bank style: Rondo looked like cubism sounded. Photograph © by Iain McKellhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/nsnsrondospd48.jpgNSNSRondo,spd48First published in New Sounds New Styles, August 19812023-04-18T11:18:40+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/soundvision/origins-on-video-%e2%99%ab-%e2%99%ab/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/eddygrant82-dont-wanna.jpgeddygrant82-dont-wannaEddy Grant's I Don't Wanna Dance — UK number one single in 1982https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/c79blitzjive.jpgC79blitzjiveThe Blitz jive: two hands and waist-high knees2023-04-18T11:18:06+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/soundvision/1982-sades-first-foray-to-new-york-city/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pride82-sade-nyc-alphabet.jpgPride82-Sade-NYC-AlphabetSade and posse meet the Alphabet City localshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/odonnell-wedding82-nyc-michelle.jpgODonnell-wedding82-NYC-MichelleCentre, Michelle Young at her wedding to Ollie O’Donnell with brother Jimmy back to camera and Ollie beyondhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/bob-elms82-nyc-stuart-matthewman.jpgBob Elms82-NYC-Stuart MatthewmanBob Elms and Stuart Matthewmanhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/odonnell-wedding82-nyc-jason-lee-collier.jpgODonnell-wedding82-NYC-Jason-Lee CollierJason Pollock and Lee Collier at the Ollie O’Donnell weddinghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/odonnell-wedding82-nyc-michelle-jimmy.jpgODonnell-wedding82-NYC-Michelle-JimmyCentre, Michelle Young at her wedding to Ollie O’Donnell with brother Jimmy back to camera and Ollie beyondhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pride82-nyc-barbara-robinson.jpgPride82-NYC-Barbara RobinsonPride’s Barbara Robinsonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pride82-nyc-stuart-matthewman.jpgPride82-NYC-Stuart Matthewmanhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pride82-sade-nyc-tenements.jpgPride82-Sade-NYC-tenementsPride among the tenementshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pride82-sade-nyc-village.jpgPride82-Sade-NYC-VillageSade and posse meet the Alphabet City localshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/simper82-nyc-nick-moxon.jpgSimper82-NYC-Nick MoxsomPaul Simper with Pride’s Nick Moxsom2023-04-18T11:17:13+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/02/02/1981-%e2%9e%a4-birth-of-durans-planet-earth-when-other-peoples-faith-put-the-brummies-into-the-charts/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dd81pevideodance.jpgDD81,PEvideodanceThe New Romantic Jive: Rum Runner regulars Gay John and Lavinya (aka Patrick Black), dressed to the hilt and dancing in the official 1981 video for Planet Earth, co-directed by Blitz Kid Perry Haines and Russell Mulcahyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/rod78sexy.jpgRod78,SexyInspiration for Planet Earth: Rod Stewart’s UK number one and US number one single Da Ya Think I’m Sexy was released in December 1978. Most of the music was written by drummer Carmine Appice, and its disco-like arrangement was seen by fans as a betrayal of Stewart’s rock roots at a time when he gyrated onstage wearing tight spandex. The song has a further history. Its refrain was similar to the melody in the 1972 instrumental, Taj Mahal, by Brazil’s popular singer-songwriter Jorge Ben Jor. In an ensuing lawsuit, Rod agreed to donate the profits from his song to UNICEFhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dd81planet-earthnightvers.gifDD81,Planet-EarthNightVershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dd80.jpgDuranDuran80Duran Duran in 1980: Birmingham’s fluffiest New Romanticshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dd80mpberrows.jpgDD80,M,PberrowsThe management, 1980: Michael and Paul Berrow. Photographed © by Paul Edmond2023-04-18T10:31:12+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2023/02/18/2023-%e2%9e%a4-spitting-image-puppeteers-steal-the-live-stage-show-in-birmingham/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/spitting23-birmingham-suella-rishi-pa.jpgSpitting23-Birmingham-Suella &Rishi-PASpitting Image Saves The World at Birmingham Rep: Suella Braverman and Rishi Sunak given life by puppeteers wearing grey. (Photo PA) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/spitting23-birmingham-stormzy-tom-cruise-pa.jpgSpitting23-Birmingham-Stormzy +Tom Cruise-PASpitting Image Saves The World at Birmingham Rep: Stormzy and Tom Cruise given life by puppeteers. (Photo: PA)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/spitting23-birmingham-poster-tom-cruise.jpgSpitting23-Birmingham-poster-Tom-CruiseSpitting Image Saves The World at Birmingham Rep: celebrity cast headed by Tom Cruise, as puppetshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/spitting23-birmingham-meghan-harry-c2a9-mark-senior.jpgSpitting23-Birmingham-Meghan-Harry-© Mark Seniorhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/spitting23-birmingham-king-charles-c2a9mark-senior.jpgSpitting23-Birmingham-King-Charles-©Mark-Seniorhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/spitting23-birmingham-ian-mckellen-c2a9mark-senior.jpgSpitting23-Birmingham-Ian-McKellen-©Mark-Seniorhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/spitting23-birmingham-co-writers-matt-fordeal-murraysean-foley-matt-forde.jpgSpitting23-Birmingham-co-writers-Matt Forde+Al Murray+Sean Foley2023-04-08T21:36:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/seismic-shifts/mclarens-requiem-to-myself/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/mclaren-partner-yung-kim-rex.jpgMcLaren-partner-Yung-Kim-RexMcLaren and partner: Young Kim described the requiem as “quintessential Malcolm” (Rex)2023-04-08T20:20:58+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/04/23/2010-%e2%9e%a4-what-a-tear-jerker-mclaren-mashes-up-his-own-musical-%e2%80%98requiem-to-myself%e2%80%99/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/mcl09talk-sw.jpgMcL09,talk-swVideoed talk, 2009: a little-known side of McLaren. Picture © by Steve Wheelerhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/mcl09educ.jpgMcL09,educOn video: a little-known side of McLarenhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/rainburundi.jpgRain,BurundiThree decades of influence: Ana da Silva of the Raincoats, and the original Burundi Drummershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/vertmekcomb-e1586357392402.jpgVert,Mek,combRomance and anguish: James Stewart and Kim Novak in the psycho-drama Vertigo (top), and the post-punk Mekons2023-04-08T20:07:33+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2023/02/23/2023-%e2%9e%a4-80000-items-of-bowie-baggage-find-final-resting-place-in-the-olympic-park/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/db78-sketch-vam-archive.jpgDB78-sketch-vam-archiveInto the archive: 1978 self-portrait sketched and signed by Bowie (detail)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/db-cutup-lyrics-collage.jpgDB-cutup-lyrics-collageInto the archive: notes for lyrics created by the Burroughs “cut-up” techniquehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/db_centre_vam_1080.jpgdb_centre_vam_1080Into the archive: stage costumes from every decade of Bowie’s career2023-02-25T02:17:45+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2009/10/12/welcome-to-the-swinging-eighties/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/db80-ashes-video-posted2018.jpgdb80-ashes-video-posted2018https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/bzsignblue.jpgBzsignblue2023-02-25T02:12:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2023/02/24/2023%e2%9e%a4-kemp-bros-keep-tongues-firmly-in-their-cheeks/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/kemps20-spoof-album-rekemped-bbc.jpgkemps20-spoof-album-rekemped-bbcExclusive preview of new album cover (BBC)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/kemps-all-true-doc-2020-07-05-bbc.jpgkemps-all-true-doc-2020-07-05-bbcWho Do They Think They Are? Their spoof TV doc traces the Kemp Brothers’ origins back to the inventor of the clothes peg2023-02-24T02:16:52+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/09/2011-%e2%9e%a4-party-of-the-year-recreates-the-swinging-80s-at-the-legendary-beat-route-down-down-past-the-talk-of-the-town/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/sm11slewisjay_8924.jpgSM11,slewis,jay_8924Thursday night Beat Route! Seminal club deejays of the 80s Steve Lewis and Jay Strongmanhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/sm11lcgeodh_8742.jpgSM11,lc,geo,dh_8742Thursday night Beat Route! Lesley Chilkes, Boy George, David Holahhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/sm11gscs_9068new.jpgSM11,gs,cs_9068newThursday night Beat Route! Hosts, authors and 80s deejays Graham Smith and Chris Sullivanhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/sm11dancefloor_8951.jpgSM11,dancefloor_8951Thursday night Beat Route! Recreated for the We Can Be Heroes book launchhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/br11-cs-5663dj.jpgBR11-CS-5663djLe Beat Route recreated for one night only: One of our heroes, MC Sullivan, providing the best sounds in London last night https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/br11gsls-5724dj.jpgBR11,GS,LS-5724djLe Beat Route recreated for one night only: Last night’s other chief hero hosting the party of the photobook of the 80s — snapper Graham Smith and his lovely wife Lorraine (Northern Soul veterans)2023-02-20T21:27:41+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2023/02/10/2023-%e2%9e%a4-dont-let-zeros-dazzle-you-in-front-of-doigs-broody-paintings/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/doig-courtauld-alice-at-boscoes-ch4news-10022023.jpgDoig-Courtauld-Alice-at-Boscoe's-Ch4News-10022023Peter Doig with his painting of Alice at Boscoe’s on Channel4 Newshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/doig-boat-at-the-courtauld.-photo-fergus-carmichael.jpgDoig Boat at The Courtauld. Photo Fergus CarmichaelHouse of Music (Soca Boat) 2019-23, by Peter Doig at The Courtauld. Photo Fergus Carmichaelhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/doig-canal-2023-at-courtauld.-photo-fergus-carmichael.jpgDoig -Canal 2023-at Courtauld. Photo Fergus CarmichaelCanal 2023, by Peter Doig at The Courtauld. Photo Fergus Carmichaelhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/doig-music-2-trees-2019.-photo-mark-woods.jpgDoig, Music (2 Trees) 2019. Photo Mark WoodsMusic (2 Trees) 2019, by Peter Doig: Photo Mark Woods. Copyright Peter Doig. All Rights Reserved. DACS 20232023-02-14T18:58:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/seismic-shifts/2011-hilary-alexander-throws-in-the-trowel/2023-02-07T13:56:39+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/07/01/%e2%9e%a4-the-incomparable-hilary-alexander-makes-her-own-front-page-news-by-throwing-in-the-trowel/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hils11page.jpgHils11pageFarewell to Hils: the spoof front page every good hack deserves to cap their careerhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hils11vidcloseup.jpgHils11vidcloseuphttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hils11vid-jacobs.jpgHils11vid-Jacobs“Me and Hils?” Marc Jacobs wants to be photographed with Hilary in the tribute videohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hils11vidsmhaaw.jpgHils11vid,SM,HA,AWBritish doyennes among fashion commentators: Suzy Menkes (International Herald Tribune), Hilary Alexander (Daily Telegraph), Anna Wintour (Vogue) caught on video celebrating Hils’ retirementhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hils11dtkarl.jpgHils11DT,KarlHils and Karl: this report is entirely a spoof report from her Telegraph tribute, Monsieur Lagerfeld, in case you were wonderinghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hils11doll-claramolden.jpgHils11doll-ClaraMoldenAttraction at the British Fashion Council party: a “mini Hilary” doll loaned by Matches. Guests queued all night to be photographed with her. © Clara Molden2023-02-07T01:00:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2023/01/22/1984-%e2%9e%a4-how-saw-pumped-up-the-volume-during-the-swinging-eighties/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/stock-aitken-waterman-pa.jpgStock-Aitken-Waterman-PAMatt Aitken, Pete Waterman and Mike Stock in their heyday. (Photo: PA)2023-01-22T18:06:25+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2023/01/09/2022-%e2%9e%a4-bowie-anniversaries-one-fans-teenage-love-remains-undimmed/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/bowi76-haywain-shirt-schapiro-s.jpgBowi76-Haywain-shirt-Schapiro-SBowie and a new look for 1976 when he became the Man Who Fell to Earth, here in a Haywain shirt. Photographed by Steve Schapiro and published on the cover of the Sunday Times Magazine2023-01-18T21:38:35+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/soundvision/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/db79-manwho-in2020-at17.25.jpgDB79-ManWho-in2020-at17.25Click image to view an immaculate video of possibly the most inspired rendering of The Man who Sold the World: David Bowie with the bizarre German punk Klaus Nomi as backing singer during a performance on Saturday Night Live, 15 Dec 1979. Wearing red on the left is American performance artist, Joey Arias, who became a regular act at Club 57 in New York’s East Village. Anyone who visited the 2013–2015 touring exhibition, Bowie Is, from the V&A in London will have seen Bowie’s huge tubular costume at first hand... Luckily, this clip also includes brilliant versions of TVC 15 with Bowie in a skirt and heels, plus Boys Keep Swinging where he sports a nude puppet costume.https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/absolute-radio-80s-website.jpgAbsolute-Radio-80s-websitehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/sb79-blitzdebut-dec5-polemus.jpgSB79-Blitzdebut-dec5-PolemusHouse-band of the Blitz Kids: Making their debut under the name Spandau Ballet at a special Blitz Christmas party, 5 Dec 1979, we see dapper singer Tony Hadley (centre) with Gary Kemp and Steven Norman (right). Making introductions at left is the Tuesday night host Steve Strange sporting ruffles by PX, the shop creating new looks for the New Romantics. (Photographed by Ted Polhemus)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/visage80-ureressformulacurrie-s.jpgVisage80-Ure,RE,SS,Formula,Currie-SStudio house-band of the Blitz Club: Visage’s lineup at the launch of their first album, November 1980 – Midge Ure, Rusty Egan, Steve Strange (wearing PX), Dave Formula, Billy Curriehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/depmode80-81-fin-serck-hanssen.jpgDepMode80-81-Fin Serck-HanssenDepeche Mode 1980-81: Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, vocals), Andrew Fletcher (keyboards), Dave Gahan (lead vocals), Vince Clarke (keyboards, songwriter). © Fin Serck-Hanssenhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/sb80bzlivejan24r-dr.jpgSB80,Bzlive,Jan24R-drSecond date by Spandau Ballet: Styled by Middlesex fashion student Simon Withers, the band play live at the Blitz Club in January 1980 as Churchill looks on. Most are sporting bow ties. Gary Kemp plays the little Yamaha CS-10 at left, then Tony Hadley as vocalist, with Steve Norman and Martin Kemp on guitars held high in their anti-rock stance. When they charted in November, Spandau had played only eight live dates. (Photographed by Derek Ridgers) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/pmurphy81-agiacomoni.jpgPMurphy81-AGiacomoniPeter Murphy of Bauhaus, photographed for Smash Hits in 1981 © by Antoine Giacomonihttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/brondo81-mlaye02.jpgBRondo81-MLaye02Clubworld shapers Christos Tolera and Chris Sullivan: two faces of the seven-man Blue Rondo à la Turk who popularised Latin rhythms in 1981. Photographed for The Face by Mike Layehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/anightlife82lineup.jpgANightlife82lineupAnimal Nightlife’s lineup in 1982: the style-conscious London clubbers who became inspired by the emerging scene to form a group then persuaded Beat Route deejay Steve Lewis to manage them... Sadly, their first jazzish single Love Is Just The Great Pretender didn’t chart. It took three more singles and a slimmer five-piece before the band scored their first hit with Mr Solitaire. Here L–R, Steve Shanley, “Flid”, Chrysta Jones, Billy Chapman, Andy Polaris, Declan John Barclay, Leah Seresin, “Mac” and Paul Wallerhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bowie79manwhovid.jpgBowie79,ManWhovidThe Man who Sold the World: David Bowie with the bizarre German punk Klaus Nomi as a backing singer during a performance on Saturday Night Live, Dec 15, 19792023-01-04T21:52:08+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/seismic-shifts/2016-david-bowie-is-dead/2023-01-04T21:42:03+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/modes/1980-first-steps-into-the-headlines/2023-01-03T10:58:20+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2022/12/30/%e2%9e%a4-captured-in-1983-the-westwood-mclaren-showdown/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/f83oct-weg8cup-dj801-crop.jpgf83oct-weg8cup-dj801-cropTheir last dance, Paris 1983… Westwood says: “Malcolm has one more chance to be good.” McLaren says: “I’m not incapable of designing the next collection myself.” Photographed © by Shapersofthe80s2023-01-03T10:11:47+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2022/12/31/%e2%9e%a4-hottest-shapers-during-2022/2023-01-03T02:19:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2022/12/31/2022-%e2%9e%a4-reunion-with-martin-creed-the-artist-who-might-yet-make-me-rich/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/creed-stimes-3jun-2001_bw.jpgCreed-STimes-3Jun-2001_b&wMartin Creed featured in The Sunday Times, 3 June 2001 https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/creeddj22-atlaf-20220420_184227-crop.jpgCreed+DJ22-atLAF-20220420_184227-cropMartin Creed meets Your Truly: at the London Art Fair last January (© selfie)2023-01-02T20:03:06+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2022/12/21/2022-%e2%9e%a4-farewell-terry-hall-chronicler-of-social-unrest-in-the-eighties/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/terry-hall-july81-face-cover-bydaviesstarr.jpgTerry-Hall-july81-Face-cover-byDavies:StarrTerry Hall on the cover of The Face in July 1981 (Photo © Davies/Starr) 2022-12-22T02:14:20+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2022/12/06/2022-%e2%9e%a4-snatch-your-own-rondo-moment-at-sullivans-solo-show/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cs22-7dec-exhibition-poster-.jpgCS22-7dec-exhibition-poster-https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cs22-7dec-poster-art-show.jpgCS22-7dec-poster-art-show2022-12-07T14:47:49+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2022/12/05/%e2%9e%a4-rusty-egan-next-stop-st-leonards-on-sea/2022-12-10T09:54:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/12/05/1979-%e2%9e%a4-spandaus-manager-steve-dagger-tells-of-two-offers-to-sign-his-band-at-their-debut/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/sb80-24jan-bzlive-dr-crop.jpgSB80-24jan-Bzlive-dr-cropSecond date by Spandau Ballet: Styled by Middlesex fashion student Simon Withers, the band play live at the Blitz Club in January 1980 as Churchill looks on. Most are sporting bow ties. Gary Kemp plays the little Yamaha CS-10 at left, then Tony Hadley as vocalist, with Steve Norman and Martin Kemp on guitars held high in their anti-rock stance. When they charted in November, Spandau had played only eight live dates. (Photographed by Derek Ridgers) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/sb79-blitzdebut-dec5-polemus.jpgSB79-Blitzdebut-dec5-PolemusSpandau Ballet’s debut beneath festive bunting: left, Steve Strange in PX frills introduces the new band at the Blitz Christmas party in December 1979... Tony Hadley supercool in collar, tie, waistcoat and overcoat, Gary Kemp in jaunty trilby with Steve Norman beyond. Dagger’s blog seems unaware of these photos and after seeing them here at Shapersofthe80s, Gary Kemp recalls “being terrified while playing the little Yamaha CS-10, that we wouldn’t get away with it. Apart from many of the songs that made up our first album we also played Iggy Pop’s Fun Time and On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.” (Photos Ted Polhemus)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/sb14-plaque-outside-blitz-small.jpgSB14-plaque-outside-Blitz-smallhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/sb14-blitz-sign-heritage-award_n-1-crop.jpgSB14-Blitz-sign-heritage-award_n-1 cropHeritage award from the Performing Rights Society: In September 2014 Spandau Ballet returned to the site of the Blitz Club to see a plaque installed remembering their debut. The club’s original neon sign was also present for the photoshoot https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/otl80-24jan-1000.jpgOTL80-24Jan-1000Steve Strange’s first interview with the Evening Standard, 24 Jan 1980, telling us of Spandau Ballet’s second performance that day2022-11-07T20:35:49+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2022/11/04/2022-%e2%9e%a4-rock-god-frampton-comes-home-to-make-his-final-farewells/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/frampton22-nov-finale-tour-poster.jpgFrampton22-nov-Finale-tour-posterhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/frampton68-and-alive76.jpgFrampton68-and-Alive76Stardom: 1968, Rave! magazine cover as The Face of ’68... and 1976, Frampton Comes Alive! to sell 17 million copieshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/frampton22-band-18oct.jpgFrampton22-band -18OctOn the road for the finale, 2022: Steve Mackey, Rob Arthur, Frampton, Dan Wojciechowski and Adam Lester2022-11-07T18:49:35+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2022/11/03/2022-%e2%9e%a4-after-the-op-judi-frankland-gets-her-boxing-gloves-on/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/judi-bydj-20221031_203625-web.jpgJudi-byDJ-20221031_203625-webJudi Frankland at home again in Whitley Bay: at rear, the staircase in her bungalow. . . to the fore, Judi in black-and-lime kaftan (“a snip at £10.99 from E-bay”), plus some lippy at last!2022-11-04T20:00:11+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2022/07/04/2022-%e2%9e%a4-steve-norman-relives-spandaus-glory-days/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sn22-tour-dates-fromsept-poster.jpgSN22-tour-dates-fromSept-posterhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sn22dj-after-pizzagig-24june.jpgSN22+DJ-after-Pizzagig-24JuneAnd after a superb gig at Pizza Express: Yours Truly set upon by an over-enthusiastic Steve Normanhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sn22-sleevz-pizzaex-24jun-live-dj-s.jpgSN22-Sleevz-PizzaEx-24jun-live-dj-STheSleevz live onstage at Pizza Express Holborn, Steve Norman in banter mode2022-10-21T15:49:07+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/clubbing/1983-posing-with-a-purpose-at-the-camden-palace/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/camden-palace82-joshua-ridgers.jpgCamden-Palace82-Joshua-RidgersMad Hatter at Camden Palace, 1982: “Don’t call me Bruce. My name’s Joshua now.” Yes, those toe-nails are varnished. Photo © Derek Ridgershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/c82oct-cp35geohand-dj.jpgC82oct-CP35,Geohand-djNo publicity at the Palace? Boy George must be kidding. Photograph © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/c84cpalslumitflyerm.jpgC84,CPal,SlumItflyerMhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/campal83-dr.jpgCamPal83-drRay Allington, another ever-ready poser, pictured 1982 © by Derek Ridgershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/face82campal-dj30.jpgFace82,CamPal-dj30Face 1982 review by yours trulyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/es83campal76-e1405644493524.jpgES83Campal76First published in the Evening Standard, May 11, 1983https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/cpalmkssgk.jpgCPal,MK,SS,GKPop elite at the Palace: Strange takes shameless advantage of Martin and Gary Kemp https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/c82oct-cp14ttsl-dj74.jpgC82oct-CP14,TT,SL-dj74Hair and hats: deejay Tasty Tim and designer Stephen Linard at the Palace. Picture © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/bk83sshatlips62.jpgBK83SS,hat,lips62Steve Strange extreme: butcher’s boy turned prince of posershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/c82-camdengang-e1405644037668.jpgC82-CamdengangPalace forecourt: in their circle of peers everyone in this picture is a household name. Picture © by David Montgomery2022-10-05T15:51:05+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/24/1968-%e2%9e%a4-why-ogdens-was-little-stevie-marriotts-ejector-seat-out-of-the-small-faces/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/marriott83-spands-backstage-web.jpgMarriott83-Spands-backstage-webBackstage after his San Fernando gig 1983: Steve Marriott at centre of his admiring fans, clockwise, Spandau Ballet’s Martin Kemp, John Keeble, record-company dude David Levy, Steve Dagger, Sam Brown – plus Yours Truly holding the camerahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/marriott83-mk-jk-performance-web.jpgMarriott83-MK-JK-performance-webUtterly chuffed: Martin Kemp and John Keeble stumbled by chance across this Steve Marriott gig in 1983 – that’s him live onstage here in the San Fernando Valleyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/smallfaces-blueplaque-1963-667-lb.jpgSmallFaces-blueplaque 1963-667-LBGreen commemorative plaque to the Small Faces erected in 2007 by Westminster council in Carnaby Street https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/small-faces68-mclagan-stevie-jones-lane-billboard-1500.jpgsmall-faces68-McLagan -Stevie-Jones-Lane-billboard-1500Small Faces 1968: Ian McLagan, Steve Marriott, Kenney Jones, Ronnie Lane, plus producer Glyn Johns 2022-09-13T18:34:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/06/07/2015-%e2%9e%a4-sevens-easy-stages-from-jelly-parties-to-saviour-of-the-rock-scene/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/padcell83-b22-webster-dj.jpgPadCell83-B22-Webster-djA quiet master of the telling quip: Seven Webster at the Padded Cell in 1983https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/webster15-pete-bailey-teamrock.jpgWebster15-Pete Bailey-TeamRockSeven Webster and Pete Bailey: Face to face interview about a life in music 2022-08-31T21:55:21+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2022/06/20/2022-%e2%9e%a4-out-of-chaos-comes-forth-grace-jones/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/grace22-meltdown-logo.jpggrace22-meltdown-logoGrace as Meltdown logohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/grace22-surfing-vidb.pngGrace22-surfing-vidBGrace 2022: surfing through Pull Up To the Bumper. (Live pix Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/grace22-pyramid-dress_0104.jpgGrace22-pyramid-dress_0104Grace Jones’s finale at Meltdown: revealed 20ft above the stage in Keith Haring printed dresshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/grace22-plus-band-3420.jpgGrace22-plus-band-3420Grace Jones at Meltdown: backed by her eight-piece band https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/grace22-lovedrug-vid5915.jpgGrace22-Lovedrug-vid5915Grace 2022: Love is the Drughttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/grace22-hula-vid5114.pngGrace22-hula-vid5114Grace 2022: hula-hooping through Slave to the Rhythm https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/grace22-drinks-vida.pngGrace22-drinks-vidAGrace 2022: fortifying herself with red winehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/eska-mtungwazi-by-victor-frankowski.pngEska-Mtungwazi-by-Victor-FrankowskiMeltdown: Eska Mtungwazi as powerful support. (Photo Victor Frankowski) 2022-06-22T00:21:28+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2022/06/10/2022-%e2%9e%a4-spandau-seek-your-help-to-create-a-major-new-showcase/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sb81-nyc-asnewroms.jpgSB81-NYC-asNewRomsSpandau in New York City 1981: were you there and do you have any memorabilia?2022-06-14T23:42:27+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/05/11/2010-%e2%9e%a4-three-key-men-in-boy-george%e2%80%99s-life-but-why-has-tv-changed-some-of-the-names/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/geo10twitmay15.gifGeo10,Twit,May15Boy George tweeting, May 15, 2010https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/redprodsappeal.gifREDProdsappealLookalike call: “You will be paid”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/geo79bzcloaks.jpgGeo79,BzcloaksReluctant cloakroom attendant, 1979: George took the job at the Blitz for the money, and was sacked by Steve Strange for pilferinghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/myrasalloncomb.jpgMyra,Sallon,combBlitz Kids Myra and Philip Sallon: two more of Boy George's friends airbrushed out of the TV drama, Worried About the Boyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/geoxos.jpgGeo,XosBlitz Kids: Christos is another of George’s friends airbrushed out of the TV drama, Worried About the Boyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/mazjul81-dj.jpgMaz,Jul81-djMarilyn at Planets club, 1981: Peter Robinson lived his life as the Hollywood legend. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/slapcombo.jpgSL,AP,comboBlitz Kids: Daniel Wallace plays "Christopher" in Worried About the Boy (BBC), while being closely modelled on fashion designer Stephen Linard (picture, Derek Ridgers); Andy Polaris is airbrushed out of the TV drama after appearing in an early script (picture, Richard Law) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/geowilfkirkcomb.jpgGeo,Wilf,Kirk,combEarly pashes: George at the Blitz in March 1980 with Wilf, whose name has been changed for the 2010 TV play (photograph © by www.homersykes.com); right, with Kirk aboard a coach for a daytrip to Brighton in summer 1981 (photograph © by Richard Law)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/cc82irl.jpgCC82,irlCulture Club IRL: Roy Hay, Boy George, Jon Moss and Mikey Craig in 1982https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ccwatb10-bbc.jpgCC,Watb10-bbcCulture Club 2010: recreated with Douglas Booth and Mathew Horne for the TV drama, Worried About the Boy. © BBC2022-05-13T16:00:44+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/they-said-it/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/landscape80s-burgessm.jpgLandscape80s-burgessMLandscape wearing vinyl, 1979: Richard Burgess and John Waltershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/nsns81-sept-biddieeve-cover.jpgNSNS81-Sept-Biddie,Eve-coverhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/capaldi14-doctorwhokit.jpgCapaldi14-DoctorWhoKitPeter Capaldi as the new Rebel Time Lord kitted in all-British post-Mod 1960s style for the Doctor Who of 2014: Loakes 12-hole boots, a three-button Crombie-style coat cut in navy Crombie cloth (but not made by the Scottish firm Crombie itself), chinos with a Sta-Prest cut possibly made by Paul Smith, plus white buttoned-up shirt and merino wool Cavendish cardie from John Smedleyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sb79izzy-lafontaine-fictitiousbassist.jpgSB79,Izzy-LaFontaine-fictitiousbassistIzzy LaFontaine: aka Edward Nortonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/s-hits81claregrogan.jpgS-Hits81,ClareGroganClare Grogan: birthday girl, 1981https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/cultureclub82geojon.jpgCultureClub82,Geo,JonBoy George and Jon Moss in Culture Club 1982https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dd81febmkeynes-earls.jpgDD81Feb,MKeynes-EarlSDuran Duran 1981: first EMI picture session, styled by Perry Haines and photographed by Andy Earlhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/leesnosferatustmcup.jpgLeeS,Nosferatu,StMcupLee Sheldrick, 1980https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dd81rtpearthvid.jpgDD81,RT,PEarthVidDirector Russell Mulcahy says Shirt off! Duran’s Roger Taylor in the video for Planet Earthhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/c78-blitzthbirdseve-mh.jpgC78-Blitz,Thbirds,Eve-MHTheme party at the Blitz wine bar before Steve Strange opened his club-night: Mick Hurd and Richard Jones play Thunderbirds puppets, alongside Eve Ferret. Picture © Mick Hurd2022-06-04T17:17:31+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/01/11/%e2%9e%a4-spandau-fan-jan-says-yes-thats-me-shinning-up-the-drainpipe-in-1982/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sb83liverpool14jkmk-dj.jpgSB83,Liverpool14,jk,mk-djMobbed again a year later, 1983: Martin Kemp and John Keeble sign autographs through the fence at the back of Spandau’s Liverpool hotel. Snapped by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sb82-lpb10climber-dj700.jpegSB82-LPB10,climber-dj700Triumph! Triumph! Jan tells her friends she and Jeanette made it into Spandau Ballet’s dressing room at the Empire, 1982. Snapped by © Shapersofthe80s2022-05-08T23:29:48+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2022/05/08/1982-%e2%9e%a4-when-fans-first-screamed-for-spandau-and-two-climbed-up-to-their-window/2022-05-08T23:26:17+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2022/04/22/1982-%e2%9e%a4-strange-takes-uk-clubbing-mainstream/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/koko22-roof-top-cgi-by-recent-spaces.jpegKOKO22-Roof-Top-CGI-by-Recent-SpacesKoko in 2022: a roof-terrace bar as part of its £70m refurbishment2022-04-23T12:11:46+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/blitz-kids/smith-sullivans-definitive-clubland-photo-book/2022-04-19T00:53:29+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/blitz-kids/2018-more-unseen-blitz-pix-offered-for-sale/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/bz80-tspv-ian-180607_853-dj.jpgTerry-Smith–Blitz-and-PiecesFormer Blitz Kid: Ian Meek worked in the bar and performed cabaret as Yvette. On the wall, Steve Strange with one-boob-out Francesca von Thyssenhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/bz80-tspv-annie180607_918-dj.jpgTerry-Smith–Blitz-and-PiecesIn the rear gallery Terry talks about his pictures of Annie Lennox and other rock iconshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/bz80-tspv-fiona180607_657-dj.jpgTerry-Smith–Blitz-and-PiecesFormer Blitz Kids: designer Fiona Dealey, entertainer Eve Ferret and artist's model Sue Tilley. On the wall Fiona wears an ermine collar in 1980, pictured with milliner Stephen Joneshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/bz80-tspv-hattie-180607_042-dj.jpgTerry-Smith–Blitz-and-PiecesFormer Blitz Kid: Hattie Pearson identifies his friend Vanessa in this group at the Blitz. An office girl self-taught as a designer, she made him a dog-tooth check zoot suit when the Beat Route openedhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/bz80-tspv-helen180607_021-dj.jpgTerry-Smith–Blitz-and-PiecesTerry Smith meets Helen Robinson: her shop PX near the Blitz set the bar for New Romantics’ ready-to-wear in 1979https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/bz80-tspv-janet180607_925-dj.jpgTerry-Smith–Blitz-and-PiecesFormer door-girl: As an employee of the Blitz bar in 1980, it was Janet’s job to keep an eye on Steve Strange as he managed the door... You can just about see her knees in one of Terry’s photos https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/bz80-tspv-janetlyon-180607_217-dj.jpgBz80-TSPV-JanetLyon-180607_217-djFormer door-girl at the Blitz: “Your Look isn’t extreme enough, you’re not coming in!” Janet Lyon guards the door to Lucy Bell’s photo gallery in St Leonards where vintage Blitz Kids gathered to view themselves in their prime https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/bz80-tspv-kirsten180607_243-dj.jpgTerry-Smith–Blitz-and-PiecesKirsten Reynolds browsing the exhibition: from teenage goth at Manchester’s Ritz club, now a professional sculptor, she performs sound-art works with The Blood Tub Orchestra. On the wall at left, two wrecked Blitz Kids, to the right Stephen Jones and Steve Strangehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/bz80-tspv-lucyr8813d-30-nt.jpgTerry-Smith–Blitz-and-PiecesOur hostess the gallerist Lucy Bell unwinds after the guests have gone. On the wall far right, Clare Thom with George O’Dowd, and below boob-out Chessie againhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/bz80-tspv-mclaren180607_438-dj.jpgTerry-Smith–Blitz-and-PiecesTerry Smith, the former Time magazine photographer: recalling his shoot with Malcolm McLaren and proteges Bow Wow Wow in the mid-70s2022-04-19T00:34:18+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/06/03/%e2%9e%a4-fresh-pix-from-the-14-months-of-punk-and-the-last-word-on-what-it-all-meant/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/sixin77-jspfilm.jpgSixin77-JSPfilm“You don’t have to be a fantastic musician”: Six first up in Janet Street-Porter’s LWT doc on punk in 1977 ... Click pic to view video at YouTubehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/bracewell09englandismine-poplife.jpgBracewell09,EnglandisMine, PopLifehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/siouxsie77-six.jpgSiouxsie77-Six1977: Siouxsie Sioux at the St James hotel. Photographed by Sixhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/littlenell77adam-six.jpgLittleNell77,Adam-Six1977: Little Nell with Adam Ant at a Butler’s Wharf party. Photographed by Six https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/zizek11barkerprague.jpgZizek11,Barker,PragueSix in Prague: Barker demonstrating with Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek who has become the zeitgeist interpreter of social phenomena in the 20-tweenshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/jordan76simonsixbarker.jpgJordan76,SimonSixBarker1976: Jordan and Simon Barker aka Six (from Derek Dunbar’s Facebook album)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/jordan12dunbartshirts.jpgJordan12,DunbarTshirtsJordan the queen of punk: pantone matched first samples fresh from the printers on Derek Dunbar’s Facebook page today 2022-04-04T19:34:17+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/11/11/%e2%9e%a4-escape-to-the-nightlifers-shangri-la-just-in-time-for-christmas/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/animal-nightlife16.jpganimal-nightlife16Cool-hunters 1985: the Animal Nightlife lineup who charted with their album Shangri-la. . . 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Cover photo: Harri Peccinotti2021-12-22T03:10:13+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/the-face-i-d-media/1983-the-year-of-go-for-it/2021-12-22T03:07:38+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2021/11/24/2021-%e2%9e%a4-so-whats-the-bowie-premium-as-judis-ashes-hat-goes-for-sale/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/judi80-in-ashes-bonfire-scene.jpgJudi80-in-Ashes-bonfire-sceneThe Frankland hat for sale in 2021: here in the bonfire scene in Ashes to Asheshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/twiggy-mini67dg-jacket-2002-viakerryt.jpgTwiggy-mini67+D&G-jacket-2002-viaKerryTGarments bought at auction by collector Michael Reason: Twiggy Boutique duck-egg blue synthetic minidress, 1967-70; and Dolce & Gabbana floral print jacket worn by Joanna Lumley as Patsy in TV’s Absolutely Fabulous in 2000. Photography courtesy of Kerry Taylor Auctions https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/michael-reason21_n.jpgMichael Reason21_nMichael Reason: who placed the top bid for Judi Frankland's 1980 hat at auction this weekhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ashes80-video-blitzkids.jpgashes80-video-blitzkidsBowie’s Ashes to Ashes video 1980: Steve Strange at left and Judi Frankland at right, wearing the hat going for auction on 7 December. (Video © 1983 Jones Music / EMI Records Ltd)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/judi-frankland-hat-at-kerry-taylor21-lot155.jpgJudi-Frankland-hat-at-Kerry-Taylor21-lot155Former Blitz Kid Judi Frankland: Her latest voile and taffeta creation with capelets crowned with hat of maribou feathers... Right, her 1980 hat with chiffon band and taffeta bow, photographed by Kerry Taylor Auctions2021-12-13T18:44:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/seismic-shifts/1984-shenanigans-behind-the-band-aid-hit-single/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ba84group749p.jpgBA84,group749pThe Band Aid band, Nov 25, 1984: most of the pop stars who performed, plus artist Peter Blake who created the record sleeve for Do They Know It’s Christmas?https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ure05if.jpgUre05,Ifhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/gk10iknow.jpgGK10,IKnowhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/midgebandaidtanker.jpgMidge,BandAid,tankerMidge Ure: spreading the Band Aid message in 1984https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ba84stavedothey.gifBA84stave,DoTheyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ba84stingobs.jpgBA84,StingObsPolitically correct: Sting arrives on foothttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ba84sbddext.jpgBA84,SB,DDextSarm Studios, Sunday of the Band Aid recording: Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran arrive after taking separate private jets from Germanyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ba84dothey-know400p.jpgBA84,dothey-know400pThe Band Aid sleeve: designed by 60s pop-artist Peter Blake2021-12-12T04:09:19+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2021/11/09/1964-%e2%9e%a4-the-interview-that-made-john-lennon-us-public-enemy-number-one/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cleave65-ondylan-tempest-thebridge-700.pngCleave65-onDylan-Tempest-TheBridge-700https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cleave65-dylan-tempest-thebridge2000-copy.pngCleave65-Dylan-Tempest-TheBridge2000 copy2021-12-06T14:42:25+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/11/09/%e2%9e%a4-take-two-minutes-to-raise-your-spirits-with-this-busking-sax-player/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/busker18-08nov-saxophone-kenhighst.jpgbusker18-08Nov-saxophone-KenHighStOur local saxophone busker: turning heads on the high street2021-11-23T00:20:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/modes/1983-showdown-for-worlds-end-vivienne-and-malcolm/2021-10-18T09:23:23+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/seismic-shifts/1983-showdown-for-worlds-end-vivienne-and-malcolm/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/malcviv6577.jpgMalcViv65,77Happier days: Born Vivienne Swire, the designer had acquired the married name of Westwood, then as a teacher she met Malcolm Edwards, later McLaren, in 1965 (left). She had her own son Ben, aged three, and two years later their son Joe was born. By the Queen’s Jubilee in 1977 with the Sex Pistols and their shop Seditionaries making almost daily headlines, they were still a happy couple, despite being arrested and remanded on bail of £100 on June 8 (right) after police forced their Thames riverboat gig by the Pistols to be abortedhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/worldsend-chelsea.jpgworldsend chelseaWorlds End shop at 430 King’s Roadhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/f83oct-weg8cup-dj801.jpgF83oct-WEg8cup-dj80Their last dance... Westwood says: “Malcolm has one more chance to be good.” McLaren says: “I’m not incapable of designing the next collection myself.” Picture © by Shapersofthe80s https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/f83oct-weg8cup-dj80.jpgF83oct-WEg8cup-dj80Their last dance, Paris 1983... Westwood says: “Malcolm has one more chance to be good.” McLaren says: “I’m not incapable of designing the next collection myself.” Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/f83oct-weg8-dj84.jpgF83oct-WEg8-dj84End of the world: The last public appearance together by Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood, Oct 17, 1983. As they take the applause for their Paris show, a bitter battle for control of the Worlds End label is raging behind the scenes. Picture © by Shapersofthe80s https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/f83oct-wea31jdvw-dj.jpgF83oct-WEa31JD,VW-djParis, Oct 17, 1983: Jeffrey Daniel leads a sporty Worlds End collection. Minutes afterwards Vivienne Westwood keeps her cool with the press. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/es83worlds44.jpgES83Worlds44First published in the Evening Standard, Nov 4, 19832021-10-18T09:22:05+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/10/06/45-years-of-soothing-egos-and-arresting-our-attention-by-portraitist-ridgers/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dr18-photographer-cover.jpgDerek Ridgers Photographs book launchCover girl Michelle Carr, discovered in a Californian art gallery in 1992https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/drbook18-sheronne-4354.jpgSinger Sherrone“My favourite mid-80s muse”: Derek Ridgers signs his book for singer Sherrone from the band Savajazz in 1988https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/drbook18-stmag-2608dj.jpgDerek Ridgers Photographs book launchRidgers’ first photos of the agenda-setting Blitz Kids, published in the Sunday Times Magazine in April 1980https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/drbook18-sign-3406dj.jpgDerek Ridgers Photographs book launchThe Old Truman Brewery, London https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/drbook18-sc-ap-jm-3606dj.jpgDerek Ridgers Photographs book launchModel Scarlett Cannon (cradling Maude), Native Boy Andy Polaris and artist Jo Moise https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/drbook18-rustyrl-5146dj.jpgDerek Ridgers Photographs book launchCo-founder of the 80s Blitz Club, deejay Rusty Egan with Rosie Luther https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/drbook18-pix-at-truman-brewery.jpgDRbook18-pix-at-Truman-BreweryThe Ridgers subjects: from pop stars, to skinheads, to uninhibited eccentricshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/drbook18-lisa-0805dj.jpgDerek Ridgers Photographs book launchLisa recreates her bare-breasted pose captured at Islington’s Torture Garden in 2015https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/drbook18-dr-5933dj.jpgDerek Ridgers Photographs book launchOur hero: he says his latest book is “my masterwork”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/drbook18-dm-aj-3025dj.jpgDerek Ridgers Photographs book launchDavide Meneghello with Abdula Jama, Borough Market’s Gentleman Barista, here in front of a photo of Troublefunk in Washington 19872021-10-11T19:48:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/02/21/%e2%9e%a4-spandau-confirms-one-off-live-reunion-gig-in-texas-for-a-tiny-elite/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/vulcan14austin.jpgVulcan14,AustinThe new Vulcan in Austin: a steam-punk interior and cutting edge soundshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/vulcan68jimi-hendrixjohnny-winter.jpgVulcan68,Jimi Hendrix,Johnny WinterThe original Vulcan on Congress Avenue with its notorious drainpipe backdrop: Jimi Hendrix and Johnny Winter playing in 19682021-09-04T09:21:25+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/05/18/%e2%9e%a4-when-the-blitz-kids-blessed-abba-and-conferred-their-cult-status/2021-09-03T01:23:44+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/05/29/%e2%9e%a4-the-rite-that-caused-a-riot-shocking-in-1913-thrilling-still/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/stravinsky13rite-manuscript.jpgStravinsky Rite of SpringSection of a facsimile of Stravinsky’s manuscript for The Rite of Spring, which was published this year to mark the centenaryhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/stravinsky-onfilm.jpgStravinsky-onfilmIgor Stravinsky on The Rite: “The 8-notes chord is new, but the accents are even more new ... Give it 100 years” https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/rite13nijinsky-rex.jpgRite13,Nijinsky-RexChoreographer and dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, left, in the original Rite of Spring performed by the Ballets Russes2021-09-03T01:19:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2021/08/26/2021-%e2%9e%a4-steve-norman-returns-with-the-sleevz-and-a-surprise-royal-send-off/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sn210827_144245-pizza-family.jpgSN210827_144245 pizza-familySteve Norman at Pizza Express: with wives of his schoolfriends in Family Corner. (Photo: Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/sn20210827_1359-sleevz.jpgSN20210827_1359-SleevzSleevz live at Pizza Express: L-R, Steve Norman, Sabrina Winter, Jaco Norman and Paul Cuddeford. (Photo: Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/steve-norman21-and-the-sleevz.jpgSteve-Norman21-and-The-SleevzSteve Norman, left, with his band Sleevz: Paul Cuddeford,‪ Sabrina Winter, Joe Bongo Becket, Jaco Norman https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/changing-the-guard-coldstreamscots-play-gold.jpgChanging-the-Guard-Coldstream&Scots-play-GoldCLICK on this pic to view The Royal Family's video of Gold being played live on the Forecourt of Buckingham Palace this week2021-08-28T13:46:21+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2021/07/24/2021-%e2%9e%a4-the-man-called-seven-offers-his-skills-to-the-next-generation-of-music-students/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/seven-webster83-padded-cellgeshlechts-akt84.jpgSeven-Webster83-Padded-Cell+Geshlechts-Akt84Seven Webster when we first met, 1983 at the Padded Cell… and as guitarist in postpunk band Geschlechts-Akt, 1984https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/seven_webster21_joins_icmp_july.jpgseven_webster21_joins_icmp_JulySeven Webster: probably the nicest guy in rock2021-07-26T00:45:21+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2021/07/23/2021-%e2%9e%a4-new-photos-to-rekindle-the-spirit-of-brummie-icons-kahn-and-bell/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/kahnbell-early-from-dylan-gibbons.jpgKahn&Bell-early-from-Dylan GibbonsKahn and Bell in their early years, courtesy of Patti’s son Dylan Gibbonshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/kahn-bell-in-i-d-magno5-1981.jpgKahn-&-Bell-in-i-D-magNo5-1981Kahn and Bell profiled in i-D Magazine No 5, while Shock’s Tik & Tok are seen modellinghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/kahnbell-damien-models-dress-picglmoore21-web.jpgKahn&Bell-damien-models-dress-picGLMoore21-webPhotographed by Gary Lindsay-Moore for his show It’s Not Unusual: Damien models a vintage Kahn and Bell dress2021-07-23T13:55:23+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2021/04/07/2021-%e2%9e%a4-new-sound-and-new-style-as-spandaus-gary-kemp-goes-solo/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/mk21-21jun-withroman-ms-window-kenhst.jpgMK21-21jun-withRoman-M&S-window-KenHStIn a Marks & Spencer window: Father and son Martin and Roman Kemp model shirtshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/gk21-17june-intvw-waitrose-weekend-mag.jpgGK21-17june-intvw-Waitrose Weekend-magIn the Waitrose Weekend magazine: Gary Kemp at home in his library https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/gk21-7jul-bkfst-tv-bbc.jpgGK21-7jul-Bkfst TV-bbcGary Kemp today: “If I write lyrics first then they’re for me” https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/gk21-new-album-insolo.jpgGK21-new-album-InSolohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/gk21-single-ahead-ofthe-game.jpgGK21-single-Ahead-ofthe-GameGary Kemp: new suit too on his Instagram taster for the solo single 2021-07-07T17:33:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2021/06/15/2021-%e2%9e%a4-who-can-identify-the-face-in-this-bowie-painting-up-for-auction-next-week/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/db79-dheadxlvi-atcowley-18jun.jpgDB79-DHeadXLVI-atCowley-18JunBowie’s DHead XLVI as Lot 27 in the Cowley Abbott sale – its top estimate well exceeded within three dayshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/db97-dhead-xlvi-bowie-bdding-border.jpgDB97-dhead-xlvi-bowie-bdding-borderBowie’s DHead XLVI as Lot 27 in the Cowley Abbott sale – its top estimate already passed on day onehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/db97-painting-dhead-xlvi-frontback.jpgDB97-painting-dhead-xlvi-front+backDavid Bowie’s collage DHead XLVI: portrait of an unidentified person... and the characteristic Bowie signature on the back2021-06-26T08:06:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/blitz-kids/1980-bowie-recruits-blitz-kids-for-his-ashes-video/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/db80-scarym-sharah-korniloff-byduffy.jpgDB80-ScaryM-Sharah-korniloff-byDuffyScary Monsters: Bowie in the chair for makeup artist Richard Sharah, with pierrot's costume designer Natasha Korniloff. (Photo by Duffy)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ashes80-ss-aboard-coach-to-london.jpgAshes80-SS-aboard-coach-to-LondonAfter the shoot: Steve Strange enjoys a fag on the coach back to London2021-06-09T00:45:44+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/05/06/%e2%9e%a4-launching-tomorrow-sohos-new-radio-station-gives-sullivan-the-wag-a-place-in-its-shop-window/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/murphy84gaillardatwag-bbc.jpgMurphy84,GaillardatWag-bbcAt the Wag in 1984: jazz deejay Paul Murphy, and American trouper Slim Gaillard (BBC)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cs84atwag-whistletest.jpgCS84,atWag-WhistleTestOn TV in 1984: Wag club host Chris Sullivan talks of his love for jazz (BBC)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sohoradio2014londonsullivan.jpgSohoRadio,2014,London,sullivan2021-05-25T13:31:15+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/index/culture-corner-hotlinks/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/pete-scathe90-gothic-historian.jpgPete-Scathe90-gothic-historianGoth historian Pete Scathehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/maps-london-govuk-music-facilities.jpgmaps-london-govuk-music-facilitieshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/harrietverney11-louiebanks.jpgHarrietVerney11-LouieBankshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/sayle82-dr.jpgSayle82-DRhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/ninavintage.jpgNinaVintageRetro coiffs by Nina Butkovich-Buddenhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/diana67-oneill.jpgdiana67-oneillDiana Rigg in all her Emmapeeler glory: Miss Peelpants comments that she’d rather have a Bates Avengerswear piece. Photos © by Terry O’Neill, for TV Guide, June 1967https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/solar_queen.jpgsolar_queenhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/sam.jpgSamhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/music.gifmusic2021-04-24T17:29:53+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/15/%e2%9e%a4-dalston-superstars-pit-shoreditch-irony-against-beanie-brigade-realness/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ds11-noinoinoi.jpgDS11-NoiNoiNoiArt collective NoiNoiNoi: “an experiment in cosmic dissonance” (videograb from Dalston Superstars) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ds11vmsastef.jpgDS11,V,M,S,A,Stef2021-04-19T09:37:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2021/04/03/%e2%9e%a4-duran-reveal-secrets-behind-their-songs/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/dd21-poster-for-scarborough-live-show.jpgDD21-poster-for-Scarborough-live-showPrimed for action in 2021: Roger, John, Simon and Nick2021-04-15T21:13:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2021/03/21/2011-%e2%9e%a4-relive-durans-30th-anniversary-comeback-with-all-you-need-is-now/2021-04-13T01:30:52+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/06/28/1979-%e2%9e%a4-unbelievable-the-voice-of-sweet-reason-in-georges-tv-debut/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/geo79selse-bbc.jpgGeo79,SElse-bbcGeorge holds his own: Note the white glove four years before Jacko debuted the glove and his signature dance move, the moonwalk, in May 1983. Video © BBChttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/geo79degselse-bbc.jpgGeo79,Deg,SElse-bbcGeorge and Martin Degville: facing the punks on Something Else. Video © BBC2021-04-09T20:25:46+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2021/03/22/2021-%e2%9e%a4-robbie-vincent-wins-sunday-radio-slot/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/jazzfm21-mar-tony-minvielle-robbie-vincent.jpgJazzFM21-mar-Tony-Minvielle-Robbie-VincentNew moves at JazzFM: Tony Minvielle and Robbie Vincent https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/robbie-vincent-tweet-2021-03-22.pngRobbie-Vincent-tweet-2021-03-222021-03-22T10:13:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/04/15/1912-2012-%e2%9e%a4-my-pal-tuckers-titanic-moment-and-the-truth-about-the-unsinkable-molly-brown/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/titanics-lifeboat-no-6-in1912.pngTitanic’s Lifeboat No 6-in1912Titanic’s Lifeboat No 6 approaches RMS Carpathia in 1912: Quartermaster Hichens can be seen at the rear manning the tiller and the look-out who first saw the iceberg Frederick Fleet is seen at the bow preparing to catch a tow-line. Is it too fanciful to imagine the large hat at centre belonging to the “Unsinkable” Molly Brown? (Photograph by Louis Mansfield Ogden © Royal Museums Greenwich)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/antr58-brown6484-itvstudios.jpgANTR58-Brown6484-ITVStudios“Come on girls!” — Tucker McGuire as the Unsinkable Molly Brown in A Night To Remember, 1958. (ITV Studios Home Entertainment DVD)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/t12lifeboatno6s.gifT12,lifeboatNo6STitanic’s Lifeboat No 6 rescued in 1912: Quartermaster Hichens can be seen at the rear manning the tiller and the look-out who first saw the iceberg Frederick Fleet is seen at the bow preparing to catch a tow-line from the Carpathia. Is it too fanciful to imagine the large hat at centre belonging to the “Unsinkable” Molly Brown? (Photograph by Louis Mansfield Ogden © Royal Museums Greenwich)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/t12deck-matania.jpgT12,Deck-Matania“Women and children first”: The Edwardian code of chivalry prevented men from boarding the Titanic's 20 lifeboats before all the women had done so. The grim truth was that there was lifeboat capacity for only half the passengers and crew. The agony for American millionaire John Jacob Astor (depicted here) was deepened by knowing his wife Madeleine was pregnant with their first child. (Illustration by Fortunino Matania)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mollyb1258-antr.jpgMollyB12,58-ANTRTwo faces of Mrs James Joseph Brown: the real Denver socialite and women’s activist around 1912, and (right) feisty Tucker McGuire in the 1958 Titanic movie A Night To Remember https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/macaulay46dark-stranger.jpgMacaulay46,Dark StrangerTucker’s husband, Tom Macaulay, in Dark Stranger, 1946https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/antr12dvds.jpgANTR12,dvdSA Night To Remember, 1958: the most accurate telling of the Titanic tragedy in its day thrilled audiences long before CGI effects were invented. This mighty mock-up of the doomed liner was built in a field at Pinewood and water scenes shot at Ruislip Lido. (2012 DVD cover from ITV Studios Home Entertainment)2021-03-21T20:13:45+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/07/01/1980-%e2%9e%a4-why-bowie-came-recruiting-blitz-kids-for-his-ashes-to-ashes-video/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/db80-visitsblitz-russ-at-left-bytommy-crowley.jpgDB80-visitsBlitz-Russ-at-left-byTommy CrowleyBowie at the Blitz Club 1980: Russ Williams, John Lockwood and Andy Bulled papped by Tommy Crowley2021-03-17T15:41:37+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/revolution/1980-steve-stranges-call-to-join-the-party/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/schama11whitechapel-bbcvid.jpgSchama11,Whitechapel-bbcvid2025-11-04T18:19:34+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/blitz-kids/2010-how-real-did-1980-feel/2021-03-13T20:02:58+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/modes/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/leesheldrick80-bywilliam-klein-stm231180-490.jpgLeeSheldrick80-byWilliam-Klein-STM231180-490Three Blitz Kids with polished pates: Lee Sheldrick wearing Modern Classics, Myra and Michele Clapton in their own improvisations – captured for a Sunday Times Magazine feature about Soho in November 1980https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/dd81-planetearth-byandyearl-s.jpgDD81-PlanetEarth-byAndyEarl-S100 miles north-west of the Blitz Club five lads in a pretty-boy band working at Birmingham’s Rum Runner club retuned their vibes to the spirit of the movement newly labelled as the New Romantics. Duran Duran not only brazenly wrote the phrase “new romantic” into the lyrics of their debut single Planet Earth but hired Blitz Kid and i-D co-editor Perry Haines to style their sleeve photographs and first music video giving them the oh-so-vital frilly-shirt profile that said their image was as important as their music. 100 million record sales later, they have no regrets. (Photo © by Andy Earl)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bk80-cs-mc-gs.jpgBK80-CS-MC-GSFashion students Chris Sullivan and Michele Clapton: accessories for him include monocle, buttonhole, cravat and wing-collars and his mantra is “One look lasts a day". Michele says “Punk was good because it freed us from limits” and her shaved head proves the point” . . . Chris went on to run the Wag club for 19 years while these days Michele designs costumes for such TV series as Game of Thrones. (Photo © by Graham Smith) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bz80-april-stmag-ridgers-s.jpgBz80-april-STMag-Ridgers-SSharp-eyed street photographer Derek Ridgers captures the Blitz Kids in their eccentric glory for the Sunday Times Magazine in April 1980. Writer Michele Jaffe declares the code of the Blitz Kids to be dressing up to express yourself, with only one rule: not to copy or to follow. Fashion student Kim Bowen declares that “Hats dictate my outfits”. At 17 George O’Dowd wears Leichner greasepaint on his face and says: “I’ve looked outrageous since I was 11.”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/id-covers.i-d.co-nos1-14.jpgID-covers.i-d.co-Nos1-14i-D magazine launched in September 1980 as a Manual of Style, relying courageously on "straight-up" photos of people who stood out on British streets and described the ingredients of their look. By its 14th issue in 1983, i-D abandoned its cheaply produced and stapled fanzine format and declared itself a fully fledged fashion magazine. (Images from covers.i-d.co)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/sb80-studio.jpgSB80-studioThe Blitz Club’s house band Spandau Ballet in the studio for a shoot in 1980: their looks are improvised from Blitz trends, Willy Brown and Simon Withers with Chinese slippers in the majority… Dylan Jones, former i-D editor, today editor of GQ UK, insists: “It is impossible to stress too highly how achingly fashionable Spandau Ballet were in the winter of 1979 and the summer of 1980.” (Photographer unknown)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/parkins81-sarah-molly-sophie-venue-byadavidson-web.jpgParkins81-Sarah-Molly-Sophie-Venue-byADavidson-webThe Parkin trio in 1981: former Nova fashion editor during the Swinging 60s Molly Parkin passed on her own sense of excess to both daughters Sarah and Sophie seen here at the Venue. (Photograph © by Alan Davidson)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/obs-street-cover-130780-173web.jpgOBS-Street-cover-130780-173webObserver Magazine July 1980: Those porkpie hats are a nod in the direction of cool but those Doc Martens and jeans are well behind the curve being set by the true stylistshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ss82-parc21-long-dj.jpgss82-parc21-long-djLondres est arrivée au Palace: In April 1982, Steve Strange orchestrated the first serious showcase for a wave of young London designers in Paris, the Mecca of the established fashion world. These were the six British names who had helped create his image – Melissa Caplan, Fiona Dealey, Helen Robinson, Antony Price and the Stephens Linard and Jones. Shapersofthe80s was therehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/c80-skate-dick-dj.jpegC80-skate-dick-djProof you can never be too trendy: only seconds before squeaky Dick Breslaw was to become famous for being Boy George’s little gofer, he thought stardom lay in roller-skating. OK, this was actually a pretty cool Bow Wow Wow gig in Nov 1980 at the Starlight Ballroom, Hammersmith, and he is sporting Westwood’s spanking new pirate outfit from Seditionaries which, he said, had cost £150. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80s. Minutes later, his voice broke and it was all fame fame fame: deejaying at Planets, Club For Heroes, the Limelight. Whatever next?2021-03-13T15:29:59+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/modes/1982-strange-takes-fashion-to-the-french/2021-03-13T02:13:51+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/modes/1980-first-steps-by-hatter-stephen-jones/2021-03-13T01:54:02+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2021/03/10/1983-%e2%9e%a4-whod-be-a-spy-while-the-80s-were-swinging/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/deutschland89-titles.jpgDeutschland89-titlesJonas Ney as superspy Martin: going rogue across rival intelligence services2021-03-10T20:12:30+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2021/02/22/2001-%e2%9e%a4-blitz-kids-nail-the-rites-for-a-tuesday-night-out/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bk80-entering-scala-lwt.jpgBK80-entering-Scala-LWTBefore the phrase New Romantics had been invented: Blitz Kids queue for Spandau Ballet’s second pivotal concert at the Scala Cinema in May 1980https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/dd81-totp-debut-bbc.jpgDD81-TOTP-debut-bbcHappy even to work “New Romantic” into their lyrics: frilly Duran Duran’s debut on Top of the Pops in March 19812021-03-01T17:15:05+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/02/27/%e2%9e%a4-steve-stranges-family-ask-fans-to-respect-his-funeral-service/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ss80s-with-mum-gill-cooking.jpgSS80s-with-Mum-Gill-cookingSteve Strange at home with his mother Gill who is renowned for her cookinghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ss-sistertanya.jpgSS-sisterTanyaSteve Strange in Wales with his sister Tanyahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hitideinn-porthcawl.jpgHiTideInn-PorthcawlHi Tide Inn: venue for the wake2021-02-28T00:15:56+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2021/02/15/%e2%9e%a4-fond-farewells-to-joe-allen-who-revolutionised-londons-restaurant-scene/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/joeallens-nyc-got-tu-go-disco-short-lived-1979-musical-bysara-krulwich.jpgJoeAllens-NYC-“Got Tu Go Disco”-short-lived 1979 musical-bySara KrulwichPoster wall of flop shows at Joe Allen’s: at centre, “Got Tu Go Disco” a short-lived musical from 1979. (Photo: Sara Krulwich)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/joe-allens10-nyc-byrobert-stolarik-nyt-crop.jpgJoe-Allens10-NYC-byRobert-Stolarik-NYT cropInformality the keynote: Joe Allen’s restaurant on West 46th Street. (Photo: Robert Stolarik/The New York Times)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/joe-allen-restaurant-row-nyc-bytodd-heisler-nyt-copy.jpgJoe-Allen-Restaurant-Row-NYC-byTodd Heisler-NYT copyJoe Allen at his regular spot at Joe Allen NYC, opened in 1965, before his block was christened Restaurant Row. (Photo: Todd Heisler/The New York Times)2021-02-24T01:30:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/the-face-i-d-media/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/i-d80-clubnight-flyer-re.jpgi-D80-clubnight-flyer-REhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/logan80-nick-facelaunch-chalkiedavies-s.jpgLogan80-Nick-Facelaunch-chalkieDavies-SNick Logan in Carnaby Street, May 1980: according to his own prospectus The Face was to be “a new rock magazine for the Eighties” and he introduced the first issue in the Evening Standard interview reprinted below. (Photo © Chalkie Davies)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/face-no69-jan86-jpgoude.jpgFace-No69-Jan86-JPGoude‘It was far from glamorous’ – Grace Jones on the (cropped) cover of The Face in January 1986. (Photo: Jean Paul Goude) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/face81-brody-logan-by-kerstin-rodgers.jpgFace81-Brody-Logan-by Kerstin RodgersTransformers: Neville Brody and Nick Loganhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/webb13ibsccakes-dj.jpgWebb13,IB,SC,cakeS-djWebb’s ICA book launch: author and cover girl Scarlett Cannon cut facsimile cover cakehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/facenbcovercombo.jpgFace,NBcovercomboMouldbreakers: Face covers designed by Neville Brody in the early 80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/id19oct84.jpgiD19,oct84https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/faces17comb.jpgFaces1&7combThe difference seven months made: In May 1980 The Face launched with Jerry Dammers of the Specials on its cover. By November the new direction was Bowie plus a feature on The Cult With No Name, as the New Romantics had become knownhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/es80logan82.jpgES80Logan82First published in the Evening Standard, May 1, 1980https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/c81bzjudipy-dj.jpgC81Bz,Judi,PY-djCool at the Blitz: Judi Frankland trying not to draw attention to Peter York. Picture © by Shapersofthe80s2021-02-12T10:50:23+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2021/02/02/1980-%e2%9e%a4-when-duran-duran-put-brummie-romantics-on-the-map/2024-01-27T14:19:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/12/12/1980-%e2%9e%a4-how-duran-durans-road-to-stardom-began-in-the-studio-54-of-birmingham/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dd80mmakerad.jpgDD80,MMakeradThe Melody Maker ad that landed Andy Taylor in 1980: unearthed by Duran fan Figitalhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dd84-rstone.jpgDD84-RStonehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dd81.jpgDD81Duran Duran as full-on Romantics: Betty Page thought only co-founder Nick Rhodes (second right) passed the bouffant test convincingly https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/bettypage78dingwalls.jpgBettyPage78,DingwallsBetty Page in youthful bloom2021-02-09T16:50:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2021/01/29/2021-%e2%9e%a2-famous-last-words-from-frau-blucher-and-nurse-diesel/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cloris-diesel-high-anxiety77.jpgCloris-Diesel-High-Anxiety77Cloris Leachman as the very strict Nurse Diesel in High Anxiety: viewed with Hitchcockian inspiration from beneath a glass coffee tablehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cloris-blucher-frankenstein74.jpgcloris-blucher-frankenstein74Cloris Leachman as Young Frankenstein's housekeeper: Frau Blücher’s name itself struck a note of terror 2021-01-29T17:12:45+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2021/01/25/%e2%9e%a4-its-a-sin-reviewed-supporting-the-sadness-there-is-an-abundance-of-humour/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/its-a-sin21-olly-standing-c4.jpgIts-A-Sin21-Olly-standing-C4Good times in the Eighties: Olly Alexander fronts the It’s A Sin gang. (Channel 4)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/its-a-sin21-lydia-west-centre-c4.jpgits-a-sin21-lydia-west centre-C4It’s A Sin: Lydia West as Jill emerges as the anchor for her hedonistic friends. (Channel 4)2021-01-25T20:36:52+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2021/01/22/2021-%e2%9e%a4-olly-alexander-fronts-new-c4-drama-series-exploring-aids-in-the-eighties/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/itsasin21-omari-entertains.jpgitsasin21-omari-entertainsIt's A Sin: Omari Douglas assumes the role of entertainerhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/itsasin-omari-21-01-23-at-01.56.39.jpgitsasin-omari-21-01-23 at 01.56.39It's A Sin: Omari Douglas assumes the role of entertainerhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/itsasin21-douglas-curtis-alexander-howells-west-c4.jpgItsasin21-Douglas, Curtis, Alexander, Howells, West-C4The inner circle for It's A Sin: Omari Douglas, Nathaniel Curtis, Olly Alexander, Callum Scott Howells and Lydia West. (Photos: Channel4)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/itsasin21-omari-douglas-polaris.jpgitsasin21-omari-douglas-polarisComparing notes: Omari Douglas and Andy Polaris in conversation for Gay Times https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/itsasin21-olly-alexander-with-cop.jpgItsasin21-Olly-Alexander-with-copGay activist as Aids casts its shadow: Olly Alexander as Ritchie in It's A Sinhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/itsasin21-omari-douglas-andy-polaris.jpgitsasin21-omari-douglas-andy-polarisComparing notes: Omari Douglas and Andy Polaris in conversation for Gay Times https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/itsasin21-olly-on-heaven-dancelfoor.jpgitsasin21-Olly-on-Heaven-dancelfoorHedonism in Heaven: Olly Alexander on the dancefloor in It's A Sin2021-01-24T15:07:28+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/01/2018-%e2%9e%a4-spooky-or-what-when-two-bands-went-by-the-name-of-spandau-ballet/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wardill80-passions.pngWardill80-PassionsDavid Wardill: bass guitarist who joined The Passions in 1980https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/gentry78-camden-girls-school-garykemp.jpgGentry-Camden-girls-school-1978-courtesy-GaryKemphttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sbv1-hopeanchor-1979-mickaustin.jpgSBv1-Hope&Anchor-1979-courtesy-MickAustinhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sbv1-poster1978-musos-website-2009.jpgSBv1-poster1978-muso-website-2009https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sbv1-mickaustin-with-marks-banner-1978.jpgSBv1-MickAustin-with-Mark's-banner-1978https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/barrat18-newromantics-book-front.jpgBarrat-New-Romantics-book-front-2018https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/barrat18-newromantics-back-cover.jpgBarrat-New-Romantics-back-cover-20182023-01-24T20:51:23+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/origins/maureen-cleaves-interview-gems/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cleave85-lrichard-esintvw-part2.jpgCleave85-LRichard-ESintvw-Part2CLICK TO ENLARGE. First published in The Evening Standard March 5, 1985https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cleave85-lrichard-esintvw-part1.jpgCleave85-LRichard-ESintvw-Part1CLICK TO ENLARGE. First published in The Evening Standard March 5, 19852020-12-13T17:17:58+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/05/10/2020-%e2%9e%a4-and-now-bowie-pays-the-ultimate-tribute-to-little-richard/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/db03-in-little-richard-authorised-biog.jpgDB03-in-Little-Richard-authorised-biogExcerpt from Charles White’s authorised biography, The Life and Times of Little Richard: The Quasar of Rock (Harmony Books, Sept 1984)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/little-richard72-connolly-intvw500.jpglittle-richard72-connolly-intvw500Richard meets Connolly: Click on pic to run BBC video in a new tabhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/little-richard57-band-bymichael-ochs4148-crop.jpgLittle-Richard57-band-byMichael-Ochs4148-cropLittle Richard in 1957: So many saxophones in his band that ten-year-old Bowie went out and bought onehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/little-richard71-cbs.jpgLittle-Richard71-CBSLittle Richard in 1971: “his queerness made him dynamic”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/bowie-with-little-richard.jpgBowie-with-Little-RichardBowie and Richard: click pic to view video interviewshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/little_richard_bowies_photo.jpglittle_richard_Bowie's_photoBowie’s own Star Pic of Little Richard: described as his most treasured possession (© The David Bowie Archive)2020-12-13T17:14:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2009/09/29/1980-%e2%9e%a4-strange-days-strange-nights-strange-people/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/sb80jan24-bzdr56.jpgSB80jan24-BzDR56Second date at the Blitz: Spandau Ballet pictured on Jan 24, 1980 © by Derek Ridgershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bk80-vivss-dr64.jpgBK80-Viv,SS-DR64King of the posers: London club host Steve Strange in Willy Brown workwear with Vivienne Lynn. Photograph by © Derek Ridgershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bz80easter-homer.jpgBz80,easter-homerPerformance art at the Blitz Club’s Easter Pageant 1980: Julia Fodor leads Jennifer Binnie and sister Christine (“Miss Binnie” the artist), both clad in sackcloth, in their first performance piece at the club. The girls sing Death Where is Thy Sting?/ Oh grave where is thy victory?/, an anthem they had learned as choir girls, and are passing out Cadbury’s Cream Eggs in an act of communion. (The sack dress had won Steve Strange's January competition at Witchity’s to predict what people would be wearing in the 80s, long before Miss B created the notorious Neo-Naturists and threw away her clothes.) The allusion to crucifixion, left, seems to nod toward St Sebastian though it does not explain how the victim, fashionista Iain R Webb, would eventually secure the fashion editorship of The Times some years after this tableau was created. Blond-quiffed, white-faced Stephen Linard (extreme right, rear) is evidently pushing the Regency fop look this season. (Photograph courtesy of www.homersykes.com and published in the Sunday People 15 June)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/otl80jan24.jpgOTL80Jan24First published in the Evening Standard, Jan 24, 19802020-12-06T10:45:28+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/12/04/2020-%e2%9e%a4-premiering-tonight-spandaus-parade-tour-from-the-swinging-80s/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/spandau_rockpop_party20.jpgSpandau_Rockpop_Party20Spandau Ballet in 1985: dressed to impress for their Parade World Tour2020-12-05T17:01:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/07/01/july-%e2%9e%a4-30-or-so-years-ago-today/2020-12-02T13:48:24+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/06/05/2018-%e2%9e%a4-revealed-the-secret-role-of-shapersofthe80s-in-the-rise-and-rise-of-spandau-ballet/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/barrat18-sbv1-covers-web.jpgBarrat18-SBv1-coverS-web2020-12-02T13:38:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/02/09/1961-%e2%9e%a4-no-wonder-the-beatles-changed-the-shape-of-music-after-456-sessions-practising-in-public/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/beatles61-sutcliffe-left-best-atright-yoko-crops.jpgBeatles61-Sutcliffe-left-Best-atright-Yoko cropSBeatles relaxing, probably 1961: Rare photo including Stuart Sutcliffe at left and Pete Best at right. (Photo courtesy Yoko Ono Lennon)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/hamburgdayscover.jpgHamburgDayscoverHamburg Days: the cover shothttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/woolercaverndj-livpost.jpgWooler,CavernDJ-LivPostBob Wooler, Cavern deejay: urged the owner Ray McFall to give The Beatles a try. Picture from Liverpool Posthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mellyapril960.jpgMelly Sings“The game was up”: Jazz singer George Melly in 1960. Photographed © by Ray Moretonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/beatles61cavern-dec8.jpgBeatles61,Cavern Dec8Their regular gig: The early Beatles at the Cavern club in 1961 with Pete Best on drumshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/epstein61.jpgepstein61Brian Epstein: local businessman who became The Beatles’ managerhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/beatles60hamburg-astrid.jpgbeatles60hamburg-astridThe Beatles’ beat look, 1960: honed in Hamburg by photographer Astrid Kirchherr who took this picture when guitarist Stuart Sutcliffe was in the lineup2020-11-24T01:07:04+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/11/18/2020-%e2%9e%a4-farewell-daniella-the-girl-who-inspired-ziggys-fiery-hair/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/daniella-parmerwendy-kirby-atjean-genie-recdg-bbcs.jpgDaniella-Parmer+Wendy-Kirby-atJean Genie-recdg-bbcSRecording Jean Genie for Top of the Pops, 1973: Bowie and Mick Ronson on-stage with support team of Wendy Kirby and Daniella Parmar at left. (BBC)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dbdaniella-parmar-cannpic.jpgDB+Daniella Parmar-CannpicDaniella Parmar, stylistic inspiration for Bowie. . . She became part of David’s 1971 entourage and is seen here with him during one of his rare visits to the Blitz Club in late ’79. David wears a Modern Classics jumpsuit by Willy Brown, as featured on the cover of his Feb ’80 single Alabama Song, which had as its B-side an acoustic version of Space Oddity recorded in Dec ’79. Choreographer and co-director of Bowie concerts, Toni Basil, was also sitting to David’s left. (Photo: Robert Rosen)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/freddiedaniella-parmar-mmawards-oct73-cannpic.jpgFreddie+Daniella Parmar-MMAwards-Oct73-CannpicMelody Maker Awards, October 1973: Daniella Parmar with Freddie Burretti, who collected the award for Bowie. (Photo: Kevin Cann collection)2021-03-15T00:22:05+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/11/26/%e2%9e%a4-burretti-movie-adds-an-epic-and-essential-chapter-to-the-bowie-story/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/db73-radiocity-redsuit-sukita.jpgDB73-RadioCity-redsuit-SukitaAt Radio City Music Hall, New York, 1973https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/db73-redcoat-sukita.jpgDB73-redcoat-Sukita<strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:#993366;text-align:left;">Click on these pics to enlarge</span></strong>https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/db73-feb14-mirror-sukita.jpgDB73-feb-mirror-Sukitahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/db73-radcitymh-redsuit-1280.jpgDB73-RadioCity-redsuit-Sukitahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/db73-burretti-stripes-mick-rock.jpgDB73-burretti-stripes-mick-rockBurretti stripes 1973: Bowie photographed on the Aberdeen express by Mick Rockhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/starman15-olympic-invitns.jpgStarman15-Olympic-invitnSThis weeks preview at the Olympic Cinema, Londonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/wendykirby-gilded.jpgWendyKirby-gildedWendy Kirby dressed for a night on the townhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/polaris13-head-dj.jpgPolaris13-head-djAndy Polarishttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/burretti70s-daniella-s.jpgBurretti70s-Daniella-SBowie’s designer Freddie and It-girl Daniella in about 1971: striking a pose that David and Angie came to emulatehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/burretti71-parmar-mickrock.jpgBurretti71-Parmar-MickRockFreddie and Daniella Parmar, photographed in 1971 by Mick Rock2020-11-19T12:57:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/21/2011-%e2%9e%a4-i-danced-in-bowies-jean-genie-video-but-have-never-seen-it-says-his-friend-wendy/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/wendykirby70sblonde.jpgWendyKirby70s,blondeWendy Kirby aged 19: as Freddi Burretti’s flatmate, she met the Bowies at the Sombrero club’s trendy Sunday feasts in Kensington — “We were the people always round David’s house”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/burrettidaniella-mickrock.jpgBurretti,Daniella-MickRockFreddi Burretti and Daniella Parmar photographed by Mick Rockhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/db73wendydaniella-totp.jpgDB73,Wendy,Daniella-TotpHere’s the proof broadcast tonight for the first time in 38 years! Wendy and Daniella Parmar dancing on Top of the Pops in 1973, just behind Mick’s guitar. (Videograb © BBC)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/wendykirby70s.jpgWendyKirby70sVery Swinging London, early 70s: Wendy Kirby in a black wig. Her friends among Bowie’s young dudes included Daniella Parmar, hairdresser Antonello Parqualli and Sombrero face, Micky Kinghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/wendykirby11.jpgWendyKirby11Wendy Kirby this year: “Amazing to see myself on Top of the Pops after all this time!” 2020-11-19T12:25:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/12/11/2010-%e2%9e%a4-a-feast-of-bowie-ana-served-in-waffeur-thin-slices/2020-11-18T22:14:20+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/05/28/1979-%e2%9e%a4-ethereal-bowie-sets-the-bar-for-one-of-his-inadvertent-hits/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/db79-snl-manwhosold-nomi-aris-nbc-crop.jpgDB79-SNL-ManWhoSold-Nomi-Aris-NBC-cropSNL December 1979: In his outsized costume, Bowie sings The Man Who Sold The World, flanked by Klaus Nomi and Joey Ariashttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/db79-backstage-snl-nomi-arias-murray-bowie-sheen-crop.jpgDB79-backstage-SNL-Nomi-Arias-Murray-Bowie-Sheen cropBackstage at that SNL, December 1979, from left: Klaus Nomi, Joey Arias, Bill Murray, Bowie, Laraine Newman, Jane Curtain, Gilda Radner, Martin Sheen (hosting that night)2020-11-15T01:46:21+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/06/22/1980-%e2%9e%a4-club-to-catwalk-when-fashion-became-an-arena-for-all-the-arts/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/vamag13revolt.jpgV&Amag13,RevoltV&A Magazine summer issue: the 80s deconstructed by Iain R Webbhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/va13club-catwalk-wbjg.jpgV&A13,club-catwalk-WB,JGShowing in Club to Catwalk: Cotton dress by Willy Brown, 1980... Fallen Angel suit
 by John Galliano,
1985. © Victoria and Albert Museum, Londonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/scarlett85-mcurtincrop.jpgScarlett85-MCurtinCropMonica Curtin’s 1985 pic of Scarlett Cannon as “key identity” for the V&A Club to Catwalk show... Outfit by Bodymap’s AW 1984 collection, Cat in the hat takes a rumble with a techno fish. Stylist John Derry-Bunce. Background painting Simon Josebury. Hair and makeup Jalle Bakke2020-11-06T15:20:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/10/09/2020-%e2%9e%a4-sades-20-songs-that-ensure-she-remains-an-enduring-star/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sade90-by-david-graves-copy.jpgSade90 by David Graves copy“No one does small-hours heartbreak quite like Sade”: The singer photographed in 1990 by David Graves2020-10-10T14:39:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/07/20/1991-%e2%9e%a4-supercool-video-found-of-bowie-duetting-with-morrissey/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/db91-duet-with-moz-vidgrab.jpgDB91-duet-with-Moz-vidgrabNewly discovered video from LA Forum 1991: Bowie catches Moz's eye in mid-song2020-10-09T12:11:30+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/09/23/%e2%9e%a4-the-day-harry-evans-answered-his-interview-question-for-me/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/harry-evans-on-stone-sally-soames.jpgHarry-Evans-on-stone-Sally-SoamesHarry Evans “on the stone”: pictured by Sally Soames in the days of hot metal production at The Sunday Times 2022-07-24T19:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/08/05/1982-%e2%9e%a4-how-spandau-put-capaldi-on-the-road-to-play-the-new-doctor-who/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/capaldi80dreamboys.jpgCapaldi80,DreamboysCapaldi as Dreamboys vocalisthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/drwho66hartnell-regen.jpgDrWho66,Hartnell-regen1966: The first Doctor William Hartnell becomes the second, Patrick Troughton © BBChttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/capaldi83loosetalksade.jpgCapaldi83,LooseTalk,SadeCapaldi in 1983: introducing Sade’s TV debut on Loose Talk https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/capaldi82bmthb15-dj500.jpgCapaldi82,BmthB15-dj500Capaldi relaxing offstage in Bournemouth 1982. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/capaldi82bmtha13-dj700.jpgCapaldi82,BmthA13-dj700Capaldi the stand-up in 1982: onstage supporting Spandau Ballet at Bournemouth, days after Bill Forsyth saw the Glasgow show. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80s2020-09-21T19:35:56+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/09/11/2020-%e2%9e%a4-saatchi-hosts-those-gen-z-degree-shows-you-missed/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/slade-anna-baumgart-video-fittingin_154240.jpgSlade-Anna-Baumgart-video-FittingIn_154240Anna Baumgart, Slade School: in her own video, Fitting in with Nanny, Mutti, Mum and Omihttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/wmdon-xinan-yang-i-still-care2018_143936.jpgWmdon-Xinan-Yang-I-Still-Care2018_143936Xinan Yang, Wimbledon: I Still Care, 2018, acrylic and oil on canvashttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/wmdon-hamish-pringle-lockdown2020-_144049.jpgWmdon-Hamish-Pringle-Lockdown2020-_144049Hamish Pringle, Wimbledon: Lockdown 2020, digital print on canvashttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/slade-khushna-sulaman-butt-ascension-detail2010_153916.jpgSlade-Khushna-Sulaman-Butt-Ascension-detail2010_153916Khushna Sulaman-Butt, Slade: Ascension (detail), 2020, oil on linenhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/rca-alejandro-villa-duran-running2020_151315.jpgRCA-Alejandro-Villa-Duran-Running2020_151315Alejandro Villa Duran, RCA: Running until the end of the world as only lovers are left alive, Silhouette I, 2020, fabric, hangerhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/golds-olga-ulmann-prettyinpink_150020.jpgGolds-Olga-Ulmann-PrettyInPink_150020Olga Ulmann, Goldsmiths: Pretty In Pink: The History of the Golden Ground, 2020, textile https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/golds-daniel-vkeler-love-letter2019_145700.jpgGolds-Daniel-VKeler-Love-Letter2019_145700Daniel V Keler, Goldsmiths: Love Letter to a Stone 2019, tube lights, stones, vinyl, woodhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/csm-rowan-riley-legs2020_160156.jpgCSM-Rowan-Riley-Legs2020_160156Rowan Riley, CSM: Legs 2020, unbleached filled cotton embroidered with metallic and cotton threadhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cmwell-claudio-pestana-fag-attacks-200904_142441.jpgCmwell-Claudio-Pestana-Fag-Attacks-200904_142441Claudio Pestana, Camberwell: Fag Attacks The Country II, 2020, mixed media on paper2021-03-06T00:22:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/09/07/1980-%e2%9e%a4-life-on-mars-as-youve-never-heard-bowie-before/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/db80-tonight-show-ashes-at-43.jpgDB80-Tonight-Show-Ashes at 43Unique live lineup for the Tonight Show, 1980: Bowie sings Life on Mars in James Dean rebel mode with Carlos Alomar on guitar at left2020-09-08T09:37:27+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/05/14/2020-%e2%9e%a4-steve-dagger-recalls-spandau-ballets-fifth-gig-and-why-it-detonated-their-lift-off/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/newroms-bbc15-03-10-at-21.32-lwt.jpgNewRoms-bbc15-03-10 at 21.32-LWTSpandau at the Scala: Blitz Kids arrive in high style to watch the band perform in an auditorium for the first time, captured by 20th Century Box https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sb80-scala-no59-lwt-itv-web-copy.jpgSB80-Scala-No59-LWT-ITV-web copySpandau at the Scala: the moment the band began playing, the audience filled the aisles with their dancing, captured by 20th Century Boxhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sb80-scala-no63-lwt-itv-web-copy.jpgSB80-Scala-No63-LWT-ITV-web copySpandau at the Scala: their audience of dancing Blitz Kids confirmed their status as the hottest unsigned band in the land, captured by 20th Century Boxhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sb80-scala-no49-lwt-itv-web.jpgSB80-Scala-No49-LWT-ITV-webSpandau at the Scala cinema, May 1980: Martin Kemp surveys the wild dancing by the audience of Blitz Kids captured for TV by 20th Century Boxhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sd80oct-brum-dj104.jpgSD80oct-Brum-dj104Spandau manager Steve Dagger on the road with the band in 19802020-08-09T09:37:28+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/04/27/2020-%e2%9e%a4-beyond-learning-how-to-be-black-and-gay-and-blaze-a-trail-to-the-future/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/beyond19-black-issue-film-poster.jpgbeyond19-black-issue-film-posterPhoto that inspired the movie Beyond – Click pic to view the film in another windowhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/roy-brown-masculinities-barbican2020.jpgroy-brown-masculinities-barbican2020Roy Brown in 1985: poster boy for the Barbican’s current exhibition on Masculinities. (Photo: Rotimi Fani-Kayode)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/beyondqa-2019-csm1128_1917-dj.jpgBeyondQ&A-2019-CSM1128_1917-djBeyond director Claire Lawrie, centre: with some of her garrulous cast answering questions after a screening at Central Saint Martins college. (Photo by Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/beyond2019-winn.jpgBeyond2019-WinnWinn Austin: “When you find people who are like you, easy to be around and cool, it’s like a gang. Kinky Gerlinky became like a once-a-month movie premiere.”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/beyond2019-robb.jpgBeyond2019-RobbRobb Scott: “I was the only black kid in my school year and that in the Seventies was a horrendous thing to be. When Roots came out I was called Kunta Kinte for a year.”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/beyond2019-les.jpgBeyond2019-LesLes Child: “We all went to Crackers. The dancing was phenomenal – hot and steamy, kicking ass in the afternoon. Beyond.”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/beyond2019-lanah.jpgBeyond2019-LanahLanah Pellay: “Everybody needs to know how to come to their own physical defence when required. I’ve always had an iron fist behind the limp wrist. I wasn’t just a Black Belt in mouth.”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/beyond2019-kennyandy.jpgBeyond2019-Kenny+AndyKenny Campbell in i-D magazine. Beside him, Andy Polaris: “It was a really racist time in the Seventies. You had to be very careful if you were wearing freaky clothes in the street. You were risking your life.” https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/beyond2019-frank.jpgBeyond2019-FrankFrank Akinsete: “There wasn’t representation in media as there is nowadays in TV adverts or in papers of people of colour. It didn’t exist.” 2020-08-09T09:35:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/blitz-kids/1982-whos-who-in-the-pits/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nsns82-marp7-harry-whoswho-header.jpgNSNS82-Marp7-Harry-WhosWho-headerClick on this image to read full page from New Sounds New Styles, March 1982https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nsns82-marp7-harry-whoswho1200.jpgNSNS82-Marp7-Harry-WhosWho1200First published in New Sounds New Styles, March 19822020-08-03T23:15:40+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/07/28/%e2%9e%a4-farewell-kansai-the-fashion-genius-who-breathed-the-same-colours-as-bowie/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/db73-yamamoto-tokyo-pop-suit-bymasayoshi-sukita.jpgDB73-Yamamoto-Tokyo-Pop-suit-byMasayoshi SukitaYamamoto’s favourite creation for Bowie, 1973: The sculptural Tokyo Pop black vinyl jumpsuit with sequinned stripes and bowed legs is the best tear-away garment ever made. It was inspired by hikinuki, the quick-change technique for kabuki actors to be suddenly revealed wearing a different outfit – in Bowie’s case his flame-red skimpy Woodland Creatures jumpsuit in the Aladdin Sane tour. (Photography Masayoshi Sukita)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/db73-white-cape-yamamoto-asahi-shimbun.jpgDB73-white-cape-yamamoto-Asahi-ShimbunYamamoto’s second-best-ever tear-away garment, 1973: A white kimono-inspired floor-length cape, emblazoned with Japanese kanji letters spelling out “David Bowie” phonetically, but also translating to “One who spits out words in a fiery manner”. Bowie was the first Western artist to use a hikinuki quick costume-change by dramatically ripping off the cape to reveal his leotard beneath. (Photography Asahi Shimbun)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/db73-knitted-leotard-yamamoto-space-samurai.jpgDB73-knitted leotard -Yamamoto-Space-SamuraiLEFT – A fitting for Bowie in Japan, 1973: The elaborate clash of prints on his asymmetric knitted leotard are derived from the tattoo patterns of yakuza (organised crime syndicates). Kansai Yamamoto himself sports a matching mock turtleneck. Plus doughnut rings for wrists and ankles. (Photography Tajima Kazunal) . . . RIGHT – Space Samurai for Bowie, 1973: The metallic-looking suit in padded satin evokes the split-skirt hakama worn by Japanese samurai as armour. Designed by Kansai Yamamoto for the Aladdin Sane tour. (Bowie Archive)2020-07-29T11:46:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/07/11/2020-%e2%9e%a4-uk-madheads-re-invent-the-madness-hit-our-house/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/madheadsourhouse-12.jpgMadheadsOurHouse-12https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/madheadsourhouse-11.jpgMadheadsOurHouse-11https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/madheadsourhouse-10.jpgMadheadsOurHouse-10https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/madheadsourhouse-9.jpgMadheadsOurHouse-9https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/madheadsourhouse-8.jpgMadheadsOurHouse-8Yes, this is Suggshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/madheadsourhouse-6.jpgMadheadsOurHouse-6https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/madheadsourhouse-5.jpgMadheadsOurHouse-5https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/madheadsourhouse-4.jpgMadheadsOurHouse-4https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/madheadsourhouse-3.jpgMadheadsOurHouse-3https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/madheadsourhouse-2.jpgMadheadsOurHouse-22020-07-13T22:46:31+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/07/11/2020-%e2%9e%a4-yes-midge-ure-has-fleetwood-mac-to-thank-for-his-landmark-hit-vienna/2020-07-13T20:23:05+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/07/07/2020-%e2%9e%a4-star-drummers-salute-ringo-starr-in-an-ear-opening-demonstration-of-his-gifts/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ringopaul-2019-fred-duval.jpgRingo+Paul-2019-Fred-DuvalRingo Starr and Paul McCartney: surviving Beatles go on celebrating together2020-07-09T10:17:24+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/07/06/2020-%e2%9e%a4-vocalist-hadley-hammers-final-nail-into-the-coffin-of-spandau-ballet/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/kempsalltrue20-gary-hadley-painting.jpgKempsAllTrue20-Gary-Hadley-paintingIn The Kemps spoof TV doc: this portrait was supposedly painted by Gary Kemp (BBC)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/tony-hadley-rex.pngTony-Hadley-RexBig Tone: “I’m done.” (Photo: Rex)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sunexclusive20-5july-on-kemps-all-true.jpgSunExclusive20-5July-on Kemps-All-TrueFrom last night’s Sun Online2020-07-08T00:58:07+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/07/03/2020-%e2%9e%a4-gaz-still-rockin-those-blues-a-lifetime-later/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/gaz-mayall20-live-at-21.24.pngGaz-Mayall20-live at 21.24Tonight's live stream: Gaz Mayall's 40th anniversary musical party in the back garden, with one of his acts unnamed at right. Sound a bit shonky, vision slightly crankyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/gaz-mayall80-dj-and-freud97.jpgGaz-Mayall80-dj-and Freud97Gaz Mayall then and again: As Gaz Vincent in 1980 snapped by Yrs Truly for the Evening Standard, and painted by the British realist Lucian Freud in 1997https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/gaz20-rockin-blues-40th-anniversary-party.jpgGaz20- Rockin Blues 40th Anniversary PartyGaz's Rockin' Blues, 40 years later – Celebrating 40 years with a live stream party tonighthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/gaz-rockin81-sheila-rock.jpgGaz-Rockin81?-Sheila-RockGaz himself as his Thursday Rockin' Blues rocketed to success in the 80s – today his is the longest running one-nighter in London. (Photo: Sheila Rock)2020-07-04T08:49:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/11/27/%e2%9e%a4-katys-firework-finally-falls-to-earth-but-the-gay-kiss-will-live-happily-ever-after/2020-07-01T14:23:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/11/07/%e2%9e%a4-19-gay-kisses-in-pop-videos-that-made-it-past-the-censor/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pink10raiseyourglass.jpgPink10,RaiseYourGlasshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/kisscomb.jpgKisscombPop smackers: Lady Gaga in Lovegame, Stephen Gately in Boyzone’s Better, two vamps in Blink-182’s I Miss Youhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/gagatelekiss.jpgGagaTelekissLady Gaga: a jailbird’s perk in the video for Telephone https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/kp10fireworkkiss.jpgKP10,Firework,kissFireworks in Firework: British TV viewers see only a pixelated version2020-07-01T14:20:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/revolution/1980-private-worlds-of-the-new-young/2020-06-29T23:34:40+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/02/15/2020-%e2%9e%a4-every-hat-is-opening-night-stephen-jones-40-years-on/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/rihanna18-vogue-metball-getty-crop.jpgRihanna18-vogue-MetBall-Getty cropRihanna sports Jones at the 2018 Met Ball (Getty)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/stephenjones20-15feb-vogue-pr.jpgStephenJones20-15feb-vogue-PRStephen Jones: 40 years as fashion’s head master2020-06-29T23:29:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/06/22/%e2%9e%a4-the-blitz-kids-watn-no-28-stephen-linard/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/reluctant-emigres81-linard-lineup.jpgReluctant Emigres81-LInard-lineuphttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/reluctant-emigres81-linard-christos.jpgReluctant Emigres81-LInard-Christoshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/reluctant-emigres81-linard-sullivan.jpgReluctant Emigres81-LInard-Sullivanhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/reluctant-emigres81-linard-dylan.jpgReluctant Emigres81-LInard-Dylanhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sl11drakes42-djdant.jpgSL11,Drakes42-dj,dantClose-up of the portrait: Linard is one of many talents associated with Drake’s who have been captured by the artist Adam Dant. His reference was a photograph dating from 1983 — note the ornamental bath tap. Courtesy of Adam Dant and Drake’shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sl11drakes33-dj.jpgSL11,Drakes33-djThe new shop in Clifford Street: Linard joined the Drake’s design team in 1989 whereas sales assistant Augustin Vidor is currently an intern. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80s https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sl11drakes21-dj.jpgSL11,Drakes21-djThe young Linard by artist Adam Dant: lining this antique vitrine at Drake’s new shop is a busy tableau of life at the firm’s Clerkenwell factory. At lower left we see a youthful portrait of the designer alongside some of the handmade ties in fine Shantung silk Drake’s is renowned for. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sl83angelstennant.jpgSL83AngelsTennantLinard designs from his heyday: bias-cut tea dress, $100 in Bloomingdale’s, from his 1983 Angels With Dirty Faces collection, here photographed by Tony McGee for New York magazine. Right, Neil Tennant wears a Reluctant Emigrés topcoat by Linard in the Pet Shop Boys video for West End Girls (Parlophone 1984)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sl11drakes3828-dj84.jpgSL11Drakes3828-dj84Former Blitz Kid and St Martin’s fashion graduate Stephen Linard: today he is a designer with Drake’s, the gentlemen’s haberdasher, seen here at a staff preview for the opening of its first shop just off Savile Row. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/f83oct-weg10slss-dj80.jpgF83oct-WEg10,SL,SS-dj80The 1983 look that inspired the portrait: Stephen Linard sports a leather Confederate Army cap $15 from Alaska, and Yohji Yamamoto jacket £250, over giant-collared Yohji shirt £120. Artfully placed on his left lapel is a silvered bathroom tap £60 and faucet brooch £40, both from a jewellery collection for Chloe, Paris. Seen here with Lee Sheldrick (rear) and Steve Strange at the Worlds End fashion show in Paris that October. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80s2020-06-28T22:01:12+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/03/07/2019-%e2%9e%a4-sounds-of-the-70s-still-cool-in-the-heart-of-soho/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/oldcompbrass-20190210.jpgoldcompbrass-201902102020-06-28T19:53:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/10/04/2019-%e2%9e%a4-mr-and-mrs-kemp-get-into-the-swing-together-on-disc/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/martinandshirlie19-swing-sleeves.jpgmartinandshirlie19-Swing-sleeveShttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/kemps19-ms-lorraine-breakfast-12sep.jpgKemps19-M&S-Lorraine-breakfast-12sepSingalong songs: Martin and Shirlie Kemp tell Lorraine theirs is happy music. (Click pic to run ITV video in a new window)2020-06-28T16:20:20+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/03/30/2020-%e2%9e%a4-knife-edge-tv-doc-shows-kemp-tongues-firmly-in-their-cheeks/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/kemps20-timesmag-26mar-web.jpgKemps20-TimesMag-26mar-webIs it a mockumentary? Spandau brothers reveal all to a Times Magazine journalist. (Photo: Mark Harrison)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/kemps20-newalbum-rekemped-bbc.jpgKemps20-newalbum-Rekemped-bbcUPDATE: Exclusive preview of new album cover (BBC)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/gary-kemp20-alltrue-the-artist.jpgGary Kemp20-AllTrue-the artistPreview of Gary Kemp’s latest work as a portrait painter (BBC)2020-06-28T16:19:22+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/06/11/%e2%9e%a4-why-every-stephen-jones-hat-casts-its-own-magic-spell/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/stephen-jones20-by-sc3b8lve-sundsbc3b8.jpgStephen-Jones20-by Sølve Sundsbø“The essence of the whimsical”: Stephen Jones photographed by Sølve Sundsbø Studiohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sara-dijkink19-injones-africa-penalver-indior55.jpgSara Dijkink19-inJones-Africa Penalver-inDior55 “Without hats there is no civilisation” said Christian Dior. Left: Stephen Jones says: “Suggestion of a pert hairdo” – Sara Dijkink wears a Jones for Maria Grazia Chiuri, SS 2019... Right, Africa Penalver wears an evening bibi in velvet with satin bows; Cuba, by Christian Dior AW 1955. (Photographs by Sølve Sundsbø Studio)2020-06-11T20:00:33+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/clubbing/1983-whos-who-in-the-new-london-weekend/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/face83wkendspd490.jpgFace83Wkendspd490First published in The Face No 39, July 1983https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/c83wagcsodfull-dj124.jpgC83Wag,CS,OD,full-dj124Wag club founders: Chris Sullivan and Ollie O’Donnell before one of their walls of sound. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/c83trpbdwfull-dj92.jpgC83Tr,PB,DWfull-dj92White Trash: Paul Bernstock and Dencil Williams. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/c83mudftimpsfull-dj104.jpgC83Mud,F,Tim,PS,full-dj104Mud club hosts: Philip Sallon in the mad hat, deejay Tasty Tim in the mad hair, and Flanagan. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80s https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/c83dirtphilrob-dj100.jpgC83Dirt,Phil,Rob-dj100Dirtbox hosts: Phil X and Rob Y. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/b83specimenolliew-dj64.jpgB83SpecimenOlliW-dj64Olli Wisdom in 1982: front man for his band Specimen and the Batcave club. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/c83wagdance-dj22.jpgC83Wag,dance-dj22Body language at the Wag: free-form clothing and dance moves to match as Mark White and Tommy Mack get on down. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/face83wkendspd40.jpgFace83Wkendspd40First published under the monthly Nightlife tag in The Face, July 19832024-06-18T16:31:12+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/blitz-kids/exclusive-blitz-club-pix-in-colour-2/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/time80-sep-london120.jpgtime80-sep-london120TIME magazine, Sept 8, 1980: Pictured along the top, Blitz Kids Harley Price, Philip Sallon and Lesley Chilkes. Downpage, Steve Strange, all photographed by Terry Smithhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/c6_031-geoclare-ts720.jpgBlitz Club 1980Clare The Hair Thom with George O’Dowd who seems to have come out in tartan pyjamashttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/c5_032-slgayvampire-julia-ts720.jpgBlitz Club 1980Two style leaders at the Blitz: Julia Fodor, cloakroom attendant and assistant at the PX designer clothes shop, with St Martin’s star designer Stephen Linard who insists this is his Gay Vampire look with garments from Antiquarius (not Charles Fox) and hair by Keith at Smile that dayhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b172-strange-grey-ts720.jpgBlitz Club 1980Steve Strange on the door, dresssed by Willy Brown, wielding his big stick: your look alone did not guarantee admission to his elite club for under-21 posershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b148-red-black-dancers-ts720.jpgBlitz Club 1980Can you name this pair of dancers, setting their own trend in red plastic pants? The Blitz Kid lurking in the shadows at extreme right is, we’re told, Steve Pullen. Any other names known?https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b094-femalesrobertmarie-ts720.jpgBlitz Club 1980The blue scarf belongs to Robert, later known as Marie, but can you name the other Blitz Kids?https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b092-kimhat-ts720.jpgBlitz Club 1980St Martin’s fashion student Kim Bowen: her many strong silhouettes won her the crown as Queen of the Blitz, invariably sporting the inventive hats of Stephen Joneshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b075-poser-in-ruff-ts720.jpgBlitz Club 1980Tommy Crowley from Harlow: the New Romantic ruff and pretty much the classic pose https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b051-str8couple-ts720.jpgBlitz Club 1980This straight couple got past Steve’s door by being rich or famous. Charles mailed to identify himself as a lord’s son and his friend as Gholzan who is sporting diamonds! Read our update below.https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b041-witch-hat-ts720.jpgBlitz Club 1980Wicked witch of the west: Blitz superstar Peter Probert renowned for his highly inventive outfits – for Spandau’s HMS Belfast concert he came as an iceberg twinkling with Christmas electric lights. . . Steve Strange behind him, Anne-Marie to the right 2020-06-08T01:21:58+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/05/27/%e2%9e%a4-sullivan-elms-relive-their-clubland-double-act/2020-08-21T20:22:15+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/07/06/2019-%e2%9e%a4-lawries-eleven-talk-candidly-of-being-young-black-and-gay-in-ways-many-of-us-never-knew/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/andyp19clairel-on-bobelms-show6july.jpgAndyP19+ClaireL-on BobElms-show6julyAndy, Bob and Claire at BBC Radio London https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/clare-lawrie19-beyond-talk-vidgrab-dj.jpgClare-Lawrie19-Beyond-talk-vidgrab-djDiscussion following Beyond at Vogue Fabrics Dalston: around Claire Lawrie, Andy Polaris, Roy Brown, David Holah, Iain R Webb, Greg Davis. (Photo Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/beyond19-frankclaire-atvfd-byandyp.jpgBeyond19-Frank+?+Claire-atVFD-ByAndyPClaire Lawrie with guests outside Vogue Fabrics Dalston: Frank Akinsete, Pippa Brooks, Winn Austin. (Photo Andy Polaris)2020-05-23T16:48:56+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/05/17/2020-%e2%9e%a4-sheeran-and-radcliffe-bag-the-big-bucks-in-sunday-times-rich-list/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/richlist20-top-musicians-st.jpgRichList20-top-musicians-SThttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/daniel-radcliffe19-gunsakimbo.jpgDaniel Radcliffe19-GunsAkimboRichest young actor: Daniel Radcliffe, most recently in Guns Akimbohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/richlist20-top-popsters-papix.jpgRichList20-top-popsters-PApixTop dozen popsters in the Sunday Times Rich List Young 50. (Pix from PA)2020-05-17T12:08:53+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/04/24/1980-%e2%9e%a4-40-years-of-musical-freedom-thanks-to-what-we-brits-enjoyed-calling-the-sony-stowaway/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/walkman80-stowaway-iuk-launch-shapers-cutting-copy.jpgWalkman80-Stowaway-IUK-launch-Shapers-cutting copy2020-05-16T23:54:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/05/07/2020-%e2%9e%a4-bowie-on-kraftwerk-and-his-tribute-to-florian-schneider/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/kraftwerk77-at-dusseldorf-station-getty.jpgKraftwerk77-at-Dusseldorf-station-GettyKraftwerk at Düsseldorf station, 1977: Florian Schneider at left. (Photo, Frähling) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/db76-station-to-station-sleeve.jpgDB76-Station-To-Station-sleeveBowie’s album Station to Station: it preceded Trans-Europe Express by a year2020-05-08T10:32:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/01/22/1981-%e2%9e%a4-the-day-they-sold-the-times-both-timeses/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/timesno1-1785.jpgTimesNo1-1785 First issue of the Universal Daily Register in 1785, later to become The Timeshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/murdochbuystimes-ssoames.jpgMurdochBuysTimes-SSoamesIn media circles this was the “sale of the century”, and it is captured here in what the photographer Sally Soames calls her “best shot” ... Rupert Murdoch announcing his purchase of Times Newspapers on Jan 22, 1981, to a press conference at the Portman hotel. He is flanked by Harold Evans, editor of The Sunday Times, and William Rees-Mogg, editor of The Times. © Sally Soameshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/murdochwapping-soames.jpgNPG P646,Rupert MurdochRupert Murdoch in his computerised offices and printing plant newly built at Wapping, 1986 © by Sally Soames, National Portrait Gallery collection2020-05-08T02:42:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/blitz-kids/strange-takes-fashion-to-the-french/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ss82-mode-anglaise-au-palace-tv2.jpgSS82-Mode Anglaise Au Palace-TV2https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ss82-mode-anglaise-au-palace-tv1.jpgSS82-Mode Anglaise Au Palace-TV1https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ss82-mode-anglaise-au-palace-tv5.jpgSS82-Mode Anglaise Au Palace-TV5https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ss82-mode-anglaise-au-palace-tv4.jpgSS82-Mode Anglaise Au Palace-TV4https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ss82-mode-anglaise-au-palace-tv3.jpgSS82-Mode Anglaise Au Palace-TV3https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ss82parispalaceinvitn.jpgSS82,ParisPalaceinvitnInvitation to “The Best of British Fashion” at le Palace nightclub in Paris, 1982. Photograph by Helmut Newtonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ss82parb15realoft-dj44.jpgss82parb15realoft-dj44Afternoon rehearsal: Egan aloft, Strange below. For the deejay tonight was The Anvil album launch. (Photographed © by Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ss82pard34saood-dj.jpgLe Palace, Paris 1982A smoke after the show: Sade and Ollie unwind in Le Palace’s Privilege clubroomhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ss82parc30aud-dj72.jpgLe Palace, Paris 1982https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ss82parc18swimtrio-dj128.jpgLe Palace, Paris 19822025-11-04T18:42:34+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/03/24/2020-%e2%9e%a4-steve-norman-takes-up-noodlin-while-staying-at-home/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/heyward-nick20-03-25-facebooklive.jpgHeyward-Nick20-03-25-FacebookLiveOmmmmmmm: Nick Heyward on Facebook Livehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sn20-facebook-live-sheila-sabrina.pngSN20-Facebook-Live-Sheila-SabrinaLive on Facebook: a finale from Sabrina, Sheila and Steve Normanhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sn20-facebook-live-sheila-guitar.pngSN20-Facebook-Live-Sheila-guitarLive on Facebook: Sheila his mum joins Steve Norman for a guitar duet2020-05-01T16:26:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/02/23/%e2%9e%a4-my-own-rondo-moment-immortalised-by-sullivan-the-grand-wag-of-soho/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cs19-atsohoradio-1654-dj1280-1.jpgChris Sullivan at Soho RadioChris Sullivan: spinning the discs on his show Sullivan's Suits at Soho Radio while interviewing me on January 30. (Photo by Shapersofthe80s) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dj19port-bk125_0947-490.jpgChris Sullivan portraitImmortalised on canvas: Chris Sullivan’s portrait of the face behind Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/rondo81-meandmrsanchez.jpgRondo81-MeAndMrSanchezThe Sullivan style on a Blue Rondo sleeve from 1981, itself a convincing echo of Picasso’s Tres Musicos of 19212020-03-05T16:10:37+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/12/31/%e2%9e%a4-the-kemp-quartet-a-happy-family-george-michael-helped-to-create/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/geom80s-mk-alphapress.jpggeom80s-mk-alphapressAs stars of the 80s: George Michael and Martin Kemphttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/geom80s-shirlie-scopefeatures.jpggeom80s-shirlie-scopefeaturesShirlie Hollieman and George Michael in Wham!’s heydayhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/harleymoon-kemp15.jpgharleymoon-kemp15Martin’s daughter Harleymoon Kemp, the photographerhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mk15-roman-hello.jpgmk15-roman-helloFather and son, Martin and Roman Kemphttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/mk12-bigbro-familyfarewell.jpgmk12-bigbro-familyfarewellHappy family 2012: As Martin Kemp sets off for the Celebrity Big Brother house his wife Shirlie, and children Harleymoon and Roman can’t bear to part with him. (Selfie courtesy of the Kemps)2020-03-05T15:04:59+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/08/16/%e2%9e%a4-nice-martin-kemp-promises-to-make-trouble-on-cbb-but-is-upstaged-by-bet-lynch-twice/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/mk12-bigbro-family-farewell-rk.jpgMK12-BigBro-family-farewell-RKMartin Kemp sets off for the Celebrity Big Brother house: apparently his wife Shirlie, and children Harleymoon and Roman can’t bear to part with him. (Selfie courtesy of Roman)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cbb12day1mkcorpses.jpgCBB12,day1MKcorpses“Da-a-ay Wunn, the bitches kick off”: seconds before Julie throws her drink in Cheryl’s face on Celebrity Big Brother, Martin has twigged that this is a stunt and starts to corpse behind his hanky. Straight after, Julian also grinned: “I don’t believe it, not for one minute”. (Screengrab © Channel 5)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/mk12familyfarewell.jpegMK12,familyfarewellMartin Kemp sets off for the Celebrity Big Brother house: apparently his wife Shirlie, and children Harleymoon and Roman can’t bear to part with him. (Photo from the family)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cbb12mkhoteltrash.jpgCBB12,MKhoteltrashBig Brother sets Martin Kemp the rock’n’roll challenge of wrecking a hotel room. At the ripe old age of 50, the task knocked him flat. (Screengrab from Channel 5)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cbb12julieflirts.jpgCBB12,JulieflirtsUp to her old tricks: national treasure Julie Goodyear, aka Corrie’s Bet Lynch, takes a shine to a young studio assistant before the Celebrity Big Brother launch. (Screengrab from Channel 5)2020-03-05T14:57:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/03/01/2020-%e2%9e%a4-hockneys-drawings-lay-bare-the-artists-soul-in-the-shifting-sands-of-time/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dh84-celia-hollywood-crayon.jpgDH84-Celia-Hollywood-crayonFashion designer Celia Birtwell: drawn in crayon by Hockney in Hollywood, 1984 (detail)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dh74-gregory-etching-artscouncil.jpgDH 1974-Gregory-etching-ArtsCouncil (detail)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dh54-self-pencil-dhfoundn_5329.jpgDH54-self-pencil-DHFoundn_5329DH 1954-self-pencil-DHFoundn (detail)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dh54-self-newsprint-collage-bradfordmuseums_5241.jpgDH54-Self-newsprint-collage-BradfordMuseums_5241DH 1954-Self-newsprint-collage-Bradford-Museums (detail)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dh20-maurice-celia-gregory-atnpg-bydavidparry2.jpgDH20-Maurice-Celia-Gregory-atNPG-byDavidParry2Old friends reunited at the National Portrait Gallery last week: Maurice Payne, Celia Birtwell, David Hockney and Gregory Evans. (Photo: David Parry)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dh19-celia-innormandy-npg-dj2437.jpgDH19-Celia-inNormandy-NPG-dj2437The final gallery in Drawing From Life: the most recent and frank portraits of Celia, Maurice & Co.https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dh12-self-ipad-drawing_dhfoundn3049.jpgDH12-Self-iPad-drawing_DHFoundn3049DH 2012-Self-iPad-drawing_DHFoundn (detail)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dh01-self-charcoal-paper-pompidou-centre_141947.jpgDH01-Self-charcoal-paper-Pompidou-Centre_141947DH 2001-Self-charcoal-paper-Pompidou-Centre (detail)2020-03-04T22:48:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2020/02/13/%e2%9e%a4-%e2%9e%a4-stoppards-superlative-new-play-is-a-tearjerker-echoing-his-own-roots/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/leopoldstadtldn20-marber-stoppard.jpgLeopoldstadtLDN20-Marber-StoppardAnother gifted collaboration: Marber and Stoppard in rehearsalhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/stoppard20-12feb-in-cardy-sabrina-guinness.jpgStoppard20-12Feb-in-cardy-Sabrina-GuinnessAt the premiere of Leopoldstadt: Sir Tom Stoppard and wife, Sabrina Guinness https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/leopoldstadtldn20-wyndhams-family.jpgLeopoldstadtLDN20-Wyndhams-familyLeopoldstadt the play: Jewish and Catholic families celebrate Christmas in the Vienna of 1899https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/leopoldstadtldn20-wyndhams-cats-cradle.jpgLeopoldstadtLDN20-Wyndhams-cats-cradleIconic poster for Leopoldstadt the play: a 19th-century grandchild learns the new mathematics by playing with a cat’s cradle, emblem of cross-generational connections. 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(Photo: Getty)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/koko20-fire-dave-benett.jpgkoko20-fire-Dave BenettKoko nightclub ablaze last night: 60 firefighters extinguished the flames within five hourshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/koko-camden-live.jpgKoko-Camden LiveKoko's gloriously baroque interior: an intimate space for live musichttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cpal82-ss-filming-dj.jpgCPal82-SS-filming-djSteve Strange in 1982: invariably being filmed at Camden Palace2021-11-18T16:08:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/12/30/%e2%9e%a4-andy-polaris-loads-up-his-own-fantabulous-yuletide-jukebox/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/eartha-kitt-santa-baby-sleeve.jpgEartha-Kitt-Santa-Baby-sleeveRemember Eartha Kitt? – the sauciest thing on Fifties TV2020-01-06T00:08:25+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/12/15/2019-%e2%9e%a4-scott-walker-a-singular-figure-in-art-and-ideas/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/scott-walker12-photo-by-jake-walters.jpgScott Walker12-Photo by Jake WaltersScott Walker photographed in October 2012 by Jake Walters2020-01-05T23:28:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/11/25/1984-%e2%9e%a4-band-aid-when-pop-made-its-noblest-gesture-but-the-80s-ceased-to-swing/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mb84ethiopia.jpgMB84,EthiopiaMichael Buerk in his BBC report from Ethiopiahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ba84bm-pictpress.jpgBA84,B,M-PictPressLeaders of the Band Aid pack in 1984: Bob Geldof and Midge Ure outside SARM Studios in London. © Pictorial Press2019-11-26T14:20:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/11/25/35-years-since-band-aids-monster-christmas-single-and-the-80s-ceased-to-swing/2019-11-26T14:18:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/11/24/2019-%e2%9e%a4-the-boulevard-rises-from-the-ashes-of-the-raymond-revuebar/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/raymond-revuebar-80s-heyday-by-robert-harding-alamy.jpgRaymond Revuebar-80s-heyday-by-Robert-Harding-Alamyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/bvd19-comedy-kir-rhys-2237-dj.jpgBvd19-Comedy-Kir-Rhys-2237-djFriday’s Late Night Scene: Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Rhys Jameshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/bvd-theatre-soho19-bysoda.jpgBvd-Theatre-Soho19-bySodaContemporary new Boulevard Theatre and function space, photographed by Jack Hobhouse https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/boulevard-theatre-restaurant-by-soda_2364.jpgBoulevard-theatre-restaurant-by-Sodahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/boulevard-theatre-exterior-by-soda.jpgBvd-theatre19-exterior-by-SodaBoulevard Theatre's new facade by Soda2019-11-26T02:04:47+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/seismic-shifts/1980-a-new-decade-demands-new-comedy/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/c80strip-pamela-stephenson-live.jpgC80strip-Pamela-Stephenson-livePamela Stephenson on-stage in 1980: “The Comic Strip was really hard”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/rik80-cstrippoet-dj.jpgRik80-CStripPoet-djAngry Feminist Poet: Rik Mayall at the Comic Strip, Nov 1980. Photographed by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/rik80-16ade-dja4crop.jpgRik80-16Ade-djA4cropTwentieth Century Coyote: Ade Edmondson and Rik Mayall, backstage at the Comic Strip, Nov 1980. Photographed by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/c80strip33-nppr-dj60.jpgC80strip33-NP,PR-dj60Airline disaster movie: Nigel Planer and Peter Richardson as The Outer Limits at the Comic Strip, Nov 1980. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/c80strip20-rikpoet-dj56.jpgC80strip20-RikPoet-dj56Angry Feminist Poet: Rik Mayall at the Comic Strip, Nov 1980. Photographed by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/c80strip10-alexei-dj64.jpgC80Strip10-Alexei-dj64’Ello John, Gotta New Motor? — Alexei Sayle’s Mod Two-Tone Poet at the Comic Strip, Nov 1980. Photographed by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/c80strip2-planerrich-dj88.jpgC80Strip2-Planer,Rich-dj88On the threshold of fame in 1980: Nigel Planer and Peter Richardson outside Soho’s Comic Strip, an enclave within Raymond’s Revue Bar. Photographed by © Shapersofthe80s2019-11-24T12:43:43+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/10/10/1980-%e2%9e%a4-the-day-spandau-signed-on-the-line-and-changed-the-sound-of-british-pop/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sbasmakers.jpgSBasMakersTony Hadley fronts The Makers: Spandau as a school band playing to the fourth form at Dame Alice Owens — grabbed from videohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/redferns.jpgRedfernsThe way they wore: Spandau Ballet minutes before signing their record record deal in October 1980. Photographed at London’s Ritz Hotel © by Virginia Turbett2019-11-12T23:52:29+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/06/01/june-%e2%9e%a4-30-or-so-years-ago-today/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/haysi82.jpghaysi82Haysi Fantayzee 1982: ex-Blitz Kids Kate Garner, Jeremy Healy and manager Paul Caplin2019-11-12T23:35:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/11/03/2019-%e2%9e%a4-ever-wondered-how-rusty-egan-does-what-he-does/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/rusty-egan19-26oct-palladium-vidgrab-billiams.jpgRusty-Egan19-26oct-Palladium-vidgrab-BilliamsEgan onstage at the Palladium in 2019: video grab by Willy Billiams 2019-11-03T14:54:38+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/11/19/2012-%e2%9e%a4-boy-george-reunites-with-culture-club-for-new-years-eve-and-a-new-album/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cc11jon-sunrise.jpgCC11,Jon-SunriseCulture Club on Sunrise this week: Roy Hay, Jon Moss, Boy Geoge and Mikey Craig2019-09-23T20:00:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/08/31/%e2%9e%a4-a-double-act-is-born-sulls-elms-take-a-bow/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/durexshop-wardourst.jpgDurexshop-WardourStCondoms by the gross: legendary Soho shop-fronthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sulls-elms-books-19.08-dj.jpgSulls-Elms-books-19.08-djTheir latest books 2019: Sullivan’s from Unbound, Elms’s from Canongatehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sulls-elms19-19.46-dj.jpgSulls-Elms19-19.46-djA wrapt audience for Sullivan and Elms: familiar faces from their colourful circle of London friendshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sulls-elms19-talk25.26-dj.jpgSulls-Elms19-Talk25.26-djRibald and passionate: Sullivan and Elms capping each other’s stories with gusto2019-08-31T13:45:58+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/04/10/%e2%9e%a4-sullivans-manifesto-for-the-rebel-rebel-life/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cs19-book-cover-rebel.jpgCS19-book-cover-Rebelhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cs19-grahams-wife-soraya.jpg2019-Graham's wife Sorayahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cs19-old-friend-graham-williams-crop.jpg2019-old friend Graham Williamshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cs19-rocky-meets-rockys.jpg2019-Rocky meets "Rocky"https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cs19-sinatralike-from-1981-photo-nyc.jpg2019-Sinatralike from a 1981 New York photohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cs19-zoots-no1-insta-small.jpg2019-Zoot suit No1All illustrations by Chris Sullivanhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cs81-nycrebelno2portobello2019-02-11-dj.jpgCS81-NYCRebelNo2+Portobello2019-02-11-djClub-host and artist Chris Sullivan: as he renders himself sporting Dennis-the-Menace T-shirt in NYC 1981 and as he is today in Portobello Roadhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/db19-bowie-thin_white_duke_3.jpgDB19-thin_white_dukeDavid Bowie: Sullivan's illustration of the Thin White Duke for his Rebel book 2019-08-28T09:49:58+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/the-face-i-d-media/1983-deciphering-the-code-of-the-padded-cell/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/face36-apr83-paddedcell-dj.jpgFace36-Apr83-PaddedCell-DJThe Face, April 1983 – Click for larger image https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/quando83-gibson-berry-dj.jpgQuando83-Gibson-Berry-djQuando DJs Simon Gibson and Marc Berry2019-08-20T21:59:41+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/01/17/1981-%e2%9e%a4-how-adam-stomped-his-way-across-the-charts-to-thwart-the-nascent-new-romantics-2/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/nolanclb1968.jpgNolan,CLB1968Charge of the Light Brigade, 1968: David Hemmings rides into the Valley of Death in a gilded hussar jacket identical to one that later became Adam Ant’s.2019-08-19T11:21:48+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/08/05/%e2%9e%a4-how-nile-rodgers-rearranged-bowies-lets-dance-into-a-stonking-hit-single/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/db83-lete28099s-dance-album.jpgdb83-Let’s Dance-albumLet’s Dance: Bowie’s biggest selling albumhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/rodgers_bowie-by-petergabriel.jpgRodgers_Bowie-By-PeterGabrielEvergreen: Bowie and Rodgers photographed by Peter Gabrielhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dbnr83-savoynyc-by-ebet-roberts.jpgDB+NR83-SavoyNYC-by-Ebet RobertsTwin geniuses: Bowie and Rodgers photographed by Ebet Roberts2019-08-05T21:45:36+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/08/01/%e2%9e%a4-the-makings-of-scarlett-a-perfect-muse-for-the-eighties/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/scarlett19-lpool-bymarcalbert.jpgScarlett19-Lpool-byMarcALbertScarlett with Maude, alongside David Hiscock’s 1985 photograph, scarfed by Hermès. 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(Photo © Melanie Smith)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/scarlett19-with-topolski.jpgScarlett19-with-TopolskiScarlett Cannon with a slice of history: Feliks Topolski’s enormous Punk Triptych en route to Liverpoolhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/scarlett19-exhibn-poster-copy.jpgScarlett19-exhibn-poster-copy2019-08-02T08:58:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/07/26/%e2%9e%a4-new-from-prince-holly-rock-single-and-video-plus-album-of-demos/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/prince19-album-originals-sleeve.jpgPrince19-album-Originals-sleevePrince's Originals on CD and vinylhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/prince19-holly-rock-video-grab.jpgPrince19-Holly-Rock-video-grabMany faces of Prince… from his new animated video for Holly Rock 2019-07-27T19:20:18+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/07/19/%e2%9e%a4-duran-rock-nasas-rocket-garden-feet-firmly-on-planet-earth/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dd19-16july-ksc-band-hennessy.jpgDD19-16july-KSC-band-HennessyDuran Duran at Cape Canaveral: playing their space-themed hits to honour of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon launch. (Getty)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dd19-16july-ksc-swarm-hennessy.jpgDuran Duran performs Apollo 11 Anniversary Concert in FloridaCape Canaveral concert: Duran Duran celebrated the Moon-landing, accompanied by a 300 drone art performance by Studio Drift. (Getty)2019-07-25T01:41:59+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/07/24/%e2%9e%a4-those-things-blade-runners-hauer-had-seen/2019-07-25T01:28:11+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/10/16/%e2%9e%a4-41-buys-no-diploma-in-bowie-ana-but-you-will-be-ready-to-compete-on-mastermind/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/db12smilesnyc-splash.jpgDB12,smilesNYC-SplashDaily Mail: “A grinning David Bowie has a wide smile as he joins Coco Schwab for lunch at Sant Umbroeus in New York” (© Splash News)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/db12nycbag-splashnewss.jpgDB12,nyc,bag-SplashNewsSDaily Telegraph: “David Bowie after collecting food from a cafe, bearing little resemblance to the fashion icon of the 1970s” (© Splash News)2019-07-17T14:35:12+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/06/29/2019-%e2%9e%a4-the-nerve-of-neil-matthews-offering-bunny-ears-to-those-oh-so-cool-eighties-pop-stars/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/heyward-with-gibson-sunburst-330-1967.jpgHeyward-with-Gibson-Sunburst-330-1967Nick with his Gibson Sunburst 330, 1967https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/neil19-neilx-heyward-3204.jpgNeil19-NeilX-Heyward-3204Neil Matthews and Nick Heyward photo-bombed by Neal Whitmore of Sigue Sigue Sputnik. Just in shot at left, Heyward pictured in his woolly leggings period with Haircut One Hundred. (Photo by Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cain19pal-jealousgall_0415dj.jpgCain19+pal-JealousGall_0415djFlexipop editor Barry Cain and photographer Gerard McNamarahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/heyward19-buttonhole-_3609dj.jpgHeyward19-buttonhole-_3609djNick Heyward in suit sporting the scissors logo of his tailor Gibson (which he pointed out is also the name of his electric guitar, the Gibson Sunburst 330 1967)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/jay-aston-1984-neilmatthews-detail.jpgJay-Aston-1984-NeilMatthews-detailJay Aston 1984: caught at her hotel by Neil Matthewshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/jealousgall19-haysiwallview_5619dj.jpgJealousGall19-Haysi+wallview_5619djNeil’s pix, L-R top Haysi Fantayzee, Charlatans, Bruce Foxton, Take That; below, Jools Holland, Little Richard, Patsy Kensit, Karl Wallingerhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/neil19-neilx-heyward_3204dj.jpgNeil19-NeilX-Heyward_3204djNeil Matthews and Nick Heyward photo-bombed by Neal Whitmore of Sigue Sigue Sputnik. Just in shot at left, Heyward caught in his woolly leggings period with Haircut One Hundred. (Photo by Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/neil19guests-jelaousgall_0351dj.jpgNeil19+guests-JelaousGall_0351djNeil entertaining old friends from 80s clubland at the book launchhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/neil19owenspal_5519dj.jpgNeil19+Owenspal_5519djNeil signs his book for Dave Allen, an old school pal from Owen'shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/nicholls19james-jealousgall_4238dj.jpgNicholls19+James-JealousGall_4238djJourno Mike Nicholls plugging his own book to Tony James of Sigue Sigue Sputnik2019-07-01T20:34:00+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/02/12/%e2%9e%a4-nowt-so-strange-as-stephen-john-harrington/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ss80-visage-fadetogrey-crop.jpgSS80-Visage-FadetoGrey-cropSteve Strange: Precocious club host and the face of synth band Visage, he changed British clubbing for everhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ss80-visage-fadetogrey.jpgSS80-Visage-FadetoGreyPrecocious club host and the face of synth band Visage: Steve Strange changed British nightlife for everhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ss80-modern-classics-dr.jpgSS80-Modern Classics-DRSteve Strange in 1980: wearing Willy Brown’s Modern Classics, photographed by Derek Ridgers2019-05-30T15:12:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/05/28/2019-%e2%9e%a4-this-would-have-been-steve-stranges-60th-birthday/2019-05-28T00:28:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/01/30/%e2%9e%a4-sullivan-the-wag-changes-hats-at-the-touch-of-his-paintbrush/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cs19-beat-peeps.jpgcs19-beat-peepsSullivan caricatures: A pair of what the painter calls Beat Peeps from Eighties New Yorkhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cs19-carioca-then-and-now.jpgcs19-carioca-then-and-nowCarioca then and now: left, the cover for Chris Sullivan’s band’s 1982 single Carioca and, right, his new upfront reworking for 2019https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cs19-leah-and-mum-deirdre2small.jpgcs19-leah and mum deirdre2smallLeah Seresin and mum Deirdre, newly painted by Sullivan2019-05-02T13:04:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/02/12/%e2%9e%a4-four-years-on-how-the-blitz-kids-paid-magnificent-tribute-to-steve-strange/2019-04-16T18:57:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/04/07/2019-%e2%9e%a4-for-three-nights-only-ziggys-stylist-freddie-stars-in-his-own-musical/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/burretti19-paul-jmacdonald-as-freddie-800.jpgBurretti19-Paul JMacdonald as Freddie-8002019: Paul J Macdonald playing Freddie Burretti in The Man Who Sewed The Worldhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/burretti19-the-musical-poster-s.jpgBurretti19-the-musical-poster-SPoster for Lee Scriven’s new musical https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/burretti72-model-card.jpgburretti72-model-card1972: Freddie Burretti’s card advertising his talents as a modelhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/db73-freddie-bowie-striped-suit.jpgDB73-Freddie-Bowie-striped-suit1973: Stylist Freddie Burretti with David Bowie sporting the boldly striped suit of the moment, designed by Freddie 2019-04-09T01:10:15+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/02/14/bowie-tv-trilogy-triumphs-thanks-to-candour-and-a-few-tears/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/andy-polaris17-portrait.jpgAndy-Polaris17-portraitPolaris: surprisedhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/bowie7172-hunkyoddity-wardrock.jpgBowie71+72-Hunky+Oddity-Ward+RockBowie’s search for identity: the hippy look for the Hunky Dory sleeve 1971 and red-haired alien for Space Oddity 1972. (Photos by Brian Ward and Mick Rock)2019-04-08T01:06:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/04/20/2012-%e2%9e%a4-how-guitar-wizard-bert-taught-two-million-young-brits-to-play-in-a-day/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/weedon12playinaday.jpegWeedon12,PlayInaDay2019-04-05T17:01:11+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2009/04/05/1983-%e2%9e%a4-hockney-discovers-a-truer-way-of-seeing-with-help-from-proust/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dh83jul3c-sitlong-dj88.jpgDH83jul3C-sit,long-dj88Hockney at his London studio, Jul 3,1983: after a pause of two years, new canvases indicate the urgency with which he has resumed painting. Picture © by Shapersofthe80s2019-04-05T16:50:26+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/03/20/%e2%9e%a4-elms-the-storyteller-on-why-some-stories-are-too-good-to-check/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/elms5x15-190319_2017-dj.jpgElms5x15-190319_2017-djRobert Elms with fire in his belly: Talking last night in a 5x15 event at EartH (Evolutionary Arts Hackney). (Photo: Shapersofthe80s) 2019-04-02T14:44:27+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/06/07/2018-%e2%9e%a4-dad-band-spandau-preen-with-pride-for-ross-their-newly-adopted-son/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/db18-rebirth-setlist-dj.jpgDB18-rebirth-setlist-djSpandau’s rebirth set listhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sb18-rebirth-sd0606_213434-sjfuj.jpgSB18-rebirth-SD0606_213434-sjFujPatrolling the audience during Spandau’s rebirth gig: their trusty manager Steve Dagger evidently chuffed to bits at their new singerhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sb18-rossjaco-180606_233416s.jpgSB18-Ross+Jaco-180606_233416SAt the after-party: Ross William Wild shares song-writing ambitions with Steve Norman’s son Jacohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sb18-ross5067-v2-dj.jpgSB18-Ross5067-v2-djA confident debut with Spandau Ballet: Ross William Wild at Subterania last nighthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sb18-ross5086-v2-dj.jpgSB18-Ross5086-v2-djRoss William Wild’s debut with Spandau Ballet: from left, Martin, Ross, Steve and Gary2019-03-18T02:57:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/03/11/2019-%e2%9e%a4-george-michaels-art-for-sale-funky-x-rated-and-naughty-as-youd-expect/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tracey-emin07-e2809cgeorge-loves-kennye2809d-neon.jpgTracey-Emin07-“George Loves Kenny”-neonNeon heart by Tracey Emin, 2007: after competitive bidding, it realised £374,250https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gm-cerith-andif06-20190310_1327-dj.jpgGM-Cerith-AndIf06-20190310_1327-djAnd if I don't meet you no more. . . (2006) - neon by Cerith Wyn Evans https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gm-gg-eight01-20190310_1240-dj.jpgGM-G&G-Eight01-20190310_1240-djEight (2001) – hand-dyed gelatin silver prints (detail here), by Gilbert & George https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gm-gormley-another07-20190310_1241-dj.jpgGM-Gormley-Another07-20190310_1241-djVisitor posing at Christie’s London beside George Michael backdrop – at right, Another Time III (2007), cast iron statue by Antony Gormley https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gm-karmasutra-martens01-20190310_1304-dj.jpgGM-Karmasutra-Martens01-20190310_1304-djKarmasutra, Rubber and Dwarf (2001) – c-print by Olaf Martens https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gm-koons-balloon-dog-02-christies.jpgGM-Koons-Balloon Dog-02-christiesBalloon Dog (Blue) (2002) – porcelain, edition of 2,300 by Jeff Koonshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gm-lambie-mirrors08-20190310_1309-dj.jpgGM-Lambie-Mirrors08-20190310_1309-djUntitled (2008) – mirror, enamel and photographic print collage by Jim Lambiehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gm-lucas-onob07-20190310_1212-dj.jpgGM-Lucas-ONob07-20190310_1212-djO Nob (2007) – wood and wire by Sarah Lucas went on to realise £37,500https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gm-quinn-spherical97-20190310_1220-dj.jpgGM-Quinn-Spherical97-20190310_1220-djSpherical Morphology (1997) – glass and silver, in 14 parts by Marc Quinnhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gm-timsue-narcissus07-20190310_1222-djs.jpgGM-Tim+Sue-Narcissus07-20190310_1222-djSDirty Narcissus (2007) in silicone rubber with projector, by Tim Noble & Sue Webster2019-03-15T14:22:48+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/03/06/%e2%9e%a4-a-personal-tale-about-the-genius-staring-out-from-a-painting-expected-to-sell-for-30m-tonight/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/geldzahler81-withpenn-atnyc-dj.jpgGeldzahler81-withPenn-atNYC-djMy photo of Henry Geldzahler in 1981: taking receipt of Irving Penn’s new portrait of him, in his NYC cultural commissioner’s office https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gh69-bydh-2019_1601-djs-min.jpgGH69-byDH-2019_1601-djS-minMasterpiece of pictorial drama (detail): the central subject in Hockney’s painting of Geldzahler and Scott stares back, evaluating the painter’s every move. (My photo)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/hockney69_henry_christopher_christies.jpghockney69_henry_christopher_ChristiesBeing auctioned tonight at Christie’s: Henry Geldzahler and Christopher Scott by David Hockney (1969, acrylic on canvas). Private collection. © David Hockney 2019-03-06T20:22:18+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/08/13/1929-2014-%e2%9e%a4-bacall-slouched-she-simmered-and-she-gave-as-good-as-she-got/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bacall14tributehollywood.jpgBacall14,tribute,HollywoodBetty’s star today on Hollywood Boulevard’s Walk of Fame https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bacall45bogiewedding.jpgBacall45,Bogie,wedding1945: Bogie and Bacall married within a year of meeting. She said the 25-year age gap was was the most fantastic thing in her lifehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bacall11at-home-in-dakotanyc-leibovitz.jpgBacall11,at home in DakotaNYC-LeibovitzThe inimitable Lauren Bacall with Sophie, her papillon, in her apartment at the Dakota, in New York City. Photograph by Annie Leibovitzhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bacallsultry.jpgbacall,sultryBacall raised the temperature in Hollywood: Bogie used to tell her, “Keep it quiet. If in doubt, don’t answer”2019-02-19T20:54:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2019/01/31/%e2%9e%a4-topical-issues-enliven-leave-to-remain-an-innovative-stage-musical-about-gay-romance/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ltr19-lyric-alex-obi-poster.jpgltr19-lyric-alex-obi-posterRomantic leads in Leave to Remain: Billy Cullum as Alex and Tyrone Huntley as Obi2019-02-14T22:33:21+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/06/04/2012-%e2%9e%a4-this-happy-breed-of-brits-keeping-kings-and-queens-in-line-and-knowing-how-to-throw-a-party/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/djubilee14dtpoll.gifDJubilee14,DTpollDaily Telegraph poll: Was BBC coverage “lamentable”? https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/djubilee13gracejones-ianwest.jpgDJubilee13,GraceJones-IanWestSlave to the Rhythm: Grace Jones at the Diamond Jubilee Concert. (Photo: Ian West)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/djubilee12times4junel.jpgDJubilee12,Times4JuneLhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/djubilee11times4juneb.gifDjubilee11,Times4JuneB© The Times, June 4, 2012 — click to read morehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/djubilee10-somerset-guy-harrop.jpgDJubilee10, Somerset-Guy HarropDeepest Somerset: Jubilee party goers get into full swing (Photo: Guy Harrop)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/djubilee9piccadilly-elizabeth-dalziel.jpgDJubilee9,Piccadilly-Elizabeth DalzielFake royals enjoy the Big Jubilee Lunch in Piccadilly (Photo: Elizabeth Dalziel) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/djubilee8gloriana-andyrainepa.jpgDJubilee8,Gloriana-AndyRainEPAGloriana was a privately built barge rowed by UK champions (Photo: Andy Rain)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/djubilee7internatlrowers-anthony-devlin.jpgDJubilee7,internatlRowers-Anthony DevlinMaoris among the international rowers on the Thames (Photo: Anthony Devlin)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/djubilee6carpippajamesmiddleton-rex.jpgDJubilee6,Car,Pippa,JamesMiddleton-RexWills’ mother-in-law Carole Middleton, Pippa and James aboard the Elizabethan, a replica 1890s Mississippi paddle steamer (Photo: Rex)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/djubilee5smallboatsdylanmartinez.jpgDJubilee5,smallboats,DylanMartinez1,000 row-boats made up the seven-mile flotilla on the Thames (Photo: Dylan Martinez)2019-01-22T23:47:55+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/10/27/%e2%9e%a4-hadley-v-spandau-whose-superb-band-is-paying-tribute-to-the-other/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/th18-fluffs-chant-palladium.jpgTH18-fluffs-Chant-PalladiumHadley at Palladium: fluffing the lyrics to Chant No 1https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/th18-palladium-band-2041.jpgTH18-Palladium-band-2041Tony Hadley and his band: making magic at the London Palladium, October 2018https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/th18-palladium-fans-2226.jpgTH18-Palladium-fans-2226Hadley at Palladium: mums and even dads on their feet for Big Tone2019-01-22T17:56:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/12/25/%e2%9e%a4-do-they-know-how-modest-midge-wrote-the-biggest-selling-pop-single-of-his-generation/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/BandAid84-iRec-Mirror-december.jpgBandAid84-iRec Mirror- decemberhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/bandaid84pymuthsinging.jpgBandaid84,PY,MU,TH,singingMidge Ure: recording the Band Aid single, here with Paul Young and Tony Hadley © 1984 Mercury Records https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/bandaid84dotheyknow.jpgBandAid84,DoTheyKnowPop artist Peter Blake’s Band Aid sleeve... The original vinyl can be yours today for £6.99, US$ 11.25, €8.60 at eil.com2018-12-17T14:08:07+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/11/18/%e2%9e%a4-magical-glimpses-into-the-unreal-world-of-pop-photographer-peter-ashworth/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ashworth-annie-lydon18-levergall1540dj.jpgPeter Ashworth before his portraits of Annie Lennox and Johnny RottenPeter Ashworth seen between his portraits of Annie Lennox in the Eurythmics shot at Bagley’s Warehouse for the cover of issue 42 of The Face in 1983; and John Lydon in PiL 1987, referencing Friedensreich Hundertwasser’s colourful paintings. (Photographed by Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ashworth18-from-corinne-drewery-album.jpgAshworth18-from-Corinne Drewery-album80s clubland regulars gather for a selfie with Corinne Drewery, ex-St Martin’s singer with Swing Out Sister, who were gigging in London last week too. Pic © Corinne.2018-11-19T00:28:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/clubbing/1981-quest-for-the-most-unbelievably-unpalatable-cocktail/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/nsnssep81jude2.jpgNSNSsep81,jude2https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/nsnssep81hcjude.jpgNSNSsep81,HCJudeFirst published in New Sounds New Styles, Sept 1981. Illustration by Conny Judehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/br81jun19geojon-dj.jpgBR81jun19,geo,jon-djDragon’s den, June 1981: Their unknown band is still called Sex Gang Children when Jon and George are seen at the Beat Route with their romance about to blossom. George describes this very outing, their first serious date, in his autobiography, Take It Like a Man. “I got dressed up like a dragon’s dinner,” he writes. “Blimey,” said Jon. “You look great.” Afterwards when Jon dropped him home, he kissed George’s cheek and said “I won’t be able to sleep.” Who could have guessed one day they’d also be popstars? Photograph © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/atomic-cocktail30.jpgAtomic-Cocktail30https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/c81br37-fsleeper-dj52.jpgC81Br37-fsleeper-dj52Down, down: Classic pose at the Friday-night Beat Route. Photograph © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/tespagegrab32.jpgTESpagegrab32First published in TES, Feb 12, 1982https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/c83-w18fdrunk-dj56.jpgC83-W18,fdrunk-dj562018-11-02T15:48:58+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/11/01/%e2%9e%a4-truly-a-once-in-a-lifetime-evening-of-pure-joy-with-david-byrne/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/byrne-american-utopia18-by-andrew-whitton-paris.jpgByrne-American-Utopia2018American Utopia: David Byrne with his nimble barefooted 11-strong band, heavily biased towards percussion. Photo by Andrew Whittonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/byrne-american-utopia18-by-andrew-whitton.jpgByrne-American-Utopia2018-BlindAmerican Utopia: David Byrne’s troupe cast dancing shadows during the Talking Heads song Blind. Photo by Andrew Whitton2018-11-01T19:09:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/10/26/%e2%9e%a4-how-one-fan-came-11000-miles-for-those-spandau-smiles/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/rebeccaslight18-29may-steve-norman.jpgRebeccaSlight18-29may-Steve-NormanPrevious form: New Zealander Rebecca Slight’s selfie taken with Steve Norman last May in Londonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sb18-milan-by-rebecca-slight.jpgSB18-Milan-by-Rebecca SlightSpandau Ballet play Fabrique Milano on Tuesday: Rebecca Slight's up-close photo of Ross William Wild and Gary Kemp 2018-10-26T21:03:04+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/10/24/%e2%9e%a4-milan-says-ciao-to-snazzy-ross-now-fronting-the-flash-dads-of-spandau-ballet/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/bang-bang-romeo18-official.jpgBang Bang Romeo18-officialBang Bang Romeo who are supporting Spandau's gigs: vocal powerhouse Anastasia Walker, Ross Cameron (guitars) and Richard Gartland (drums) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sb18-15oct-jk-ross-milansetlist.jpgSB18-15oct-JK-Ross-MilansetlistWherrrrre's Johnny? Missing from available Milan photos, Spandau drummer John Keeble – pictured instead in rehearsals with his new bro Ross. Plus the playlisthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sb18-23oct-aftermilan-wheresjk-copy.jpgSB18-23oct-afterMilan-where'sJK copyMilan last night: Manager Steve Dagger adds to the smiles all round after the Spandau Ballet tour launch. Front right is keyboardist Toby Chapmanhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sb18-23oct-milan-sn-gkinsta.jpgSB18-23oct-Milan-SN-GKinstaLooking sharp at Fabrique Milano: Steve Norman and Gary Kemp https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sb18-oct-milan-rwmkinstas.jpgSB18-oct-Milan-RW,MKinstaSLast night at Fabrique Milano: singer Ross William Wild fronts the new Spandau line-up, alongside Martin Kemp and John Keeble2023-05-27T22:03:29+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/10/16/2018-%e2%9e%a4-big-tone-live-still-raising-the-hairs-on-your-neck/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/tony-hadley18-lily-gonzalez.jpgtony-hadley18- lily-GonzalezBig Tone on the road this week: Hadley dueting with percussionist Lily Gonzalez at Manchester Opera House. (Photo © Yorkshire Times) 2018-10-16T16:07:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/31/2018-%e2%9e%a4-the-spandau-show-must-go-on-and-oh-the-wild-voice-oh-the-wild-biceps/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/rosswild16-14dec-rfh-mkemp-mildollqtt-insta.jpgrosswild16-14Dec-RFH-MKemp-MilDollQtt-instaSpandau’s new boy Ross William Wild met Martin Kemp when they both appeared in Million Dollar Quartet https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/rosswild18-inbarcelona-twitter.jpgRossWild18-inBarcelona-twitterSpandau’s new boy Ross William Wild on holiday in Barcelona - from Instagramhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/rosswild18-jan-twitter.jpgRossWild18-jan-twitterSpandau’s new boy Ross William Wild – at Twitterhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/rosswild18-march-nile-rogers-insta.jpgRossWild18-march-Nile Rogers-instaSpandau’s new boy Ross William Wild with Nile Rogers – this year at Instagram2018-08-31T10:16:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/06/21/1981-%e2%9e%a4-hot-days-cool-nights-as-blue-rondo-join-the-new-brits-changing-the-pop-charts/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/rondo81jun21chelms5-dj84.jpgRondo81Jun21Chelms5-dj84Blue Rondo’s official debut in Chelmsford June 1981: Moses Mount Bassie, Christos Tolera and Chris Sullivan front the seven-piece. Photograph © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/81sbuvdd-combo.gif81SB,UV,DD-comboLeaders of the Romantics in 1981: Spandau Ballet, Ultravox, Duran Duranhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/81japdmai-combo.gif81Jap,DM,AI-comboGoing Romantic in 1981: Japan the band, Depeche Mode, Altered Images2018-08-03T11:37:31+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/09/02/2012-%e2%9e%a4-blue-rondo-breathe-fresh-life-into-mr-sanchez-a-whole-aeon-later/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/rondo81-haircut-maestros-glasgow-web.jpgRondo81-Haircut-Maestros-Glasgow-webhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/rondo81glasgow11cs-dj.jpgRondo81,Glasgow11,CS-djMaestro’s in Glasgow, 1981: suited and zooted onstage are Blue Rondo vocalists Chris Sullivan and Christos Tolera2018-08-03T10:50:28+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/04/11/%e2%9e%a4-perenos-tale-life-as-a-car-crash/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/promoter13perenoposter.jpgPrintPereno at the wheel: click image to view trailer in a new window2018-07-30T21:40:49+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/11/11/%e2%9e%a4-the-blitz-kids-watn-no-52-robert-pereno-%e2%80%94-my-road-to-recovery-in-the-recession/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/pereno80shockbeast.jpgPereno80,Shock,BeastPereno in Shock 1980 and in Pleasure and the Beast 1983https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/pereno11societyclub-reid.jpgPereno11,SocietyClub-ReidThe Society Club, Soho: Robert Pereno and tea hostess Daisy. Photograph by Rebecca Reid2018-07-30T20:53:56+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/06/28/%e2%9e%a4-silver-fox-martin-kemp-gives-piers-morgan-a-huggy-hug-for-heaping-on-the-flattery/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/martinkemp18-27jun-piersmorgan-itv.jpgMartinKemp18-27jun-PiersMorgan-ITVBreakfast TV love-in: Martin Kemp embraces Piers Morgan (© ITV Studios Ltd)2018-06-28T14:45:25+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/06/10/2018-%e2%9e%a4-at-the-seaside-blitz-kids-gather-to-toast-unseen-photos-of-their-heyday/2018-06-11T03:54:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2009/09/14/1980-%e2%9e%a4-one-week-in-the-private-worlds-of-the-new-young/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/vis81origpic-pa1.jpgVis81origpic-paOriginal photograph © by Peter Ashworth shot at the Blitz club for the Visage LP sleeve, then rendered as a painting by Iain Gillies: left to right, Steve Strange, Vivienne Lynn, Stephen Jones, Daryl Humphreys, Cerith Wyn Evanshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/c80kenmk18fpig-dj.jpgC80,KenMk18,FPig-djFurious Pig: Kevin Ash, Dale Hendrick, Pete West, Mike Edwards, photographed by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/kohn.gifkohnMarek Kohnhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/c80helllast.jpgC80hell,lastSaturday Oct 18, 1980: a police raid closes Hell for good, meaning Strange and Sullivan had to move onhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bk80gazdeg.jpgBK80,gaz,degGaz Mayall (aka Vincent because he didn’t want to use his dad’s name) and Martin Degville at his London Dispensary, photographed by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bk80judiperry-drsb.jpgBK80Judi,Perry-dr,sbJudi Frankland in one of the clerical cassocks from her degree show summer of 1980, pictured by Derek Ridgers. Style commentator Perry Haines, by Simon Brownhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/cs80helldoor-rlawjpg.jpgCS80Helldoor-Rlaw,jpgClub host Chris Sullivan on the door at Hell: his mantra was (and is) “one look lasts a day”. Photographed © by Richard Lawhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/zg80n01.gifZG80,N01https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/i-dnite80flyer.jpgi-Dnite80,flyerhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/zgno1cover.jpgZGno1cover2018-05-31T17:08:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/29/1980-%e2%9e%a4-day-four-of-terry-smiths-unseen-photos-inside-the-blitz-club-exclusive/2018-05-31T00:49:00+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/blitz-kids/exclusive-blitz-club-pix-in-colour/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b225-kissy-lads-ts720.jpgBlitz Club 1980Gender fluidity was an unknown phrase in the early 80s but the New Romantics Tommy Crowley and Jon Lockwood were breaking new groundhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b143-mandy-judi-darla-full-ts720.jpgBlitz Club 1980Mandy d’Wit, Judith Frankland and Darla-Jane Gilroy – who knew what the future held for this gifted fixer and two talented designers?https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b142-helenc-ts720.jpgBlitz Club 1980Helen Carey, face about Kensington Market on whom the word “glamping” had yet to dawnhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b037-cs-boater-ts720.jpgBlitz Club 1980Earlier this year polymath Chris Sullivan had hosted his own decadent 1930s night at the St Moritz club: it was he who proposed the New Romantic mantra “One look lasts a day”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b107-robert-tracey-ts720.jpgBlitz Club 1980Robert Durrant dancing with Tracey Rivers in her marabou trimhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b061-dick-pouts-ts720.jpgBlitz Club 1980Dick Breslaw (as was): hint of a pout and one helluva cinched waist for this week’s look https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b156-dancing-fur-ts720.jpgBlitz Club 1980Fun-fur boy takes to the floor – with a hint of makeup and nail varnishhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b093-ss-phrygian-ts720.jpgBlitz Club 1980Our host Steve Strange dressed here by Melissa Caplan and hatted to match in Phrygian style by Stephen Joneshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b222-witch-tracey-female-ts720.jpgBlitz Club 1980 by Terry SmithLeading the dance, Blitz superstar Peter Probert: by day clerk with an insurance company, by night a wicked witch of the west... At centre, Tracey Rivers with her marabou trim – but can you identify the other dancer? https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b175-fiona-sjones-ts720.jpgBlitz Club 1980We are Fashion: even as a St Martin’s student Fiona Dealey made bravura statements... as did milliner Stephen Jones2018-05-31T00:32:55+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/30/2018-%e2%9e%a4-that-spandau-comeback-breaking-news-about-the-venue/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sb18-breakingnews-subterania-gig.jpgSB18-breakingnews-Subterania-gigClick on image to visit Spandau’s website in a new window – tickets from10am May 312018-05-30T11:58:20+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/30/%e2%9e%a4-still-more-unseen-pix-from-the-1980-blitz-club-up-for-sale-next-week/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/terrysmith18-lucybellposter.jpgTerrySmith18+ LucyBell+poster2018-05-30T08:53:58+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/29/%e2%9e%a4-mix-and-match-70s-retro-clothes-go-up-at-ebay/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/johnsons70s-ethic-larocka-shirts-copy.jpgJohnsons70s- Ethic-Larocka- shirts copyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/vintage70s-lewis-leathers-ebay.jpgVintage70s-Lewis-leathers-eBayhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/caplan-tabard-ebay-s-l1600.jpgCaplan-tabard-eBay-s-l1600For sale: Tartan tabard designed by Blitz Kid Melissa Caplan2018-05-29T12:40:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/29/%e2%9e%a4-meanwhile-a-big-treat-for-fans-of-tony-hadley/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/th18-taking-to-the-moon-sleeve.jpgTH18-Taking To The Moon-sleeveTony Hadley: I'm not bitter... Just reaching for the moon2018-05-29T10:29:23+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/29/2018-%e2%9e%a4-first-glimpse-of-the-spandau-new-boy/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sb18-05-29-newboy-trailer-at-10-27-09.jpgSB18-05-29-newboy-trailer-at 10.27.09Here he is: Spandau Ballet – The Next Line 6.6.18 – trailer posted at YouTube at 10:25am today... That haircut looks promising2018-05-29T09:53:52+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/18/%e2%9e%a4-va-celebrates-steve-strange-as-the-poser-who-put-the-pazazz-into-80s-nightlife/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ss18-va-talk-synopsis-16may.jpgV&A lunchtime lecture May 2018https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/va-ashes-20180516_039-dj.jpgV&A-Ashes-20180516_039-djGiving this week’s V&A Lunchtime Lecture, May 2018: Curator Keith Lodwick in full flow. . . On-screen, Bowie’s Pierrot costume displayed in the V&A’s 2013 exhibition Bowie Is, with Steve Strange and other Blitz Kids pictured in Bowie’s Ashes to Ashes video in 1980https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/va-eve-kim-20180516_304-dj.jpgAt the V&A talk 2018Singer Eve Ferrett talking with Fifi Russell from Yip Yip Coyote, while distracted by Kim Smith showing us her Black Star for last week’s Bowie meet-uphttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/va-lodwick-20180516_821-dj.jpgV&A-Lodwick-20180516_821-djhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/va-lodwick-gill-20180516_004-dj.jpgAt the V&A talk 2018Curator Keith Lodwick with Steve Strange's mum Gill (bathed in curious lighting)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/va-omm-20180516_902-dj.jpgAt the V&A talk 2018Curator Keith Lodwick lecturing: On-screen, my own history of the New Romantics movement written for Observer Music Magazine in 2009https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/va-ssclothes-20180516_100-dj.jpgAt the V&A talk 2018On-screen, some of Steve Strange's clothes acquired for the V&A collectionhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/va-sshats-20180516_138-dj.jpgAt the V&A talk 2018On-screen, four of Steve Strange’s hats designed by Stephen Jones, now in the V&A collectionhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/va-ssimages-20180516_122-dj.jpgAt the V&A talk 2018On-screen, images of Steve Strange now in the V&A collectionhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/va-sswomen-20180516_754-dj.jpgV&A-SSwomen-20180516_754-djAt this week’s V&A talk: Some of the women in Steve Strange’s life. . . From the left, sister Tanya Harrington, Monica Towner, Rachelle Boyle, Eve Ferrett, Kimbo at centre next to Steve’s mum Gill, Jennie (Belle Stars) Matthias (almost hidden at back), Wendy Tiger, Alison Graham, Amanda Lloyd far right 2018-05-28T20:40:31+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/28/%e2%9e%a4-a-happy-norman-family-outing-on-the-eve-of-some-big-spandau-news/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sn18-pizza27may-sw-jn-4918-djweb.jpgSN18-Pizza27may-SW-JN-4918-djwebLast night at Pizza Express Live: Spandau Ballet’s percussionist Steve Norman alongside his partner Sabrina Winter and son Jaco Norman on bass. (Photo: Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sb18-tweet-news-2018-05-28-at-14-12.jpgSB18-Tweet-news-2018-05-28 at 14.12Breaking news today at 2pm2018-05-28T20:34:44+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/28/%e2%9e%a4-whither-spandau-expect-a-bombshell-today/2018-05-28T04:26:21+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/01/08/2012-%e2%9e%a4-if-david-jones-hadnt-become-bowie-what-would-have-become-of-the-rest-of-us/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/db77heroessleeve.jpgDB77,Heroessleevehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/db75zlennonyoko.jpgDB75,zLennon,Yoko1975: At the Grammys, Bowie upstages Yoko Ono and John Lennon — one day he gets jamming with David in a studio and turns a lick into the song Famehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/db75lizt-oneill.jpgDB75,LizT-ONeill1975: Bowie meets Hollywood legend Liz Taylor. Photographed by Terry O’Neillhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/db73burroughs.jpgDB73,Burroughs1973: Bowie is interviewed for Rolling Stone with novelist Wiliam Burroughs and photographed by Terry O’Neillhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/db71burretti-wardbw.jpgDB71,burretti-wardb&w1971: Bowie in Mr Fish “man-dress” with costume designer Freddie Burretti. Photographed by Brian Wardhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/db69-paddington-kenpitt.jpgDB69-Paddington-KenPitt1969: in hippy mode photographed by manager Kenneth Pitthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/db68mearth-rays.jpgDB68,MEarth-RayS1968: Bowie in mime at Middle Earth. (Photo by Ray Stevenson / Rex)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/db67theimage1.jpgDB67,TheImage11967: Bowie’s first acting role in Michael Armstrong’s horror short, The Imagehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/db11imandkmsjun.jpgDB11,Iman,DKMSJunWhat, me, pensioner? David Bowie and his wife the supermodel Iman attend the DKMS Annual Gala in New York City last April. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/db67pierrotdream.jpgDB67,pierrotDream1967: singing When I Live My Dream from Lindsay Kemp’s mime The Looking Glass Murders (Pierrot In Turquoise)2018-05-27T00:55:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/06/2018-%e2%9e%a4-vogue-promotes-pot-stirring-linard-as-inspiration-for-its-met-gala-creatives/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sl81-stm-b13-squad-djweb.jpgSL81-StM-B13-squad-djwebLinard’s 1981 degree show Reluctant Emigrés: classically tailored menswear with eccentric twists. . . Traditional pinstripe trousers had contrast patches at the derrière, solid dark waistcoat fronts and shadowy organza backs. Striped city shirts had curious underarm patches, and all were concealed beneath swirling black greatcoats. And modelled by his masculine pals among the Blitz Kids. (Photo: Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/linard-1980-neon-gothic-myra-michele-gs.jpglinard-1980-neon-gothic--Myra-Michele-GSStephen Linard’s 1980 Neon Gothic collection modelled by Myra Falconer and Michele Clapton: one wears a lace hat, the other a skullcap, both by Stephen Jones. (Photo by Graham Smith) 2018-05-27T00:48:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/23/%e2%9e%a4-day-two-of-terry-smiths-unseen-photos-inside-the-blitz-club-exclusively-at-shapers-of-the-80s/2018-05-25T14:07:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/21/1980-%e2%9e%a4-unseen-photos-inside-the-blitz-club-exclusively-at-shapers-of-the-80s/2022-07-28T19:16:58+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/25/%e2%9e%a4-day-three-of-terry-smiths-unseen-photos-inside-the-blitz-club-exclusive/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/b203-sullivan-strange-ts-720.jpgBlitz Club 1980 by Terry SmithThe two Welsh soul-boys, one straight, one gay, who shaped the future of 80s clubland: Chris Sullivan went on to run Soho’s Wag club for 19 years... And Steve Strange, whose Blitz legacy landed him and deejay Rusty Egan the mighty Camden Palace in 19822018-05-25T12:28:44+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/12/%e2%9e%a4-zayn-falls-behind-as-uk-popsters-grow-richer/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/strichlist18-musiciansunder30.pngSTRichList18-MusiciansUnder30https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/adele17-by-kevin-winter-getty.jpgAdele17-by Kevin Winter-GettyAdele wowing them at last year’s Grammys. (Photo Kevin Winter/Getty)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/zayn-malik18-10may-leaves-gigi-apartment.jpgzayn-malik18-10may-leaves-gigi-apartmentZayn Malik papped last week for SplashNewsOnline leaving Gigi’s New York apartment2018-05-13T21:49:38+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/08/%e2%9e%a4-glimpses-into-the-minds-of-bowie-and-his-photographer/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/bowie72-contactsfr14-by-barrie-wentzell.jpgBowie72-contactsFr14-by-Barrie WentzellDavid Bowie shot in 1972: Six playful frames from the 20 on the 20x24-inch sheet by Barrie Wentzell / RockArchive in the Contacts exhibitionhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/humanleague81-by-jill-furmanovsky.jpgHumanLeague81-by-Jill FurmanovskyThe Human League by Jill Furmanovsky, 1981, donated to the NPG2018-05-10T20:42:33+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/01/08/%e2%9e%a4-mr-porter-asks-the-expert-about-bomber-jackets/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sullivan13-mrporter-video-bomber-jacket.jpgSullivan13-MrPorter-video-bomber-jacketClick on the picture to view Sullivan’s video at YouTube2018-05-08T00:23:26+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/soundvision/2010-spandau-overseas-so-british-so-gracious/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/sb10bcnayo.jpgSB10,Bcn,ayo“O-ay, o-ayo-ayo-ay” finale as the Spands are chanted off in BCN. Video grab from sencillamenteANAhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/sb10-smhdallas-kilponen.jpgSB10-SMH,Dallas KilponenSouvenir of Sydney, photographed © by Dallas Kilponenhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/jasonbnickgeo.jpgJasonB,Nick,GeoLookalike Jason B: meeting one British pop hero in Australia (just can’t place that blond), and wishing he were anotherhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/jasonb96comb.jpgJasonB96combA younger Jason B: in London 1996 and in Blitz mode https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/sb84ill-flydisc.jpgSB84,Ill-Fly,discMemories of 1984: Spandau’s Martin Kemp on a picture disc of I’ll Fly For Youhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/jasontes10melb.jpgJason,Tes,10MelbThe ultimate fan: Jason Buchanan, right, in Strange mode, and his sister Theresa wait for Spandau’s Melbourne show to starthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/sb10melbend35.jpgSpandau bow, MelbourneHappy to be here: Spandau take their bows at the end of their Melbourne concert2018-05-05T10:47:15+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/soundvision/2011-duran-duran-celebrated-in-video/2018-05-05T10:45:57+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/soundvision/2011-tony-hadley-band-wow-us-fans/2018-05-05T10:45:38+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/soundvision/2010-paradise-point-live-leaders-of-a-new-brit-pop-blitz/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ppf3-39j-dj.jpgPPF3-39j-dj Paradise Point: Johnnie Shinner on drums. Video grab by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ppf3-26rc-dj.jpgPPF3-26r,c-dj Paradise Point: Roman Kemp on bass, Cam Jones vocals. Video grab by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ppf2-1c-dj.jpgPPF2-1c-djParadise Point, Nov 19: Cam struts his stuff. Video grab by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ppf1-16ca-dj.jpgPPF1-16c,a-djhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/roman08mkflying.jpgRoman08,MKflyingDay out with dad: Roman and Martin go flying, though other collaborations have their ups and downs toohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pp10rcja.jpgPP10,RCJAOut-of-towners Paradise Point: Vocalist Cameron Jones lives in Berkhamsted, Roman Kemp lives in Hertfordshire, atop the Metropolitan line, keyboard/guitarist Adam Saunderson lives in Reading, and drummer Johnnie Shinner in Surreyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pepsishirlie-hightime.jpgPepsiShirlie-Hightime80s hits: Shirlie Holliman and Pepsi DeMacquehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mk09harleyromans.jpgMK09,Harley,RomanOn the town at a film premiere: Martin Kemp with daughter Harley and son Roman. © Richfoto2018-05-05T10:45:03+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/soundvision/2009-on-tour-with-the-reformed-spandau-ballet/2018-05-05T10:42:11+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/06/29/%e2%9e%a4-too-cool-to-crow-%e2%80%94-paradise-point-just-happen-to-be-gigging-in-hyde-park-before-grace-and-pulp/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/pp1-o24334sdmk-dj.jpgPP1-o2,4334sd,mk-djIn the audience for Paradise Point at Islington’s O2Academy: Spandau manager Steve Dagger and Martin Kemp vote Roman Kemp’s band a hit. So no surprises there, then. https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/pp11-o2circles33-dj.jpgPP11-o2Circles33-dj“It takes a minimum of four girls to start The Scream,” said Steve Dagger in the 80s: the old rule of pure pop was certainly fulfilled at Islington’s sold-out O2Academy when Paradise Point headlined tonight. Cam Jones leads an encore of Run In Circles which basically the girls sang for him — in between screams. Roman Kemp at left, Adam Saunderson right © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/kingscrosscentral_ap41.jpgkingscrosscentral_ap4https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/pp11wireless-bill.gifPP11wireless-billhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/pp11-punk9mar3648-dj.jpgPP11-Punk9Mar3648-djParadise Point on stage in London’s clubland: “a 2011 take on classic boy bands” but playing their own instruments. © Shapersofthe80s2018-04-06T14:37:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/08/17/2017-%e2%9e%a4-my-pantry-my-memoir-scoop-simper-relives-the-flamboyant-decadent-80s/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pride86-paris-andrewhale-leebarrett.jpgPride86-Paris-AndrewHale-LeeBarrettSade’s band in Paris 1986: keyboard player Andrew Hale and manager Lee Barretthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sade86-paris-marquee.jpgSade86-Paris-marqueeBy 1986 Sade was touring the world fronting a band in her own name, here in Parishttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/scoop83-onswitch-talking-of-no1.jpgScoop83-onSwitch-talking of No1The boy wonder: “Scoop” Simper plugging No1 on Switch, the TV pop showhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/popstar-17-pantry-simper-coverl.jpgPopStar-17-Pantry-Simper-coverLhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/popstar-17-pantry-simper-covers.jpgPopStar-17-Pantry-Simper-coverShttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sade82-sept-pride-nyc-simper.jpgSade82-sept-Pride-NYC-SimperNYC 1982: Sade and her British Pride posse hang with the locals on the streets of Alphabet Cityhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sade82-sept-pride-nyc-pscup.jpgSade82-sept-Pride-NYC-PScupNYC 1982: Sade and her British Pride posse hang with the locals on the streets of Alphabet Cityhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/simper-pop-stars-pantry-steve-norman.jpgSimper-Pop-Stars-Pantry-Steve-NormanWakey-wakey! Spandau Ballet sax player Steve Norman discovers our hero Simper relaxing during a characteristic night out on the town during London’s Swinging 80s2018-04-06T14:32:05+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/11/24/%e2%9e%a4-wise-words-for-only-the-young-from-pj-hes-the-daddy/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/popjustice14-definition.jpgPopjustice14-definitionPJ’s editorial stancehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/onlytheyoung14-sycos.jpgOnlyTheYoung14-SycoSExiting the X Factor: a month ago Only The Young were tipped as the best pop group in the country. (Photo: Syco)2018-04-06T14:21:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/03/30/%e2%9e%a4-dumb-scientist-finds-himself-out-of-his-depth-in-the-shallows-of-pop/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/trevorhorn16-secretscience-crop.jpgTrevorHorn16-SecretScience-cropTrevor Horn: sharing his own tried and tested secrets of pop onscreen (© BBC)2018-03-31T10:56:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/03/23/%e2%9e%a4-22-territories-tune-in-for-tonight%e2%80%99s-duran-duran-concert-live-on-the-web/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd11lalynch.jpgDD11,LALynchRehearsals at the downtown Mayan theatre, LA: David Lynch, Roger Taylor, Nick Rhodes2018-03-23T10:35:38+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/03/20/2012-%e2%9e%a4-hockney-paints-hawking-watch-a-glittering-new-portrait-emerge-as-a-movie/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ubermensch95-chapmans.jpgUbermensch95-ChapmansUbermensch 1995, by Jake and Dinos Chapman: Hawking as Fiberglass “Superman” https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/hockney12hawkingipad.jpgHockney12,HawkingiPadDavid Hockney at work on his iPad portrait of Stephen Hawking, showing from today at London’s Science Museum. 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In 2010 stylist Judy Blame took up residence in the LiveStudio space, creating a unique selection of jewellery and accessories inspired by the SHOWstudio Shop exhibition Blackwhite. This video documents the process of creating a monochrome array of artefacts in a postmodern bricolage style that became his trademarkhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/blame16-never-again-ica-bymark-blower.jpgBlame16-Never Again-ICA-byMark-BlowerInstallation view at Judy Blame’s 2016 exhibition Never Again at the ICA. (Photography: Mark Blower) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/judy-blame17-turban-juergen-teller.jpgjudy-blame17-turban- Juergen TellerTrinketry, parties and constant creativity: Judy Blame photographed by Juergen Teller2018-02-27T21:12:51+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/02/21/2018-%e2%9e%a4-judy-blame-dies-cherry-picker-of-cultural-detritus/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/judy-blame-scarlett-maude.jpgJudy-Blame-Scarlett-MaudeJudy Blame with his long-standing friend Scarlett Cannon, and little Maudehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/judy-blame83-byntyson-s.jpgJudy Blame83-byNTyson-SJudy Blame in 1983, photographed by Nicola Tyson2018-02-23T05:46:12+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/01/01/%e2%9e%a4-crack-open-the-bolly-ab-fab-puts-bodymap-back-on-the-map/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bmap83ssdhham4-dj44.jpgBmap83,SS,DH,ham4-dj44Stevie Stewart and David Holah: a TV interview during London Fashion Week at the height of Bodymap’s success in 1984. Photographed by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bmap11vintagefest-dh.jpgBmap11,vintagefest-dhCavalcade of the 80s at London’s Vintage Festival in July: a striking presence on the runway is the very same Bodymap ensemble worn later in Ab Fab on New Year’s Day. Picture courtesy David Holahhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/abfab12bmapchanel-bbc.jpgAbFab12,Bmap,Chanel-bbcTonight's Absolutely Fabulous special: Patsy slips into her Chanel jacket for the office while Edina sports vintage 80s Bodymap from top to toe. (Videograb © BBC) 2018-02-17T19:17:33+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/04/08/%e2%9e%a4-searching-for-that-last-kiss%e2%80%a8-on-the-third-anniversary-of-mclarens-death/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/mclaren13-death-mask-by-nick-reynolds.jpgMcLaren13-death-mask-by-Nick ReynoldsMcLaren bronze death mask by Nick Reynoldshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/paris95mclarenalbum.jpgParis95,McLaren,albumhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/chanelpunk11davidsimsmet.jpgChanelpunk11,davidsims,MetA Chanel punk-inspired look from 2011. Photo © David Sims courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art2018-02-12T18:47:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/02/08/%e2%9e%a4-modern-pop-godlike-quincy-jones-tells-it-like-it-is/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/quincy-jones18-by-art-streiber-crop.jpgquincy-jones18-by-Art-Streiber-cropMulti-talented Quincy Jones photographed for Vulture by Art Streiber2018-02-08T23:43:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/01/25/%e2%9e%a4-a-big-red-hand-please-for-this-tiny-rare-fish/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/red-handfish-pushing-thymichthys-politus3.gifRed-Handfish-pushing-Thymichthys politus3Pushy little Red Handfish (Thymichthys politus) © Michael Baron, Eaglehawk Dive Centre2018-01-25T15:35:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/01/24/2018-%e2%9e%a4-peel-on-smith-and-the-fall-the-band-by-which-all-others-must-be-judged/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fall77-orig-lineup-kcummins.jpegFall77-orig-lineup-KCumminsSongwriter Smith fronting The Fall’s first incarnation in 1977. (Photo © Kevin Cummins)2018-01-25T02:06:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/04/22/1958-2016-%e2%9e%a4-prince-rip-a-funny-cat-and-sole-authentic-genius-of-the-1980s/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/prince-rogers-nelson16-passport.jpgprince-rogers-nelson16-passportPrince: the latest passport picture, February 2016https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/prince16-ap22-dnews-splash.jpgPrince16-ap22-DNews-splashhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/prince88-lovesexy-alamy.jpgPrince88-Lovesexy-AlamyPrince Rogers Nelson: uncovered on the cover of his 1988 Lovesexy albumhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/spikelee16-insta-wprince.pngSpikeLee16-insta-wPrinceOfficialspikelee at Instagram: “I Miss My Brother. Prince Was A Funny Cat. Great Sense Of Humor.”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/chaka16-prince-tweet.pngChaka16-Prince-tweethttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/prince80-dec20-cobo-hall-detroit-lenisinclair.jpgPrince80-Dec20-Cobo Hall-Detroit-LeniSinclair1980: How Prince unveiled himself in Detroit months before his UK debut. His Dirty Mind album stirs controversy, while Uptown makes it to No 5 on the US R&B chart. (Photograph by Leni Sinclair)2018-01-24T15:24:06+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/01/18/2018-%e2%9e%a4-bayeux-tapestry-to-be-displayed-in-uk-for-the-first-time/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/bayeux18-tapestrey-reinvented.jpgBayeux18-tapestry-reinventedCustomised version of the Bayeux Tapestry created using the Historic Tale Construction Kit2018-01-24T02:38:35+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/n-s-n-s/2017-12-13T02:21:57+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/12/11/%e2%9e%a4-maxine-and-marr-heard-the-deeply-serious-tale-about-the-actress-and-the-rock-star/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/marr17-maxinepeake-gdn.jpgMarr17-MaxinePeake-GdnMaxine Peake and Johnny Marr: “You can’t avoid homelessness in Manchester. It touched us both”2017-12-11T12:15:41+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/12/06/2017-%e2%9e%a4-it-may-be-false-it-may-be-true-the-life-and-times-of-christine-keeler/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/keeler63-morley-and90-bytoneill.jpgKeeler63-Morley-and90-byTONeillImmature? Alternative unused shot of 21-year-old Christine Keeler from the famous 1963 photo session in Lewis Morley’s Greek Street studio. . . Right, in 1990, a fully-clad Keeler returned to the pose she made famous for a photograph taken by Terry O’Neillhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/keeler63-june-now-confessions.jpgKeeler63-June-NoW-confessionsTelling her own story – News of the World from June 19632017-12-10T13:27:59+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/blitz-kids/whey-aye-man-its-geordie-judi/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/judi11berlin-sandromartini.jpgJudi11,Berlin-SandroMartiniJudi photographed in Nov 2011 in Berlin by her friend from her years hosting clubs in Milan, the photographer Sandro Martini ... Judi says: “Ha those ‘windmill’ earrings were from Brixton Market around 1987. How they stayed with me all these years is a mystery. Luciano (Cirelli, my husband at the time, bless him) bought them for me and some others, huge gold hearts, that sadly got lost on a good old Friday night adventure ha!”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/bk81csundownntjfqueue-dj88.jpgBK81C,Sundown,nt,jf,queue-dj88Judith Frankland 1981: queuing to check her coat behind Nick Trulocke before Spandau Ballet’s Sundown concert. © Shapersofthe80s https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/judif81athell-rlaw.jpgJudiF80atHell-RLawJudith Frankland 1980: taking her ecclesiastical look to Hell club. © Richard Lawhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/judi11berlin4505-dj.jpgJudi11,Berlin4505-djJudith scoping Berlin: a well-earned sit-down in the cafe at the New National Gallery which houses a mind-blowing collection of German expressionism, mm-mmhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/judi11berlin4488-dj.jpgJudi11,Berlin4488-djJudith scoping Berlin: a kilometre’s worth of The Wall preserved and now designated the official East Side art gallery along the bank of the River Spree in Friedrichshain https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/judi11berlin4470-dj.jpgJudi11,Berlin4470-djJudith scoping Berlin: reunion at Rose’s Bar in Kreuzberg, 27 years after she last saw her lovely friend photographer Sandro Martini in Milanhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/judi11berlin4462-dj.jpgJudi11,Berlin4462-djJudith scoping Berlin: the glazed-brick Ishtar Gate of ancient Babylon built by Nebuchadnezzar II in the 6th century BC and preserved at the Pergamon Museum’https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/judi11berlin4431-dj.jpgJudi11,Berlin4431-djJudith scoping Berlin: photographic reminder of Checkpoint Charlie guarded with tanks, beside a preserved fragment of The Wall that divided the city until 1989https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/judi11berlin4421-dj.jpgJudi11,Berlin4421-djJudith scoping Berlin: street cabaret outside Herr Issyvoo’s 1930 apartment in Nollendorfstrasse ... “I am a camera with its shutter open” https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/judi11berlin4412-dj.jpgJudi11,Berlin4412-djJudith scoping Berlin: blown away by a mural of the workers’ paradise on Karl Marx Allee in the former Soviet sector2017-12-08T03:33:34+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/blitz-kids/rip-steve-strange-king-of-the-posers/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ss78-billys-hrss-tysons.jpgSS78-billys-HR,SS-TysonSBilly’s club 1978: Strange as Ruritanian Space Cadet alongside PX designer Helen Robinson. (Photograph by © Nicola Tyson)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ss82-march-damned-dont-cry.jpgSS82-March-Damned Don't CryPosted by Midge Ure at Facebook: “Steve Strange and I during The Damned Don’t Cry video shoot. Chris Allen and I directing in the freezing cold while Steve and his Blitz friends who were extras had a party on a warm train. Happier times”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ss82-rusty-midge.jpgss82-rusty-midgeEgan, Ure, Strange: The three musketeers of Visage who shaped clubland music as the 80s dawnedhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/kimb-aged22-crop.jpgKimB-aged22-cropKim Bowen: “official girlfriend”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ph80sbheaven.jpgPH80,SBHeavenPerry Haines: fashion forwardhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tikandtok80.jpgtikandtok80-Tim Dry as Tik (or was he Tok?)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/helencarey81.jpgHelenCarey81Helen Carey: face about Kensington Markethttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/px80-jfmid-mb.jpgPX80-JFmid-mbJulia before she was a princess: outside PX in 1980https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cs81birthday-sssngs.jpgCS81,birthday-SS,SN,GSChris Sullivan's 21st birthday, 1981: “me drunk out of my head after a bottle of tequila with the boys in my bedroom in Kentish Town” – the boys being Steve Strange, Graham Smith and Steve Norman (photo © Graham) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sj80pxlskbvidgrab.jpgSJ80,px,ls,kb,vidgrab1979, Kim Bowen models for milliner Stephen Jones, who is assisted by Lee Sheldrick in the Jones boutique2017-12-08T01:18:39+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/the-face-i-d-media/1982-ten-years-of-dance-and-stance-led-by-the-gold-mine/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/chrishill-portraitl.jpgChrisHill-portraitLhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/chrishill-portrait.jpgChrisHill-portraitHill: ushered in new Age of the Dancehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/bluessoul82-fashion-elms.jpgBlues&Soul82-fashion-ElmsBlues & Soul,1982https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/soul82-fashion-elms-placeholder-x350.jpgSoul82-fashion-elms-placeholder-x350Click on the picture to enlarge it and read Robert Elms on the UK’s marriage of music and style in Blues & Soul in 19822017-11-25T00:42:00+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/the-face-i-d-media/1980-%e2%80%98i-d-counts-more-than-fashion%e2%80%99/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/nkjun85-dj.jpgNKjun85-djThe snapper snapped: Nick Knight caught framing up yours truly during the i-D shoot, June 6, 1985. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/idpplekhan-nk.jpgiDpple,Khan-nkMore of Nick Knight’s “People of the 80s”: Brummie fashion designer Jane Khan, dancer Michael Clark, fashion designer John Crancher, singer and interior decorator Christos Tolera, fashion designer and owner of PX Helen Robinson, make-up artist Jalle Bakke https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/idpplegalliano-nk.jpgiDpple,galliano-nki-D’s fifth anniversary, 1985: Nick Knight’s portraits of “People of the 80s” included designer John Galliano, entrepreneur Andy Czezowski & performer Jimmy Fox, singer Lizzy Tier, stylist Ray Petri, designers John Richmond & Maria Cornejo and Manchester’s record mogul Tony Wilson https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/knightgaga-showstudio.jpgKnight,Gaga, showstudioLady Gaga photographed © 2009 by Nick Knighthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/id80nos12.jpgiD80,nos1,280s style starts here: Terry Jones’s covers for the first issues of i-D in 1980https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/id06honkongshow.jpgiD06,honkongshowThe 2006 show hits Hong Kong: early issues of i-D as museum objectshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/id01aug80nrpunk.jpgiD01,aug80,nr,punkSeminal spread in i-D issue one: the straight-up style is established with one then unknown New Romantic and one punkette. Photographed on the King’s Road by Steve Johnstonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/id01aug80clw.jpgiD01,aug80,c,l,wStraight-ups from i-D issue one: Cerith, Lee and Wilf, movers among the Blitz Kids2017-11-24T23:00:32+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/origins/2017-11-24T22:10:41+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/seismic-shifts/2017-11-24T22:09:00+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/revolution/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/billys78-new-roms-s.jpgbillys78-new-roms-sRegular faces at Billy’s 1978: all it took was a crucial accessory, a pert forage cap, a tossed hair salad. Presto! Instant glamour. Far left Charles. In white jacket Andy and behind him Steve Strange. Beside him Billy and Jane at extreme right. (Photo © Sheila Rock)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ss78-billys-cadet-hrobinson-tyson.jpgss78-billys-cadet-hrobinson-tysonSpace-cadets at Billy’s 1978: greeter Steve Strange with Helen Robinson whose PX boutique became the source for New Romantic fashions. (Photo: Nicola Tyson)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/sb80-belfast-martin-kemp-tony-hadley-virginia-turbett.jpgSB80-Belfast-Martin Kemp, Tony Hadley-Virginia TurbettJuly 1980: For the house band of the Blitz club, Spandau Ballet, image was as important as the music. Here we see Martin Kemp and Tony Hadley during a rare performance aboard HMS Belfast to an invitation audience of New Romantics. Photographed by Virginia Turbetthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/blitz80-easter-julia-binniewebb-sykes.jpegBlitz80-easter-Julia, Binnie,Webb-SykesEaster 1980 at Steve Strange’s Blitz club-night: Julia Fodor leads Jennifer Binnie and sister Christine (“Miss Binnie” the artist), both clad in sackcloth, in their first performance piece at the club. Fashionista Iain R Webb sacrifices himself on the cross. Photographed by Homer Sykeshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/billys78-mazjuliageo-ntyson1.jpgBillys78-Maz,Julia,Geo-NTyson1978, the outsiders gather at Rusty Egan’s Heroes club-night at Billy’s in Soho: here, Peter ‘Marilyn’ Robinson, Julia Fodor, George O’Dowd. Photographed by Nicola Tyson2017-11-23T22:35:29+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/the-face-i-d-media/1983-when-alternative-wasnt-trendy-and-trendy-was-naff/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/face83-no42-brighton1-nightlife-1600.jpgFace83-No42-Brighton1-Nightlife-1600© Nick Logan/The Face Archivehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/face83-no42-brighton1-nightlife-placeholderx490.jpgFace83-No42-Brighton1-Nightlife-placeholderx490Click for larger image © Nick Logan/The Face Archivehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/face83-no42-brighton-can-dj.jpgFace83-No42-Brighton-Can-djHosts at The Can in Brighton, 1983: Ian and Kate flanking Oliver Peyton years before he started opening restaurants. (Photo Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/rip83-bristol-club-paul-smith-dj-x490.jpgRIP83-Bristol-club-Paul-Smith-dj x490Hosting Rip in Bristol: Paul Smith and friend in 19832017-11-22T00:15:04+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/the-face-i-d-media/1983-jay-strongman-on-the-year-of-go-for-it/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/face83-no44-jay-nightlife-x1500.jpgFace83-No44-Jay-Nightlife-x1500https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/face83-no44-jay-nightlife-placeholderx490.jpgFace83-No44-Jay-Nightlife-placeholderx490Click for larger image © Nick Logan/The Face Archivehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/face83-no44-jay-strongman-interview.jpgFace83-No44-Jay-Strongman-interview2017-11-21T21:25:30+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/clubbing/simpers-history-of-80s-clubland/2017-11-19T22:49:54+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/10/31/2017-%e2%9e%a4-his-name-is-prince-and-his-london-tribute-is-downright-spunky/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/prince17-chain-hat-lyrics.jpgPrince17-chain-hat-lyricsPrince exhibition: chain-hat to conceal his identity in The New Power Generation and lyrics for We Want 2 Let the Funk Unwind (Getty)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/prince17-bassguitar-diamond-cane.jpgPrince17-bassguitar-diamond-canePrince exhibition: bass guitar that inspired his trademark Cloud and diamond-studded cane from 2015https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/prince17-purple-rain-costumes-getty.jpgPrince17-Purple Rain costumes-GettyPrince exhibition: stage costumes from his Purple Rain tour (Getty)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/prince81-controversy-sleeve-700.jpgPrince81-Controversy-sleeve-7002017-11-01T04:36:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/clubbing/1981-six-golden-rules-for-keeping-studio-54-ahead-of-the-pack/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/s54trapeze.jpgS54,trapezeDiversions at the Studio: blow-up dolls as trapeze artistshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/s54-77jackotyler-life.jpgS54-77Jacko,Tyler-LifeThe Studio in 1977: Steve Rubell, Michael Jackson and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler. Picture: Life magazinehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/studio54-bar.jpgStudio54-barA bar at Studio 54: the kind of people you want to hang out with? Picture: Corbishttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ny81rpjf-dj.jpgNY81,rp,jf-djRudolf and Fourratt: promoters who breathed new life into the Studio. Picture © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/kid1982.jpgkid1982When Latin was big: Kid Creole and the Coconutshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/s54marcbeneckeropes36.jpgS54MarcBeneckeRopes36“Working the ropes”: Marc Benecke, the world’s most influential doorman decides who comes inhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/s54comps24.jpgS54Comps24https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/s54-77biancalizajacko-rplatzer.jpgS54-77Bianca,Liza,Jacko-RPlatzerCelebrity magnet: Bianca, Liza and Jacko at the Studio in 1977. Picture © by Robin Platzerhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/s54comb35.jpgS54comb35Modern-day Gomorrah: Studio 54 in its first incarnation, 1977-80https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/s54-81floor32.jpgS54-81floor322017-10-15T11:29:49+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/origins/1970-dusty-at-30-coming-out-to-ray-connolly/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dusty-springfield70-jan.jpgDusty-Springfield70-JanDusty Springfield in 1970: “To say I’m promiscuous is a bit of bravado on my part” https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ray-connolly11-300p.jpgRay-Connolly11-300pRay Connolly: former Evening Standard columnist, novelist, script-writer for TV, radio and filmhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dusty70-brandnewme-sleeve.jpgDusty70-BrandNewMe-sleeveAlbum release of 1970: A Brand New Me2017-09-25T14:09:41+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/origins/connolly-fifty-years-an-interviewer/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/littlerichard72-connolly-lnl500.jpgLittleRichard72-Connolly-LNL500Click on pic to run video in a new window (4.2 million views to date)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/lennonjyoko-elvis.pngLennonJ+Yoko-ElvisUnashamed or feeling shamed: Lennon and Yoko... Elvis the movie starhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/dusty-attenboroughd.jpgDusty-AttenboroughDFinding the sweet spot: Dusty and Attenboroughhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cohen-castle.jpgCohen-CastleLecher and romantic: Cohen and Castlehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/caine-britt-raymond.jpgCaine-Britt-RaymondSex on their minds: Caine (with Britt) and Paul Raymond2017-09-25T00:01:53+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/clubbing/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/c83dboxphilrob-dj70-e1387131885586.jpgC83Dbox,Phil,Rob-dj70Here comes trouble: Phil X and Rob Y, hosts of the itinerant Dirtbox warehouse parties. Pictured by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/c83deanstableknt-dr.pngC83Dean,STableKnt-DRDownstairs: this Tuesday in 1982 at Gossips it was Sir Jules’ Sound Table. Picture by Derek Ridgershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/c83gargdance-wn.pngC83Garg,dance-WNUpstairs: New Year at the Gargoyle in the 1940s where the dress code was usually more relaxed than elsewhere in London. Source: Michael Lukehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/c83deantitle72k1.jpgC83Deantitle72khttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/freud-gaz19971.jpgFreud, Gaz1997Rockin’ Blues host: Gaz Mayall in a portrait painted by the British realist Lucian Freud in 1997https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/face-clubcult.jpgFACE-clubculthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/comedy-store.gifcomedy store2017-09-24T17:50:57+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/origins/1966-more-popular-than-jesus-the-lennon-interview/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jl65cynhatkenwood.jpgJL65,Cynhat,kenwoodKenwood 1965: John and his wife Cynthia in the gardenhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jljulianbearchair.jpgJL,Julian,bear,chairFather and son: John clearly doted on Julian who was three when the family moved into Kenwoodhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jlarmourrolls.jpgJL,armour,RollsRich man’s toys: Lennon inside Sidney, the suit of armour in the entrance hall; and with Julian and the newly painted psychedelic Rolls-Royce Phantom V which was delivered in June 1965. That year, long before cell-phones, he had a Sterno radio telephone fitted, and later converted the rear seat to a double bed. When the Rolls was bought at Sotheby’s in 1985 for $2,299,000 by Jim Pattison, it became the world’s most expensive car, and went for exhibition at Ripley’s Believe It Or Not museum in South Carolinahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/b66alabamafire.jpgB66,AlabamafireChristian outrage: public bonfires were organised in Alabama, Texas and Florida to brun the Beatles’ recordshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/mc66howespage.jpgMC66,How,ESpage<em>First published in the London Evening Standard, March 4, 1966</em>https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/mc64byline.jpgMC64bylineMaureen's Standard byline pichttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jl67kenwdsunroomext42.jpgJL67,Kenwd,Sunroom,ext42Lennon on his garden perch at Surrey homehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jlkenwdback.jpgJL,KenwdBackThe house at Kenwood today: St George's Hill is now a securely gated estate in the Surrey stockbroker belt https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jlkenwdarmour.jpgJL,Kenwd,armourhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/b65mbepalace.jpgb65,mbe,palaceThis was Beatlemania in London, 1965: in October policemen struggle to restrain young fans outside Buckingham Palace as The Beatles receive their MBEs (Member of the British Empire) from Queen Elizabeth II. Picture © Hulton-Deutsch 2017-09-24T17:42:58+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/origins/1963-one-tv-show-changes-the-way-the-british-laugh/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tw3-team62named.jpgTW3-team62,namedSatirists on their firing range: at left, David Frost leads the TW3 team in the studiohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tw3-wilson-attlee.jpgTW3-Wilson-AttleePoliticians guyed on TW3: "I cannot tell new Instant Wilson from old pipe-smoking Attlee"https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tw3-whatisamum.jpgTW3-whatisamumAd-men under attack: Mother’s Day monologue by David Nathan and Dennis Potterhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tw3-timothybirdsall.jpgTW3-TimothyBirdsallTimothy Birdsall makes cartoon jesters of the aristocracyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tw3-stubbydeluxe.jpgTW3-StubbyDeluxeAl Mancini as a Commonwealth arrival chasing stardomhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tw3-sherrin.jpgTW3-SherrinNed Sherrin, TW3 producer tasked with pricking pomposity https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tw3-mmkennedysong.jpgTW3-MM,KennedysongMillicent Martin memorialises JFK’s assassinationhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tw3-mississippi.jpgTW3-MississippiBlack-and-white minstrels: outrage followed this number in the week of a Mississippi killinghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tw3-keepthebomb.jpgTW3-KeeptheBombUnexpected campaign given the TW3 treatmenthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tw3-himnher.jpgTW3-HimnHerReceived opinions from Him’n’Her: Naked Films... Nobel Prizes... Flybuttons 2017-09-24T17:42:20+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/origins/1965-little-seen-early-bowie-videos/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/db69beckartslab.jpgDB69,BeckArtsLabBowie 1969: Beckenham Arts Lab at the Three Tuns pub. Photographed by Ray Stevenson2017-09-24T17:35:45+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/clubbing/2016-young-guns-remember-george-michael/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/geom-withpetshop-boys.jpggeom-withpetshop-boysGeorge with the Pet Shop Boyshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/geom-forgq-art-conn-kimbowen.jpggeom-forgq-art-conn-kimbowenGeorge Michael styled for British GQ by Art Connhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/geom82-pauls-dirtbox-tooleyst-viafbk.jpggeom82-pauls-dirtbox-tooleyst-viafbkPaul Sturridge with George at the Dirt Box 1982https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/geom85-face-coverissue64.jpggeom85-face-coverissue64https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/geomichael88rollingstonejan28.jpggeomichael88rollingstonejan28https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wham-cutting-johnsons-gear.jpgwham-cutting-johnsons-gearWham! in leathers from Lloyd Johnson’s in Kensington Markethttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wham83-fantastictour-prog.jpgwham83-fantastictour-prog2017-09-24T17:29:32+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/clubbing/when-french-semioticians-come-stalking-le-palace-you-know-it%e2%80%99s-serious/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/parpal80dancer48.jpgParPal80dancer48How strange Le Palace is: “Strange, the dark dancers ... articulated like puppets”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/parpal78mugler.jpgParPal78,MuglerRed and gold: Le Palace bar staff adorned in their Mugler uniformshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/barthes44.jpgBarthes44Roland Barthes: le philosophe leaves his lecture hall to seek enlightenment...https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/parpallightwall.jpgParPal,lightwallLe Palace: “light comes alive”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/parismorillon2.jpgParismorillon2https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/parpal08stage54-jpg.jpgParPal08,stage54-jpgLe Palace in 2008: restored as a theatrehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/parismorillon1.jpgParismorillon1https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/parpal78neon.jpgParPal78,neonLe Palace in 1978: “an immense spectacle of lights playing over bodies”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/parpalsign32.jpgParPalsign322017-09-24T17:28:08+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/09/22/%e2%9e%a4-double-drama-of-the-60s-pop-dream-by-ray-connolly/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/thatll-be-the-day-1973-poster.jpgThat'll Be the Day (1973)-posterNow a radio drama: Poster for the 1973 filmhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/connolly74-tbdaystardust-posters.jpgConnolly74-TBDay+Stardust-postersRay Connolly's books as spin-offs from their films2017-09-23T15:04:05+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/02/03/%e2%9e%a4-smile-please-derek-youre-one-of-the-sunday-times-mags-60-ace-snappers-in-its-birthday-show/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dr12-saatchi-mob3-dj.jpgDR12-Saatchi-mob3-djSnapper and Stone: Derek Ridgers seen at last night's Sunday Times party at the Saatchi Gallery beside his photo of Keith Richards, published by the Magazine in 1986. (Nokia mobile snap by yours truly)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/stm12blairgeorge6045-dj.jpgSTM12,Blair,George6045-djGrit or glamour, the eyes have it: Nigel Parry nails the steely ambition of Tony Blair in 1994, weeks before becoming the Labour Party leader and going on to win three general elections ... Uli Weber nails the demons of pop singer Boy George on tour in 1993, after emerging from one of his early descents into drug-fuelled despairhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/stm12tankman5917-dj.jpgSTM12,tankman5917-djBeijing 1989: Stuart Franklin photographed pro-democracy student protesters in Tiananmen Square which made a cover shot for the ST Mag. Two days after the massacre of hundreds of civilians, he caught “Tank Man” defying Chinese T-59 tanks armed only with his shopping bagshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/stm12gritmarilyn5966-dj.jpgSTM12,grit,Marilyn5966-djGrit and glamour on ST Magazine covers: Don McCullin’s exhausted mother and weeping child in Bangladesh, 1972 ... Marilyn Monroe on a 1973 cover, photographed in a famous series of naked pictures by Bert Stern, a month before her death in August 1962https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/stm12fayebeirut5958-dj.jpgSTM12,Faye,Beirut5958-djGlamour and grit: Faye Dunaway in Beverly Hills at 6am the day after winning her 1977 Oscar for Network, photographed by her future husband Terry O’Neill... Right, in 1976 Don McCullin catches six Christian Phalangist militia playing music over a girl’s corpse after they went into East Beirut to “clean up the rats”. One had a Kalashnikov and another a lute stolen from the home of the people they’d just killed. McCullin says: “It haunts me to this day.”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/stm12amy6008-dj.jpgSTM12,Amy6008-djGrit and glamour at the Saatchi gallery: Tim Hetherington’s photographs observe American soldiers asleep in 2009 in Afghanistan. He said they are about “the intimacy of war. We’re not talking about friendship. We’re talking about brotherhood.” He was killed in Libya in 2011 ... Minutes before a tense Amy Winehouse went onstage at a Mandela tribute concert in 2008, Terry O’Neill persuaded the singer to pose for a pic dedicated to the great man. O’Neill said: “She steeled herself for it.” All published in the ST Magazine. Gallery views by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/stmagsozzy.jpgSTMags,Ozzyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/stmagshockney.jpgSTMags,Hockneyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dr12saatchi-djmob3.jpgDR12,Saatchi-djmob3Snapper and Stone: Derek Ridgers seen at last night's Sunday Times party at the Saatchi Gallery beside his photo of Keith Richards, published by the Magazine in 1986. (Nokia mobile snap by yours truly)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bk80group-drforstmags.jpgBK80,group-DRforSTMagSFirst group pic of key Blitz Kids, April 1980: George O’Dowd, Vivienne Lynn, Chris Sullivan, Kim Bowen, Pinkietessa, Steve Strange shot by Derek Ridgers for the Sunday Times Magazine 2017-09-16T17:16:17+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2009/04/03/1983-%e2%9e%a4-showdown-for-worlds-end-vivienne-and-malcolm/2017-09-16T16:56:58+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/07/03/2017-%e2%9e%a4-tony-hadley-pulls-the-plug-on-spandau-ballet-but-the-band-will-rise-from-the-dead/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sn17-jul7-msg-reth.jpgSN17-jul7-MSG-reTHhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/gk17-april-ronson-doc.jpgGK17-April-Ronson-docGary Kemp: culture vulture and broadcaster fronting his April TV documentary for Sky Arts titled Passions: Mick Ronson, directed by Paul Bernays https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/jk15-may23-goodbye-to-perth-matt-glover.jpgJK15-may23-goodbye to Perth-Matt GloverJohn Keeble: here bidding farewell to Perth in May 2015 as the last Spandau tour ended. He had missed a handful of dates because of fatigue. (Photo: Matt Glover)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/mk17-july-audience.jpgMK17-july-audienceMartin Kemp: is touring the UK all year with his Q&A event, An Audience with himselfhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sn17-july-umbria-tour.jpgSN17-july-umbria-tourSteve Norman: has curated the odd summer festival and pursues a vigorous programme of live appearances, here billed for Milan this week https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/th17-june29-this-morning-tv-serenades-newlyweds-rexs.jpgTH17-june29-This-Morning-TV-serenades-newlyweds-RexSHadley: serenading newly weds Paul Brough and Sonya Keating in a live TV broadcast from the Shard for This Morning viewers last week. (Photo: Rex)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sb14-by-scarlet-pagex2000.jpgSpandau Ballet by Scarlet PageSpandau Ballet in happier days, their 2014 reunion: John Keeble, Steve Norman, Tony Hadley, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp. (Photography Scarlet Page) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sb17-relaunch-news-official.jpgSB17-relaunch-news-officialhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/th17-tweet-3july.jpgTH17-tweet-3july2017-09-12T14:08:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/08/27/%e2%9e%a4-celebs-turn-out-for-scoop-simpers-pop-pantry-party/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/psimp17-crystalpalaces-steveparish-stevedagger-4580-dj.jpgPSIMP17-CrystalPalace's-SteveParish-SteveDagger-4580-djSteve Parish, owner of Crystal Palace football club, with Spandau Ballet manager Steve Daggerhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/psimp17-jacquie-scoop-4599dj.jpgPSIMP17-Jacquie-Scoop-4599djJacquie O'Sullivan, vocalist partner in hot popsters of December 1993 Slippry Feet, with 'Scoop' Paul Simper. (Photo by Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/psimp17-kasperdegraaf-polaris4595-dj.jpgPSIMP17-KasperdeGraaf-Polaris4595-dj Kasper de Graaf editor of trend-setting New Sounds New Styles, who put Andy Polaris of Animal Nightlife on its coverhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/psimp17-manzi-bamber-paulmckee-ap-gc-seanrowley-4578-dj.jpgPSIMP17-Manzi-Bamber-PaulMcKee-AP-GC-SeanRowley-4578-djEugene Manzi, Kate Bamber, Paul McKee, Andy Polaris, Gary Crowley and Sean Rowley https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/psimp17-martinfry-wifejulie-4591-dj.jpgPSIMP17-MartinFry-wifeJulie-4591-djABC dynamo Martin Fry with wife Julie https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/psimp17-mother-rests-4576-dj.jpgPSIMP17-Mother-rests-4576-djPower behind the throne, Mother, Mrs Simper, plus pearls. (A bit of a blur for one reason or another)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/psimp17-nadiashireen-kateisaac-julianstockton-4581-dj.jpgPSIMP17-NadiaShireen-KateIsaac-JulianStockton-4581-djChildren’s author Nadia Shireen and Kate Isaac, wife of Julian Stockton, Outside Org supremohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/psimp17-paulrutherford-polaris-4582-dj.jpgPSIMP17-PaulRutherford-Polaris-4582-djFrankie singer Paul Rutherford with Nightilfe’s Andy Polarishttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/psimp17-ps-guest-kate-mcilwain-gc-jos-katemamber-4598-dj.jpgPSIMP17-PS-guest-Kate McIlwain-GC-JoS-KateBamber-4598-djSimper, guest, Kate McIlwain, deejay Gary Crowley, Jacquie O’Sullivan, photographer Kate Bamberhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/psimp17-simper-bananarama-teatime-award-4594-dj.jpgPSIMP17-Simper-Bananarama-Teatime-Award-4594-djSimper with his special Bananarama Award for inspiring their gold album Tea at Mrs Simper’s, presented at the book launch by their manager Peter Loraine. Who can forget Robert De Niro’s Baking, and King of the Crumble? (Photo by Shapersofthe80s)2017-08-27T01:25:11+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/08/19/2017-%e2%9e%a4-nightlifes-polaris-comes-out-as-fan-of-the-hot-girl-bands-of-the-70s/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/siouxsie77-vortex-romanwg.jpgSiouxsie77-Vortex-RomanWGSiouxsie Sioux at the Vortex in October 1977. (Photo: Romany WG) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/andyp17-19aug-crowley-radldn.jpgAndyP17-19aug-Crowley-RadLdnBuddies who found fame in the Swinging 80s: deejay Gary Crowley with singer Andy Polaris at BBC Radio London today2017-08-20T09:47:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/08/18/2017-%e2%9e%a4-touring-usa-tony-hadley-admits-his-flabber-has-never-been-so-gasted/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/th17-11aug-tweet-spandau-valet.jpgTH17-11aug-tweet-Spandau-valet2017-08-19T21:38:00+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/07/03/2017-%e2%9e%a4-so-who-can-fill-tony-hadleys-big-ballet-shoes/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/paul-young16-william-redfern.jpgPaul-Young16-William-Redfernhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/olly-alexander16-getty.jpgOlly Alexander16-GettyOlly Alexander at Glastonbury (Getty)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/brandonflowers15_wo220515.jpgBrandonFlowers15_WO220515https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/willyoung12-cabaret.jpgWillYoung12-cabarethttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sb17-july-lineup-question-crop.jpgSB17-July-lineup-question-cropFace wanted in the Spandau Ballet lineup: from left, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, John Keeble, Steve Norman. Might the new singer even be female?2018-04-20T14:33:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/25/%e2%9e%a4-robbie-vincent-35-years-as-master-of-hot-cuts-and-getting-our-rhythm-buds-going/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/rvch80sfroggyconsole.jpgRV,CH80s,FroggyconsoleNew technology: Chris Hill and Robbie Vincent in front of Froggy’s Matamp consolehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mastercuts94jazzfunk5.jpgMastercuts94,JazzFunk5“The Robbie Vincent Edition” 1994: his Classic Jazz-Funk selection for Mastercuts ranges from Grover Washington, Roy Ayers and Gabor Szabo to Blue Feather and OPAhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ch78purleyalldayer.jpgCH78,PurleyAlldayer1978: Chris Hill entertains dancers from across the south-east during the first all-day soul event at Tiffany’s in Purley, the London suburbhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/rv11kenny-gamble-jazzfm.jpgRV11,kenny-gamble-JazzFMPhilly’s Kenny Gamble interviewed by Robbie Vincent today and next Sundayhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/rv11kennygamble2.jpgRV11,KennyGamblePhilly’s Kenny Gamble interviewed by Robbie Vincent today and next Sundayhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/vincent75rlp-rogergclarkl.jpgVincent75RLP-rogerGclarkLRobbie Vincent at BBC Radio London in the mid-70s: from sparring phone-in host to soul master. (Photographed by Roger G Clark)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/soulsurvivors-logo200.jpgSoulSurvivors-logo200https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/rv70s-rlondon.gifRV70s-RLondonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/papillon79togaparty-paulclark.jpgPapillon79,TogaParty-PaulClarkDressing up for the dancefloor: toga parties were popular on the soul circuit, here in 1979 at Papillon club, Brighton. (Photograph by Paul Clark)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/goldmine75swing-longman.jpgGoldMine75,swing-LongmanEssex's Gold Mine in 1975: GI uniforms and swing (courtesy Brian Longman, CanveyIsland.org.uk)2017-06-13T23:21:37+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/02/20/2012-%e2%9e%a4-adam-ant-sex-subversion-style-humour-but-dont-nobble-me-as-a-new-romantic/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/adam12antmusicfbk.jpgAdam12,AntmusicFBkAdam Ant: intensely serious. (Photograph newly posted at Facebook)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/adam12-feb-levenegdn.jpgAdam Ant, London, February 2012Adam Ant: intensely serious (Photograph by David Levene for the Guardian)2017-05-29T15:37:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/01/26/%e2%9e%a4-princess-julia-more-tales-from-80s-clubland/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/julia17-jan25-6music-djgemmacairney.jpgjulia17-jan25-6music-djgemmacairneyIn the BBC 6 Music studio for Lost Clubs: Princess Julia, centre, with deejay Gemma Cairney at front. (BBC)2017-01-28T17:57:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/09/25/2013-%e2%9e%a4-paris-rtw-throws-up-pure-anarchy-from-london-in-the-80s/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/piece_d_anarchive_023.jpgpiece_d_anarchive_023https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/piece_d_anarchive_020.jpgpiece_d_anarchive_020Gender neutrality with total control: Pièce d’anarchive at the Paris RTW shows. Photos courtesy Deborah and Priscilla Royerhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/piece_d_anarchive_019.jpgpiece_d_anarchive_019https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/piece_d_anarchive_011.jpgpiece_d_anarchive_011https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/piece_d_anarchive_008.jpgpiece_d_anarchive_008https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/piece_d_anarchive_007.jpgpiece_d_anarchive_007https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/piece_d_anarchive_003.jpgpiece_d_anarchive_003Photos courtesy Deborah and Priscilla Royerhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/piece_d_anarchive_001.jpgpiece_d_anarchive_0012017-01-25T21:25:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/01/09/how-bowie-threaded-blue-notes-through-his-final-surge-of-creativity/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bowie17-tribute-sn-gail-ann-dorsey-getty.jpgbowie17-tribute-sn-gail-ann-dorsey-gettyBrixton tribute concert for Bowie: Gail Ann Dorsey singing Young Americans with Spandau Ballet’s Steve Norman. (Photo: Getty)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/db17-sue-video-db.jpgdb17-sue-video-dbBowie as a projected image in the video for Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/db17-sue-monder.jpgdb17-sue-monderGuitarist Ben Monder rehearsing Suehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/db17-sue-mccaslin.jpgdb17-sue-mccaslinDonny McCaslin rehearsing Sue with his grouphttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/db17-sue-marie.jpgdb17-sue-marieComposer Maria Schneider developing the jazz arrangements for Sue. (All pix © BBC Music)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/db17-sue-guiliana.jpgdb17-sue-guiliana Mark Guiliana rehearsing Sue on drumshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/db17-sue-bsection.jpgdb17-sue-bsectionMaria Schneider’s proposed scoring for Sue https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/db17-sue-band.jpgdb17-sue-bandDonny McCaslin enthuses about Bowie during rehearsals2017-01-21T16:54:55+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/01/12/%e2%9e%a4-im-not-a-rock-star-bowie-often-said-no-david-you-were-a-messiah/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/db16-jan11-death-bbc-breakingnews.jpgDB16-jan11-death-BBC-breakingNewshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/db16-jan14-press-covers3451.jpgDB16-jan14-Press-covers3451Blanket coverage: Bowie on all UK front pages... Image updated 14 Jan to include news magazineshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/db79-mwstw-snlvid-nomi.jpgDB79-MWSTW-SNLvid-NomiClick the pic to view the video – starring David Bowie with Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/db76-mwfte1000.jpgDB76-MWFTE1000A humanoid alien comes to Earth with a mission... What a spooky coincidence that David Bowie played the alien Thomas Jerome Newton in the 1976 film The Man Who Fell to Earthhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/db120116-timesuk.jpgDB120116-TimesUKToday’s Times: the masks and the man behind themhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/db120116-ukfront-pages.jpgDB120116-UKfront-pagesBlanket coverage: Some of today's front pages2017-01-04T14:57:11+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/index/st-martin%e2%80%99s-shooting-stars/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/zec1945-veday.jpgZec1945-VEday“HERE YOU ARE! DON’T LOSE IT AGAIN.” By Philip Zec in The Daily Mirror (VE Day, May 8, 1945)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/stms1938.jpgStMs1938St Martin’s School of Art: housed at 107–109 Charing Cross Road from May 1939 to June 2011, and also at 27–29 Long Acre from 1980 to 19992017-01-04T14:08:30+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/12/26/2016-%e2%9e%a4-britain-stunned-by-sudden-death-of-george-michael-our-biggest-pop-superstar-of-the-80s/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/geomichael-kenny-goss-rex.jpggeomichael-kenny-goss-rexGeorge with Kenny Goss in happier times... they met in 1996 and broke up in 2009 (Photo: Rex)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wham83-the-tube-itvcrops.jpgwham83-the-tube-itvcropsWham! on The Tube, 1983: George Michael with his partner Andrew Ridgeley on guitar (Photo: ITV)2017-01-02T17:01:47+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/02/27/%e2%9e%a4-dan-stern-keeps-an-eye-on-the-street-in-london-fashion-week/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/lfw12vintage0363-sfm.jpgLFW12,Vintage0363-SFMVintage on parade at Somerset Househttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/lfw12pamhogg0443-sfm.jpgLFW12,PamHogg0443-SFMAlien invasion by Pam Hogg — All pix © Dan Sternhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/lfw12pamhogg0391-sfm.jpgLFW12,PamHogg0391-SFMEye-popping vision from Pam Hogghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/lfw12ktz0231-sfm.jpgLFW12,KTZ0231-SFMCult retailer KTZ — for himhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/lfw12ktz0152-sfm.jpgLFW12,KTZ0152-SFMCult retailer KTZ — for herhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/lfw12gfs0674-sfm.jpgLFW12,GFs0674-SFMGirlfriends stepping out on the townhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/lfw12bling0375-sfm.jpgLFW12,bling0375-SFMBlinging on the streets of London2016-12-31T21:01:46+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/12/30/%e2%9e%a4-thank-you-george-says-paul-simper-you-left-me-wanting-to-dance-like-you/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/geom87-aldo-simper-ps.jpggeom87-aldo-simper-psSimper’s 25th birthday at Aldo Zilli's Il Siciliano in Soho: visible faces clockwise from front left: Lilli Anderson, Alex Godson (standing), Sam McKnight, the host (standing), Josie Jones, George Michael. Photo by Simperhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/geom98-birthday-geri-simper-ps.jpggeom98-birthday-geri-simper-psGeorge’s 35th birthday where Simper was deejaying dressed as a Spice Girl angel: George was obliged to introduce him to Ginger Spice. Photo by Simper2018-01-11T22:48:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/12/29/%e2%9e%a4-farewell-george-michael-londons-young-guns-remember-their-pal-from-80s-clubland/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/geom81-beatroutefriday-20feb-bbc.jpggeom81-beatroutefriday-20feb-bbcA bearded George Michael before Wham! came along: Captured on 20 February 1981 with his eye on the Nationwide TV camera, among many familiar faces at Soho’s Friday night Beat Route – where the Caribbean beach decor was to inspire his song Club Tropicana. (Photo BBC)2016-12-31T03:38:41+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/clubbing/ace-faces-always-there/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/rondo82gillham34-dj.jpgRondo82,Gillham34-djBlue Rondo tour 1982: jivers in the Gillingham audience. © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/brum82roms-dj.jpgBrum82Roms-djBirmingham’s best: New Romantics on the town. © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/bk81sundown31mac-dj.jpgBK81Sundown31,Mac-djThe legend that is Mac London: in his own groove at Spandau’s 1981 Sundown concert. © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/bk81csundownphgeo-dj.jpgBK81C,Sundown,PH,Geo-djRendezvous at the Sundown, 1981: Peter Harvey, the unsuspecting editor of Disco International, has his first encounter with George O’Dowd. © Shapersofthe80s https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/c83batcavegirls-dj.jpgC83Batcavegirls-djBatcave 1983: the post-Romantic goth look championed by Olli Wisdom’s clubnight. © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/c82febbrighton15-dj.jpgC82,Feb,Brighton15-djBrighton fungirl 1982: on the dancefloor at Sherry’s. © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/br81jungirls-dj.jpgBR81,jun,girls-djBeat Route regulars June 1981: the look, the style, the fun. © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/bm82rondocardiffdancers-dj.jpgBM82,RondoCardiff,dancers-djSerious stepping: zooty Blue Rondo fans at Nero’s in Cardiff during a gig. © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/clubboppers82-dj1.jpgClubBoppers82-djBrighton boppers 1982: in the audience for a Blue Rondo gig at Sherry’s renowned dancehall that featured in the movie Brighton Rock. © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/wagclub83haircut100-dj.jpgWagClub83,Haircut100-djWag Club 1983: Nick Heywood and Les Nemes of pop group Haircut 100 with their pals at the Wag which remained Soho’s coolest club for 19 years. © Shapersofthe80s2016-12-29T22:53:10+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/12/07/%e2%9e%a4-ex-blitz-kid-rusty-egan-and-friends-dress-80s-electro-pop-in-brilliant-new-clothes/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/andy-huntley16.jpgandy-huntley16Huntley: spiritual resonancehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/erik-stein16-kenp-harrison.jpgerik-stein16-kenp-harrisonStein: astonishing, contemplativehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/kira-porter16-by-paul-harvey.jpgkira-porter16-by-paul-harveyPorter: gorgeous inflectionshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/midge-ure14-byandy-siddens.jpgmidge-ure14-byandy-siddensUre: an inspired rewrite jobhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/peter-hook16-lornethomson-getty.jpgpeter-hook16-lornethomson-gettyHook: shades of New Orderhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/re16-dancefloor-cover.jpgre16-dancefloor-coverRusty Egan: co-producer, co-writer and much else – has created a landmark album in Welcome to the Dancefloor, https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/rusty-tramp_213807dj.jpgrusty-tramp_213807djEgan deejaying at Tramp this week: a nightclub launch for Welcome to the Dancefloorhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/rusty-tramp16-lonely.jpgrusty-tramp16-lonelyEgan at Tramp this week: interviewed by Chi Ming Lai, he daringly burst into songhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/tony-hadley16.jpgtony-hadley16Hadley: canters with a coltish love song2016-12-11T14:12:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/04/24/%e2%9e%a4-visage-out-of-the-80s-frying-pan-into-the-21st-century-fire/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/visage13shamelesscrop.jpgVisage13,ShamelesscropThe face of Visage today: Steve Strange behaving shamelessly. Peter Ashworth Photography. Makeup by Lara Himpelmann https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/newvisage13-lineup.jpgNewVisage13-lineupVisage 2013: Steve Barnacle, the inimitable Steve Strange, Lauren Duvall and Robin Simon. Photography © by David Levine2016-12-05T13:44:46+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/11/24/%e2%9e%a4-london-design-museums-new-home-is-a-wow/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/boilerhouse-project-exhibition-1982.jpgboilerhouse-project-exhibition-1982First Boilerhouse Project exhibition, Art and Industry, at the V&A: The origins of the Design Museum lie with the collection begun in 1982, which included this Mobil petrol pump designed by Eliot Noyes in 1968https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/desmusdmu-hdj.jpgDesMusDMU-HdjDesigner Maker User exhibition on the Design Museum’s top floorhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/desmusfeareuroroom-hdj.jpgdesmusfeareuroroom-hdjFear and Love exhibition: A Pan-European Living Room is furnished with a piece of design from each of the 28 EU member states. Symbolically the UK colours are making their Brexit across the floor from a window blind of all the nations. (PS: the floral wallpaper by Osborne & Little is the UK contribution)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/desmusfearfibres-hdj.jpgdesmusfearfibres-hdjFear and Love opening exhibition: Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma’s Fibre Market explores recycling of textiles and finds lost value in 1,000 discarded woollen sweaters. Wool samples on wall contrast claims on makers’ labels with analysis. (Photography by Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/desmusmezzanine-hdj.jpgdesmusmezzanine-hdjGlorious vistas beneath the former Commonwealth Institute’s hyperbolic paraboloid roofhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/desmuspublicicons-hdj.jpgDesMusPublicIcons-HdjDisplay of design icons proposed for the Design Museum by the publichttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/desmusrestaurant-hdj.jpgdesmusrestaurant-hdjNew home for the Design Museum: The former Commonwealth Institute’s hyperbolic paraboloid roof brings elegance and light to the museum. (Photographed by Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/desmusstarchairs-hdj.jpgdesmusstarchairs-hdjClassics among those chairs on the table: Marcel Breuer’s 1929 Cesca Chair and a 1972 Frank Gehry Wiggle Chair made of corrugated cardboardhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/desmustopfloor-hdj.jpgdesmustopfloor-hdjDesigner Maker User exhibition on the Design Museum’s top floorhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/desmustopfloordmu-hdj.jpgDesMusTopFloorDMU-HdjGlorious vistas beneath the former Commonwealth Institute’s dramatic roof2016-11-25T00:53:45+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/10/29/%e2%9e%a4-a-chapter-of-bowies-musical-legacy-best-forgotten/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lazarus16-nyc-jan-versweyveld.jpglazarus16-nyc-jan-versweyveldClick to enlarge: cinemascopic stage for Lazarus in New York with Michael C. Hall (left), Cristin Milioti and Michael Esper. (Photo Jan Versweyveld) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/db76-mwfte-eyes.jpgdb76-mwfte-eyesBowie as Newton in the film TMWFTE, 1976: androgynous rock star as an alien visiting Earth from the planet Anthea https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lazarus-michael-hall-musical.jpglazarus-michael-hall-musicalMichael C Hall as Newton on the London stage2016-11-13T15:10:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/11/10/%e2%9e%a4-sothebys-first-david-bowie-art-auction-raises-twice-the-expected-total-sales-figure/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/auerbach-head-of-gerda-boehm-sotheby-copy.jpgauerbach-head-of-gerda-boehm-sotheby-copyBowie’s inspiration: Auerbach’s Head of Gerda Boehm (Sotheby) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/db-sotheby16-auerbach-gerda.jpgdb-sotheby16-auerbach-gerdaAt Sotheby’s Bowie/Collector auction tonight: the pop star’s fravourite painting, Frank Auerbach’s portrait Head of Gerda Boehm, eventually went for went for £3.35m. (Screengrab from Sotheby’s live webcast) 2016-11-11T00:18:05+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/11/05/%e2%9e%a4-bowies-taste-in-art-respectable-with-bargains-to-be-had-at-sothebys-auction/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dbsotheby16-feiler_132040dj.jpgDBsotheby16-FEILERBowie/Collector in a nutshell: Paul Feiler, Horizontal Blue + Sienna, 1960, oil on board, est £30,000–50,000. Right, painting by Ian McKever (est £3k), plus bronzes by Denis Mitchell (est from £5k), Memphis table by Sottsass (est £3k) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dbsotheby16-hirst_130113dj.jpgdbsotheby16-hirst_130113djDamien Hirst with David Bowie: Beautiful, hallo, space-boy painting, 1995, est £250,000–350,000. Household gloss on canvas. Initialled by Hirst, dated by Bowie at lefthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dbsotheby16-hirst_162035crop-dj.jpgdbsotheby16-hirst_162035crop-djDamien Hirst, Untitled Fish For David, 1995, est £40,000–60,000– From the Young British Artist who preserved an adult tiger shark in a giant tank, this gift from Damien Hirst to David Bowie contains a tiny 2-inch fish in formaldehyde, as “a profound inquiry into human existence”. Here displayed at Sotheby’s London, reflecting and refracting other art in the saleroom. (Photography © Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dbsotheby16-lanyons_122443dj.jpgdbsotheby16-lanyons_122443djPeter Lanyon, Rosewall, 1940, oil, est £8,000–12,000. Also Lanyon, Dry Summer Thunder, 1951, oil on board, est £7,000–10,000 https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dbsotheby16-nerdrum_154409dj.jpgNerdrum, Dawn 1990 lot 275Odd Nerdrum, Dawn (detail), 1990, oil – enigmatic Norwegian “kitsch” artist “best thing in the show”, say somehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dbsotheby16-nevinsonoil_124120dj.jpgDBsotheby16-NevinsonChristopher Nevinson, Conflict, 1927, oil on canvas, est £60,000–80,000 – leading painter of the First World War captures warring masculine impulses https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dbsotheby16-sottsass-phone_125633dj.jpgSottsass phone, 1986Ettore Sottsass, Enorme telephone, 1986, moulded plastic, est £200–300. The final lot in Friday’s Design salehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dbsotheby16-tunnard_122650dj.jpgDBsotheby16-TunnardJohn Tunnard, Morvah, 1946, oil and tempera, est £30,000–50,000 https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dbsotheby16-williams_132619dj.jpgDBsotheby16-WilliamsBowie/Collector at Sotheby’s: Glynn Williams, Après La Danse, 1993, bronze, est £3,000–5,000. (Photography © Shapersofthe80s) 2016-11-07T02:33:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/10/30/2016-%e2%9e%a4-britains-first-robot-eric-comes-back-to-life/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/capek-1921-robots-drama.jpgcapek-1921-robots-dramaThe world’s first robots: in Čapek’s play R.U.R. of 1921https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/eric28and16-sm-dj204811.jpgeric28and16-sm-dj204811Eric the robot, then and now: Emerging from the workshop in 1928, left, and today on gleaming display in London’s Science Museum. His former tight-lipped expression has been enlivened with spiky teeth by his builder Giles Walker2016-10-31T23:03:35+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/09/16/2016-%e2%9e%a4-on-film-two-electrifying-hours-of-the-beatles-as-theyve-never-been-seen-and-heard/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/beatles16-pmrs-ronhoward-abbeyrd.jpgbeatles16-pmrs-ronhoward-abbeyrdRon Howard with Paul and Ringo this week: “I love this photo that was taken yesterday at Abbey Road Studios in historic Studio 2 while we were promoting The Beatles: Eight Days a Week”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/beatles65-shea-stadium-subafilms.jpgbeatles65-shea-stadium-subafilmsPristine footage: The Beatles play Shea Stadium in August 1965. (Photograph: SubaFilms)2016-09-18T17:38:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/05/11/1666-%e2%9e%a4-pepys-reveals-a-courtly-fashion-in-the-ashes-of-the-great-fire-of-london/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/charlesiiexcess1.jpgCharlesII,excessTypically the king favoured swagging and drapery in his daywear: Charles II of England by Simon Verelst (The Royal Collection)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pepys66-npg.jpgPepys66-NPGThe obsessive diarist: Portrait of Samuel Pepys 1666, by John Hayls (National Portrait Gallery, London)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/gtfire66-lonmusmap.jpgGtFire66-LonMusMapColours show the progress of the Great Fire of London: it began on the night of September 2, 1666, on Pudding Lane, in the shop of Thomas Farynor, baker to King Charles II. It raged for four days, destroyed three-quarters of the City’s wooden buildings, and spread even beyond the medieval walls to the west. (Museum of London)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/greatfirelondon1666-londmus.jpgGreatFireLondon,1666-LondMusThe Great Fire of London 1666, looking west from a boat near Tower Wharf. The painting depicts Old London Bridge, Old St Paul’s and the Tower of London. (Dutch School, probably 17th century, Museum of London prints)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/chasiinellgwyn-edwardward.jpgChasII,NellGwyn-EdwardWardCould this be the black vest as royal fashion statement? Charles II and Nell Gwyn, painted by Edward Matthew Ward, 1854 (detail, V&A collection)2016-09-01T21:34:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/07/21/2016-%e2%9e%a4-bowies-passionate-eye-for-art-proves-to-be-not-bad-at-all/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dbsotheby16-brionvega-radiophonograph-1965.jpgDBSotheby16-brionvega-radiophonograph-1965In the Bowie/Collector sale: Italian Brionvega Radiophonograph (model RR 126) by the Castiglioni brothers from 1965. Sotheby’s estimate £800-1,200 https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dbsotheby16-wyndhamlewis-dj4279.jpgDBSothebyTAGS David Bowie, Sotheby’s, auction, art, furniture-WyndhamLewis-dj4279Circus Scene by Wyndham Lewis 1913-14, pen, ink, watercolour, gouache. Est £70k-100khttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dbsotheby16-hirst-dj4265.jpgDBSotheby16-Hirst-dj4265In the Bowie/Collector sale: one of Damien Hirst’s first spin paintings with a long-winded title from 1995, painted with household gloss. Sotheby’s est £250k-350k.https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dbsotheby-sotsass-dj4264.jpgDBSotheby-Sotsass-dj4264Flamboyant furniture by Ettore Sottsass from the 1981 Memphis collection – lamps, table and sideboard. Estimates from £800https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dbsotheby-shire-sofa-dj4278.jpgDBSotheby-Shire-sofa-dj4278Big Sur sofa by Peter Shire 1986 fronting the furniture display. Est £4,000–6,000https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dbsotheby-lanyon-witness-c2a9gavinevans-e1469108550691.jpgDBSotheby-Lanyon-Witness-©GavinEvansWitness by Peter Lanyon 1961, oil on canvas – one of two oils by the British abstract expressionist on show. (Pic © Gavin Evans)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dbsotheby-intro-dj4269.jpgDBSotheby-intro-dj4269Bowie/Collector at Sotheby’s Ldn: the exhibition intro. Photos by Shapersofthe80s except where statedhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dbsotheby-frances-dj4276.jpgDBSotheby-Frances-dj4276Frances Christie, head of Sotheby’s Modern British Art, being interviewed in front of Air Power by Jean-Michel Basquiat 1984. Est £2.5 million–3.5 milion.https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dbsotheby-duchamp-dj4285.jpgDBSotheby-Duchamp-dj4285À bruit secret (With Hidden Noise) by Marcel Duchamp 1964 . Est £180k-250k.https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dbsotheby-bomberg-dj4267.jpgDBSotheby-Bomberg-dj4267Sunrise in the Mountains by David Bomberg 1935, oil on canvas. Est £200k-300k2016-07-28T17:10:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/11/21/2012-%e2%9e%a4-sohos-nightowls-revisit-the-club-that-sifted-the-artex-monkeys-from-bowies-heroes/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/stmoritz80mcstmoritz-gs.jpgStMoritz80,MC,Stmoritz-gsSt Moritz 1980: Chris Sullivan and Michele Clapton – from Smith’s book We Can Be Heroeshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wcbh12-7279-dj.jpgWCBH12-7279-djhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wcbh12-7276-dj.jpgWCBH12-7276-djhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wcbh12-7271-dj.jpgWCBH12-7271-djhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wcbh12-7266-dj.jpgWCBH12-7266-djhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wcbh12-7256-dj.jpgWCBH12-7256-djhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wcbh12-7248-dj.jpgWCBH12-7248-djCultural observer Peter York: eager for the Sullivan autograph on the new editionhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wcbh12-7233-dj.jpgWCBH12-7233-djhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wcbh12-7228-dj.jpgWCBH12-7228-djhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wcbh12-7226-dj.jpgWCBH12-7226-dj2016-06-19T13:47:48+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/01/15/%e2%9e%a4-a-sensational-portrait-of-bowie-as-the-man-who-shaped-our-responses-to-an-age-of-shattered-dreams/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/principia15_spacewalk_tim_peake.jpgPrincipia15_spacewalk_Tim_Peake2016: The British astronaut Major Tim Peake – sporting the Union Jack on his shoulder – takes his first spacewalk at 2pm today from the International Space Station (via NASA Television)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/economist-logo.pngEconomist logohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ashes80-majortom.jpgAshes80-MajorTom1980: “Ashes to ashes, funk to funky / We know Major Tom’s a junkie / Strung out in heaven’s high / Hitting an all-time low”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/oddity69-majortom.jpgOddity69-MajorTom1969: “This is Ground Control to Major Tom / You’ve really made the grade / And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear”2016-06-14T22:39:01+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/06/10/%e2%9e%a4-40-years-on-ridgers-casts-an-honest-spotlight-on-the-birth-of-punk/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ridgers16-punklaunch-deniseshaw-dj3970.jpgRidgers16-Punklaunch-DeniseShaw-dj3970Meeting Derek Ridgers for the first time: Denise Shaw from Rochdale, who is pictured centre alongside Paul Doyle on the cover of the new book, Punk London, at the Roxy club in 1977https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ridgers16-punklaunch-bethcinamon-dj3974.jpgRidgers16-Punklaunch-BethCinamon-dj3974Another first at the Punk London book launch: Derek Ridgers meets Beth Cinamon from London, also pictured centre in 1978 in Sohohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ridgers16-bruceandypsueandyc-dj3944.jpgBruce,AndyP,Sue,AndyCParty animals: Bruce Marcus aka Count Indigo, Andy Polaris, and 70s clubland legends Susan Carrington and Andrew Czezowski https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ridgers16-sjones-andyp-dj3949.jpgJonesandPolarisFormer Blitz Kids milliner Stephen Jones and Animal Nightlife frontman Andy Polaris https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ridgers16-daylebestdrfriend-dj3993.jpgDayleBest,SandraVijandiRidgers meets music correspondent for The Bite magazine, Dayle Best and photographer Sandra Vijandi https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ridgers16punklaunch-paulsmith-davebenett.jpgDerekRidgers-PaulSmithCelebrating punk’s 40th: Ridgers with his host Sir Paul Smith at last night’s party at No 9 Albemarle Street. Photo by Dave Benett. All other pix by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ridgers16-denisebeth-dj3959.jpgRidgers16-Denise,Beth-dj3959Stars of the party, Punk London pin-ups Denise Shaw and Beth Cinamon, tracked down after 40 yearshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/damned77-roxy-withridgers-getty.jpgDamned77atRoxyCaptain Sensible fronts the Damned at the Roxy in 1977: spot Ridgers the cameraman top right in glasses and open-neck shirt. Photographed by Erica Echenberghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dr77-punk-jordan-ants-vortex.jpgDR77-punk-Jordan-Ants-VortexDerek Ridgers immortalises the night that the pioneering punk icon Jordan sang with The Ants at the Vortex, and says today: “They played far better music IMHO than when Adam became a big star in the 80s”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/roxy77-closes-letts-czezowski.jpgRoxy77-closes-Letts-Czezowski28 March 1977: deejay Don Letts and club promoter Andrew Czezowski outside the Roxy when it closed, three months after giving birth to punk. Photographed by Erica Echenberg2016-06-13T11:25:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/06/06/2016-%e2%9e%a4-bid-for-your-own-rare-photo-of-david-bowie/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/db16-ffp-denis-chalkie-dj3926.jpgDB16-FFP-Denis-Chalkie-dj3926Bowie, Fame, Fashion, Photography at The Hub: at left, Denis O’Regan’s wall of images with his 1978 performance picture at centre. On the far wall is Chalkie Davies’s montage of nine Ziggy Stardust stage images from 1973https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/db86-asjareth-labyrinth-by-chalkie-davies.jpgDB86-asJareth-Labyrinth-by Chalkie Davies1985: Bowie as Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth, photographed during filming by Chalkie Davies who says today that he “only shot this one single frame”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/db16-june-ffp-exhibition.jpgDB16-June-FFP-exhibition2016-06-08T09:45:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/07/11/2011-%e2%9e%a4-telling-the-truth-a-tv-doc-with-a-message-for-the-times-we-live-in/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/atpm76-robards-homily.jpgATPM76-Robards-homilyJason Robards as Ben Bradlee in All the President’s Men: click on image to run video cliphttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/atpm73-redfordhoffman.jpgATPM73-redford,hoffman“Woodstein” the investigating double act: Robert Redford cast as Bob Woodward and Dustin Hoffman as Carl Bernstein in the colour-coded Washington Post newsroom built in Hollywood for the 1976 movie All the President’s Menhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/atpm76bradlee-fingertap.jpgATPM76,Bradlee-fingertapFingertap. Clap hands. — Jason Robards as Ben Bradlee expressing his elation in All the President’s Men, after finally approving Woodward and Bernstein’s story of the century: “Run that baby!” [Exactly the same gesture that Charles Wintour would give at the Evening Standard when elated]https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/atpm76fingertapbradlee.jpgATPM76,fingertapBradleeFingertap. Clap. — Bradlee’s moment of elation in ATPMhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/coffeehouse-jonberkeley-corbis.jpgCoffeeHouse-JonBerkeley-Corbishttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/kgraham72bernsteinwoodward.jpgkgraham72bernsteinwoodwardKatharine Graham, publisher of the Washington Post for three decades: here with reporters Carl Bernstein, left, and Bob Woodward in 1972. She put Ben Bradlee in charge and gave him “remarkable freedom in the newsroom”. (Estate of Katharine Graham. Copyright Mark Godfrey)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/all_the_presidents_men_book_1974.jpgAll_the_President's_Men_book_19742016-06-07T22:09:48+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/04/29/2016-%e2%9e%a4-telling-it-like-it-is-mister-nightlife-aka-swindells-junior/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/swindells16-doomed-3754dj.jpgSwindells16-Doomed-3754djDave Swindells at Doomed, in front of one of his photos of Taboo in 1985: “It was such an adventure, a crazy night in terms of what happened there, partly because there would be a whole suitcase load of ecstasy” (Photo by Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/swindells15-dec4-lostinmusic-nuala-ginty.jpgSwindells15-dec4-Lostinmusic-Nuala GintySnapper snapped: Dave Swindells at last December’s Lost In Music exhibition of nightlife photography, caught by Nuala Gintyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/swindells16-doomedgallery-talk-flyer.jpgSwindells16-DoomedGallery-talk-flyerFlyer for the Swindells talk on Tuesday: explain this lot, Dave!2016-05-11T20:55:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/04/22/2016-%e2%9e%a4-prince-rogers-nelson-his-raunchy-earliest-videos-and-his-last/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/prince91-gettoff-crop-mtv.jpgPrince91-GettOff-crop-MTVPrince’s 1991 MTV Video Awards performance of Gett Off with The New Power Generation might be the sexiest thing ever aired on TV. Click on pic to run video in new windowhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/prince80-jan8-nbcmidnightspecial-4405.jpgPrince80-Jan8-NBCMidnightSpecial-4405Click on pic to run video in new windowhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/prince04-grammys-wbeyonce-prain.jpgPrince04-Grammys-wBeyonce-PRainGrammy Awards 2004, on video: Another killer rendition of Purple Rain with Beyoncé before duetting in Baby I’m a Star2016-04-24T13:32:20+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/04/22/2016-%e2%9e%a4-van-jones-reveals-princes-humanitarian-activities-to-cnn/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/prince14-yeswecode-launch.pngPrince14-YesWeCode LaunchJuly 2014: Prince at the #YesWeCode Launch, at Essence Music Festival2016-04-24T02:20:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/18/%e2%9e%a4-steve-norman-vidz-one-minute-of-magic-by-london-blues-buskers/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/linton11.jpgLinton11Errol Linton: raw, fresh and Britishhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/sn11twitpicbuskersjpg.jpgSN11,TwitpicBuskersjpg2016-04-04T23:46:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/12/10/%e2%9e%a4-lovey-dovey-shia-labeouf-says-ring-me-today-and-touch-my-soul/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/labeouf15-fact-closeup.jpgLaBeouf15-Fact-closeupShia on the line: “Can you touch my soul?” https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/shia14-notfamousbags.jpgShia14-notfamousbagS2014: Hollywood star LaBeouf bagged on the red carpethttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/touchmysoul15-text101-e1449883553872.pngtouchmysoul15-text10https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/touchmysoul15-text91-e1449884017641.pngtouchmysoul15-text9https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/touchmysoul15-text81-e1449883827823.pngtouchmysoul15-text8https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/touchmysoul15-text71-e1449883489887.pngtouchmysoul15-text7https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/touchmysoul15-text61-e1449883676477.pngtouchmysoul15-text6https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/touchmysoul15-text51-e1449883714616.pngtouchmysoul15-text5https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/touchmysoul15-text41-e1449883589235.pngtouchmysoul15-text4https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/touchmysoul15-text31.pngtouchmysoul15-text32016-02-21T16:05:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/02/12/%e2%9e%a4-remembering-steve-strange-todays-tweet-from-midge-ure/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/visage80-muressdfbc-oregans.jpgVisage80-MU,RE,SS,DF,BC-OReganSVisage 1980, left to right: Midge Ure, Rusty Egan, Steve Strange, Dave Formula and Billy Currie. (Photo © Denis O’Regan)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/midge16-12feb-tweet-stevestrange.jpgMidge16-12feb-tweet-SteveStrangeClick to view original Tweet2016-02-13T23:19:30+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/01/11/david-bowie-8-january-1947-10-january-2016/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/db16-black-tribute1.jpgDB16-black-tribute2016-02-10T00:47:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/01/13/bowie-he-collapsed-at-his-last-public-appearance/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/db15-dec7-final-lazarus-vantagenewss.jpgDB15-dec7-final-Lazarus-VantagenewsSDavid Bowie attends the premiere of Lazarus in New York, Dec 7... Its director Ivo van Hove told The Times: “I could see the tears behind his eyes because he was not a man to show off his emotions. He was really deep in fear.” Photo © Vantagenews2016-02-06T19:22:29+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/01/14/%e2%9e%a4-come-on-davie-jones-its-time-you-cheered-us-all-up/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/db-funny-momentspt1-wchrisevanstv.jpgDB-Funny MomentsPt1-wChrisEvansTVDavid Bowie telling a tall tale on TV: “He had seven daughters and seven sons. . .”2016-01-14T17:19:30+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/01/05/%e2%9e%a4-now-david-bowies-landlady-tells-her-story-of-the-lodger-from-mars/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/legastat-careyst-london-dbtemping.jpgLegastat-CareySt-London-DBtempinghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/db60s-inbed-smoking-rex.jpgDB60s-inbed-smoking-rexDavid Bowie at home in Beckenham in 1969, where he became the lodger and lover of Mary Finnigan. (Photo by Ray Stevenson/Rex)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/finnigan16-bowie-suburbia-book.jpgFinnigan16-Bowie-Suburbia-bookFriend, lover and landlady: Mary Finnigan and her personal new book about living with Bowie2023-10-26T23:58:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/01/04/2016-%e2%9e%a4-shakespeare-announces-tour-dates-for-us-comeback/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/shakespeare1623-firstfolio-folger-library.jpgshakespeare1623-firstfolio-folger-library400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death: the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, owns 82 copies of his First Folio! (Photo: Folger Shakespeare Library)2016-01-04T20:30:25+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/03/11/revolver-maps-click-to-see-who-visits-shapers-of-the-80s/2016-01-04T16:08:06+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/12/27/%e2%9e%a4-steve-strange-remembered-by-martin-kemp/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ss15-headstone.jpgSS15-headstoneSteve Strange’s gravestone erected 18 December in Porthcawl, South Waleshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ss81-mk-robert-rosen-rexs.jpgSS81-MK-Robert Rosen-RexSSteve Strange, right, and Martin Kemp at Tokyo Joe’s in London in 1981. Photograph by Robert Rosen/Rex2015-12-28T00:04:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/12/22/%e2%9e%a4-how-it-should-be-bombshell-from-hadley-to-spandau/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/th15-lorrainekelly-tv-rex.jpgTH15-LorraineKelly-TV-RexSpandau Ballet singer Tony Hadley talking to Lorraine today. (Picture: Rex Shutterstock/ITV) 2015-12-22T15:20:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/12/18/%e2%9e%a4-thanks-to-neil-mccormick-for-the-only-bowie-blackstar-review-we-need-to-read/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/mccaslin13-newport-kissick.jpgMcCaslin13-Newport-KissickDonny McCaslin: Bowie’s new-found friendhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/db15-blackstarvid1157.jpgDB15-BlackstarVid1157Late-life melancholy with jazzy modulations: Bowie in messianic mode in the video for the album’s title track Blackstar2015-12-19T20:10:30+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/12/09/%e2%9e%a4-whos-that-man-in-the-black-jumper-and-spectacles-wowie-its-bowie/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lazarus15-picby-jan-versweyveld.jpgLazarus15-picby-Jan VersweyveldHall as Newton and Caruso as an angelic muse https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/lazarus15-hall-milioti-versweyveld.jpgLazarus15-Hall, Milioti-VersweyveldHall as Newton and Milioti as Elly his romantic interesthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/db15-premiere-moustache.jpgDB15-premiere-moustacheA hint of moustache? Bowie arrives for the premierehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/db15-dec-lazarus-bows.jpgDB15-dec-Lazarus-bowsBowie takes a bow: Stylish men in T-shirts protect their jacket collars from sweat with an Alexander McQueen navy and silver skull polka dot evening scarf... Proper lapels too on this McQueen single button shoulder jacket in worn-away cotton and woolhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/db15-newlook-at-lazarus.jpgDB15-newlook-at-LazarusDavid Bowie at rehearsals for Lazarus: wearing a feather embroidered wool-silk V-neck sweater by Alexander McQueen, plus the latest self-winding Louis Vuitton Tambour eVolution Chrono GMT watch in stainless steel. Facebook fans comment: “Back to blond!”. . . “Is that his John Shuttleworth impression?”. . . “Almost unbelievable that a man approaching 70 can cause such media interest”. . . “The watch is the Vuitton one he got for free when shooting in Venice [wink]” [Wrong!]. . . “Still not wearing his wedding ring though – it disappeared from his finger when he returned with The Next Day”. . . And a female: “Really the spit of his Dad there!”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/db15-ivo-van-hove-at-lazarus-rehearsals.jpgBowie-vanHoveBowie and director Ivo van Hove at Lazarus rehearsalshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/db15-billboard-for-blackstar-olympia.jpgDB15-billboard for-Blackstar-OlympiaTa-daaa! Jonathan Barnbrook’s ★ billboard at Olympia, with lyrics https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/db15-dec-lazarus-dbofficial.jpgDB15-dec-Lazarus-DBofficialApplause for Sophia Anne Caruso, Michael C. Hall, Ivo van Hove, David Bowie and Cristin Milioti2017-07-01T16:52:05+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/11/20/%e2%9e%a4-spicy-new-survey-from-derek-ridgers-celebrates-the-wild-hours-between-dusk-and-sunrise/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dark-carnival-covers.jpgdark-carnival-coverShttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dr-dcarn-astoria2000s.jpgDR-DCarn-Astoria2000sClubbers at the Astoria in 2000 photographed by Derek Ridgers https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dr-dcarn-brixton2011s.jpgDR-DCarn-Brixton2011sAnonymous clubber in Brixton 2011 photographed by Derek Ridgers2015-12-09T15:50:46+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/11/19/%e2%9e%a4-75-ballet-gigs-later-gary-kemp-tackles-serious-theatre-but-denounces-its-obsession-with-class/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/homecoming15-gkcookchan-marc-brenner-gdn2642.jpgHomecoming15-Gk,Cook,Chan-Marc Brenner Gdn2642Gemma Chan as Ruth, with Gary Kemp and Ron Cook, in The Homecoming at Trafalgar Studios. Photograph by Marc Brennerhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/homecoming15-changk-matthumphrey-indie.jpghomecoming15-Chan,GK-MattHumphrey-indieGemma Chan as Ruth, with Gary Kemp as Teddy, rehearsing for The Homecoming at Trafalgar Studios in London. Photograph by Matt Humphrey2015-11-24T13:43:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/11/20/2015-%e2%9e%a4-weird-and-wonderful-new-bowie-his-blackstar-man-is-set-to-blow-our-minds/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/blackstar-at-12-05-39.jpgBlackstar at 12.05.39https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/blackstar-at-11-57-57.jpgBlackstar at 11.57.57https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/blackstar-at-12-05-43.jpgBlackstar at 12.05.43Blackstar: Bowie being messianic and ghoulish2015-11-24T00:34:05+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/11/13/2015-%e2%9e%a4-another-three-days-inside-the-head-of-shia-labeouf/2015-11-22T13:59:25+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/11/18/1980s-%e2%9e%a4-the-ridgers-lens-lays-bare-the-pursuit-of-love/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dr84-others-floored.jpgDR84-Others-flooredLondon 1984: if this is you, come to the party! Photo © Derek Ridgershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dr84-another-excess.jpgDR84-Another-ExcessBig hair, 80s-style: Mohican and his captive. Photo © Derek Ridgers2015-11-18T13:59:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/11/14/%e2%9e%a4-just-a-friday-night-at-a-rock-show-by-a-survivor/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/paris15-nov14-isobel-bowdery-tshirt-fbk.jpgParis15-nov14-Isobel Bowdery-Tshirt-FbkIsobel’s T-shirthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/paris15-nov14-isobel-bowdery-fbk.jpgParis15-nov14-Isobel Bowdery-FbkIsobel Bowdery: survivor of the terrorist shootings at last night’s Bataclan concert in Paris2015-11-15T14:50:23+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/11/12/1982-%e2%9e%a4-discovered-lost-footage-of-px-and-steve-strange-in-drag/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ss82-sjonespx-decouvert-tf1.jpgSS82-SJones,PX-decouvert-TF11982: Milliner Stephen Jones and Steve Strange show off the PX boutique to French TV. (Screengrab © TF1)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ss82-tramp-video-ronny-tf1.jpgSS82-Tramp-video-Ronny-TF11982: Steve Strange dragged up singing The Lady is a Tramp with Ronny for French TV. (Screengrab © TF12015-11-14T01:15:30+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/11/09/%e2%9e%a4-princess-julia-relives-the-day-when-1980-went-boom/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/juliaaud15-jh3322-dj.jpgJuliaAud15-JH3322-djEx-Blitz Kid Jeffrey Hinton plays deejay and prompterhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/juliaaud15-iw3314-dj.jpgJuliaAud15-IW3314-djEx-Blitz Kid, now professor of fashion, Iain Webb injected an intellectual moment by interviewing Julia at the barhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/juliaaud15-3321-dj.jpgJuliaAud15-3321-djJulia talks: adorned in a kind of Baby Jane pink ruffled nightie by Ryan Lo, from his SS16 collection, with cap of roses (inset, being snapped by Louie Banks)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/juliaaud15-3311-dj.jpgJuliaAud15-3311-djJulia shifts to a romantic Baby Jane pink ruffled nightie by Ryan Lo for the second half of her talkhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/juliaaud15-3298-dj.jpgJuliaAud15-3298-djPrincess Julia opens her talk: a coronet signifies her role as a leader of London’s nightlife aristocracyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/juliaaud15-3275-dj.jpgJuliaAud15-3275-djPrincess Julia opens her talk: a 3D printed crown signifies her role as a leader of London’s nightlife aristocracy, while she sports red and back dip-dyed denim over-jacket with bell sleeves, black net gown and tie-front knickerbockers, all by Ed Marler from his SS16 collectionhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bk80-mar3-dmirror-hairup-cuts.jpgBK80-mar3-Dmirror-hairup-cutsThe Daily Mirror, 3 March 1980https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/julia15-oct-photo-rebecca-thomas-hat-stephen-jones-wardrobe-ryan-lo.jpgJulia15-oct-Photo Rebecca Thomas, hat Stephen Jones, wardrobe Ryan LoJulia today a Princess as a leader of London’s nightlife aristocracy2015-11-11T17:59:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/09/27/2015-%e2%9e%a4-all-in-one-room-more-blitz-kids-than-you-could-shake-a-new-romantic-frill-at/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sslife15-rosealejandro-dj.jpgSSlife15-Rose,AlejandroSteve Strange’s partners in revival club-nights, Rosemary Turner and Alejandro Gocasthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sslife15-mickdavidajay-dj.jpgMick, David,AjayOnetime Blitz Kids Mick Hurd and David Holah with Ajay Kenthhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sslife15-biddieeve-dj.jpgBiddie-EveBlitz cabaret duo Biddie and Eve reunitedhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sslife15-jamie-dj.jpgJamieLRomance vocalist Jamie Lovatt takes the stagehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sslife15-cabaret-dj.jpgSS-guestsCafé Royal guests having a fab night outhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sslife15-stephenfiona-dj.jpgStephen,FionaOnetime Blitz Kids Stephen Jones and Fiona Dealey boogeying on down to Eve’s hot funkhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sslife15-yorkjudipam-dj.jpgPeter, Judi, PamPeter York, Judi Frankland and Pam Hogghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sslife15-biddiekiki-dj.jpgBiddie, KikiHirsute James “Biddie” Biddlecombe and Kiki (17 years at St Martin’s!)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sslife15-jonesjudifrancesca-dj.jpgStephen, Judi, FrancescaOne-time Blitz Kids Stephen Jones, Judi Frankland and Franceska Luther Kinghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sslife15-hmpress-dj.jpgHer-Majesty’s-PressPaul “Scoop” Simper, with Steve Mahoney 2015-10-02T20:53:36+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/09/25/2015-%e2%9e%a4-hot-revelations-from-the-flexipop-book-party/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/flexipop15-party-pb2886-dj.jpgFlexipop15-party-PB2886-djPauline Black with friends Ella and Jim . . . All photos © Shapersofthe80s https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/flexipop15-party-softcell2888.jpgFlexipop15-party-SoftCell2888Flexipop strip satirising Soft Cellhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/flexipop15-party-bctlnm2883-dj.jpgFlexipop15-party-BC,TL,NM2883-djQ&A with Barry Cain, Tim Lott, Neil Matthewshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/flexipop15-party-charts-2857-dj.jpgFlexipop15-party-charts-2857-djFlexipop readers' all-time fave trackshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/flexipop15-party-ctpb2885-dj.jpgFlexipop15-party-CT,PB2885-djFree hugs from Christos Tolera and Phil Bloomberghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/flexipop15-party-mrap2856-dj.jpgFlexipop15-party-MR,AP2856-dj80s superstars Mark Reilly and Andy Polaris https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/flexipop15-party-nm2858-dj.jpgNeil Mackenzie Matthews with his photos exhibited behind on Somerset paperNeil Mackenzie Matthews with his photo exhibithttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/flexipop15-party-nm2867-dj.jpgFlexipop15-party-NM2867-djLensman Neil Matthews and Toyah, immortalised wearing his bunny ears https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/flexipop15-party-tlbc2860-dj.jpgFlexipop15-party-TL,BC2860-djFlexipop founders: Tim Lott and Barry Cain at Red Gallery last night. (Photographed by © Shapersofthe80s)2015-09-25T11:01:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/09/23/2015-%e2%9e%a4-brace-positions-flexipop-aims-to-drag-us-all-back-in-time/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/flexipop15-book-matlock.jpgFlexipop15-book-Matlock80s survivor: Glen Matlock, bass guitarist in the original Sex Pistols line-up, relishes Flexipop-the-book-of-the-maghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/flexipop15-bookcoverorder.jpgFlexipop15-bookcoverorderNow The-Book-of-the-Maghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/lee-thompson-byneilmmatthews-copy.jpgLee Thompson-byNeilMMatthews copyMadness songwriter Lee Thompson photographed by Neil M Matthews for Flexipop – for sale at the 2015 book launch party2015-09-24T17:20:11+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/03/25/%e2%9e%a4-anna%e2%80%99s-army-%e2%80%94-how-the-english-born-editor-of-vogue-became-her-own-global-brand/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/wsjmag11wintour-testino.jpgwsjmag11,wintour-testinohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/annasarmythumb-wsj.jpgAnnasArmy,thumb-WSJA coalition of the willing: Anna Wintour’s army of allies extends her influence well beyond Vogue. Here are a few key people in what one academic calls her “fully connected network”. Graphic © WSJ. magazine2015-08-20T21:21:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/01/01/%e2%9e%a4-toasting-the-blitz-kid-dynamos-who-have-driven-the-success-of-shapers-of-the-80s/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sbc80-hvnliveside4s-dj.jpgSBC80-Hvn,liveside4S-djHouseband of the Blitz club: at the London megaclub Heaven Spandau Ballet play their tenth live date on 29 Dec 1980. © Shapersofthe80s2015-07-22T00:51:46+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/revolution/1981-first-blitz-invasion-of-the-us/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/th81-byrhondapasterfbk.jpgTH81-byRhondaPasterFBkPolaroid by Rhonda Pasterhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/sb81nyj36-live-dj64.jpgSB81NYj36-live-dj64New York 1981: Spandau introduce America to electro-diskow at the Underground club – note Hadley on synth. Photographed by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/sb81nyk14-gang-dj72.jpgsb81nyk14-gang-dj72The invaders go partying, New York 1981: 21 Blitz Kids average age 21 (plus a couple of locals) gathered at Errol’s loft near Union Square. Photograph by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/sb81nyb26vankids-dj92.jpgSB81,NYB26van,kids-dj92Photocall: Spandau, Burgess and assorted Blitz Kids gather for the Vandam’s press conference. Yes that is Sade towards the far right. Photograph © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ny81axrunarchpall-dj100.jpgNY81Axrun,Arch,Pall-dj100On the torchlit runway: Terry Doktor lights the way as Carmel Johnson puts some heat into Robin Archer’s take on a Roman soldier tunic; right, Rhonda Paster models the Pallium workwear championed by Toyah Willcox. Photographed by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ny81axrunzootcomb-dj92.jpgNY81,Axrunzootcomb-dj92Local dudes: Jorge Socarrás, John The Greek and Michael Smith sport suits by Paul Wynters and Chris Sullivan on the Underground runway. Photographed by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/sb81vandammoleb10-dj.jpgSB81VandamMoleb10-djDecoding the heritage: press conference at Vandam’s restaurant with Hadley, Norman, Burgess, Fouratt, Mole and assorted Blitz Kids. Below right, Graham Smith explains his photo portfolio on the Blitz heritage to New Yorker Richard Buckley. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ny81kidjf-dj.jpgNY81,kid,jf-djSupercool duo: August Darnell, aka Kid Creole, with host Jim Fourratt at the Underground shebang. Photographed by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ny81caxlexmksn-dj1.jpgNY81cAxLexMKSN-djLexington Avenue: A fashion shoot features Martin Kemp wearing Demob and Steve Norman wearing Pallium, along with the local girls. Photographed © by David Spahnhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ny81axmelolthcut-dj.jpgNY81Ax,Mel,Ol,THcut-djAt the Underground club in NYC 1981: Melissa Caplan rehearses Bob Elms, Mandy d’Wit and Sade Adu for the runway show. Right, Ollie "the snip" O’Donnell goes to work on Tony Hadley’s hair. Photographed by © Shapersofthe80s2015-07-07T13:38:35+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/06/25/2015-%e2%9e%a4-pitch-now-to-make-a-video-for-durans-slinky-come-back-party-single/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dd15-press-by-stephanie-pistel.jpgDD15-press-by Stephanie PistelDuran reignited for 2015: Roger Taylor drums, John Taylor bass, Nick Rhodes keyboards, Simon Le Bon vocals. (Photograph by Stephanie Pistel)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/janelle-monae-13.jpgJanelle-Monae-13Pressure Off features Janelle Monáe2015-06-25T17:36:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/06/20/spandau-2010-%e2%9e%a4-normski-says-hola-to-barcelona/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sb15-madridacousticstreet.jpgSB15-Madrid,acoustic,streetSurprise acoustic taster: Steve Norman, Tony Hadley and Gary Kemp playing bang in the centre of Madrid. Photo: Carlos Rosillo2015-06-20T15:01:22+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/04/20/1985-%e2%9e%a4-nnnnn-na-na-na-nnnnn-na-na-nineteen/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ph85teen.jpgPH85,teenVietnam conscripts: their average age was 19https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ph08teen.jpgPH08,teenMusical dramatisation: compilation of Vietnam clips set to Hardcastle’s 192015-06-17T23:43:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/05/31/2010-%e2%9e%a4-spider-woman-bourgeois-created-her-art-as-meditations-on-sexuality/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/bourgeois37brassai.jpgBourgeois37,BrassaiBourgeois photographed by Brassaï, studying in Paris, 1937. (Louise Bourgeois Archive) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/bourgspiders.jpgbourgspidersBourgeois’s sculptures: Mamon in Tate Modern in 2000, photographed by Ray Tang. Spider and Maman in the Large Courtyard of the Winter Palace, St Petersburg, 2001https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/bourgeois90-ramis36jpg.jpgbourgeois90-Ramis36jpgLouise Bourgeois in 1990, behind her marble sculpture Eye to Eye (1970). Photographed © by Raimon Ramis2015-05-27T00:42:04+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/02/13/%e2%9e%a4-steve-strange-rip-the-great-provocateur-who-led-from-the-front-and-inspired-a-generation/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ss82-anvil-hnewton.jpgSS82-Anvil-HNewtonLeather-clad Steve Strange photographed in 1982 by Helmut Newtonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/visage79-strangeeganure-sr.jpg66221atThe early Visage outside the Blitz Club in 1979: Steve Strange (second right) and from the left, Rusty Egan, John McGeogh, Barry Adamson, Billy Currie, Dave Formula and Midge Ure. (Picture © Sheila Rock)2015-05-16T00:25:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/03/24/%e2%9e%a4-a-dance-sensation-baryshnikov-meets-lil-buck-to-music-by-venetian-snares/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ragbone15-baryshnikovlilbuck4.jpgRag&Bone15-Baryshnikov,LilBuck4Baryshnikov meets Lil Buck in Rag & Bone Men’s Fall/Winter 2015 film by Georgie Greville. Music by Venetian Snareshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ragbone15-baryshnikovlilbuck3.jpgRag&Bone15-Baryshnikov,LilBuck3Baryshnikov meets Lil Buck in Rag & Bone Men’s Fall/Winter 2015 film by Georgie Greville. Music by Venetian Snareshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ragbone15-baryshnikovlilbuck2.jpgRag&Bone15-Baryshnikov,LilBuck2Baryshnikov meets Lil Buck in Rag & Bone Men’s Fall/Winter 2015 film by Georgie Greville. 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fellow freak”. (Photo by Yui Mok)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ss15-steven-lastphoto-fbk.jpgSS15-SteveN-lastphoto-fbkThe Steves Strange and Norman: Friends to the end2015-03-22T02:02:18+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/03/12/%e2%9e%a4-todays-pix-from-steve-stranges-funeral/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sss15-snmk-coffinexits-1894-djc.jpgSSS15-SN,MK-coffinexits-1894-djCSteve Strange’s funeral, Porthcawl, Waleshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sss15-mkgk-coffinarrives-1888-djc.jpgSSS15-MK,GK-coffinarrives-1888-djCSteve Strange’s funeral, Porthcawl, Wales2015-03-13T01:45:59+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/02/25/2015-%e2%9e%a4-tv-doc-pits-boy-george-versus-the-rest-in-culture-club-reunion/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/george-quoted-atccwebsite2015.jpgGeorge-quoted-atCCwebsite,2015George quoted at the Culture Club websitehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/geojul81jon-dj.jpgGeoJul81,Jon-djRomance blossoms: Drummer Jon Moss gives George a peck at Planets club in July 1981 way before Culture Club existed. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cclub15-lineup.jpgCClub15-lineupCulture Club 2015 style: fractious and bickering, as ever2015-03-08T11:40:33+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2009/04/21/1982-%e2%9e%a4-never-a-week-without-a-fashion-show/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/c82palromo-dj32.jpgC82Pal,romo-dj32Le Palace, 1982: a Froggie version of New Romantic ... doesn’t quite get it, does he? Pictured by © Shapersofthe80s2015-03-07T13:00:22+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/02/26/2015-%e2%9e%a4-blow-me-talking-heads-david-byrne-to-curate-meltdown-festival/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/david-byrne12-by-james-day.jpgDavid Byrne12-by James DayDavid Byrne: Scottish, musician, singer-songwriter, artist, writer, actor, director, film producer, record producer, photography, opera, new wave, Talking Heads, Grammy, Oscar, Golden Globe, Hall of Fame. (Photograph © James Day)2015-02-27T22:15:36+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/02/21/%e2%9e%a4-steve-strange-talkative-as-ever-in-his-last-interview/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ss15-party-debra-hudson_1.jpgSS15-party-Debra Hudson_1https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ss15-kevin-debra-hudson_3.jpgSS15-Kevin-Debra Hudson_3https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ss15-debra-hudson-withss_4.jpgSS15-Debra Hudson-withSS_4https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sstweet15-jan21-holiday-friends.jpgSStweet15-jan21-holiday friendsSteve’s tweet on 15 Jan: with friends at his hotel in Sharm el-Sheikh https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sstweet15-jan19-in-redsea.jpgSStweet15-jan19-in RedSeaSteve’s tweet on 19 Jan: man overboard in the Red 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on image to run BBC vintage video from 1981: Toyah Willcox interviews Strange in Robin Hood guise2015-02-16T20:39:18+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/06/15/2010-%e2%9e%a4-ure-rallies-support-for-japan%e2%80%99s-bassist-karn/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/karn10cup.jpgKarn10cupKarn at home in Cyprus: restless, searching and candidhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/karn10ct.jpgKarn10,CThttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/prometeusbass.jpgPrometeusbasshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/japan79-finc.jpgJapan79-FinCJapan in May 1979, photographed © by Fin Costello https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/urekarn83.jpgUre,Karn83Ure and Kahn: Fashion single in 1983https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/mkarn.jpgMKarnMick Karn: former 80s pop star today struggling to make ends meet2015-02-15T15:26:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/02/13/%e2%9e%a4-return-to-the-blitz-2011-london-tonight-reports/2015-02-13T10:28:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/02/07/%e2%9e%a4-kerpow-splat-remix-wizard-rusty-unleashes-all-barrels-on-the-music-industry-slackers/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/rusty79-iantregoning-wunderverk.jpgRusty79-IanTregoning-WunderverkSampling in Wächtersbach, 1979: ‪Rusty Egan‪ with Ian Tregoning making Wunderwerk with Franz Aumüller‬ https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/rusty15-kraftwerkconf.jpgRusty15-KraftwerkConfJan 2015: Rusty Egan ranting, sorry, lecturing at Aston Universityhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/rusty13-wolfgangflucc88r-kwerkdrummer.jpgRusty13-WolfgangFlür-KwerkdrummerKraftwerk’s pioneering drummer Wolfgang Flür: Rusty meets his hero in Dusseldorf more than 30 years after he first went in search of synth. . . “I was 22 when I met Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider and spent the evening explaining that future clubs will be playing music made by machines – what must they have thought!”2015-02-07T19:47:55+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/01/24/2015-%e2%9e%a4-so-no-pressure-then-as-spandaus-world-tour-kicks-off/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sb15-jan23kemps-mercurynews-doug-duran.jpgsb15-jan23kemps-mercurynews-doug-duranhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sb15-jan23brits-mercurynews-doug-duran.jpgsb15-jan23brits-mercurynews-doug-duranFront-row Ballet fans at the Warfield: Judith Lewis and her husband Mike of Stratford-upon-Avon, Englandhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sb15-jan23bassriff-mercurynews-doug-duran.jpgsb15-jan23bassriff-mercurynews-doug-duranhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sn15-jkth-atbelmontla-sntweet.jpegSN15-jk,th-atBelmontLA-SNtweetKeeble, Hadley and Norman, 2015: grabbing a proper pint at the Belmont on La Cienega in Los Angeles. (Tweeted by Steve Norman)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sb15-jan23live-snsolo-sb.jpgSB15-Jan23live-SNsolo-SBhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sb15-jan23live-mksolo-sbl.jpgSB15-Jan23live-MKsolo-SBLhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sb15-jan23live-lifeline-blurpopytl.jpgSB15-Jan23live-Lifeline-blurpopYTCourtesy of Blurpop at YouTubehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sb15-jan23live-jksolo-sb.jpgSB15-Jan23live-JKsolo-SBhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sb15-jan23live-group-sb.jpgSB15-Jan23live-group-SBhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sb15-jan23live-gksolo-sb.jpgSB15-Jan23live-GKsolo-SB2015-01-29T10:35:00+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/01/27/%e2%9e%a4-a-duranie-showers-praise-on-spandaus-soul-boys-gig-in-los-angeles/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/duranspan-spanduran15.jpgDuranspan-Spanduran15Duranspan or is it Spanduran? The New Romantics John Taylor and Martin Kemp in 1985https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sb15-yahoo-wiltern-stream.jpgSB15-Yahoo-Wiltern-streamStreaming live: old romantics Spandau Ballet paying the Wiltern, Los Angeles, on Sunday night. Screengrab © Yahoo/Live Nationhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sb15-wilternla-marquee.jpgSB15-WilternLA-marquee2015-02-13T02:11:26+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/10/30/2014-%e2%9e%a4-spandau-ballets-world-tour-reunion-updates/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sbc80-hvnfront-dj.jpgSBC80-HvnFront-djSpandau Ballet’s tenth live date: playing Heaven in London 1980. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sb14-sbww-poster.jpgSB14-SBWW posterhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sb14-oct-band-fireplace.jpgSB14-oct-band-fireplace2015-01-17T18:22:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2015/01/09/how-james-brown-revolutionised-music-and-became-the-voice-for-black-america/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/jamesbrown62-apollo.jpgJamesBrown62-ApolloJames Brown live at the Apollo, 1962: “When I said ‘Die on your feet don’t live on your knees’, I became Soul Brother Number One”2015-01-09T01:59:30+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/12/25/%e2%9e%a4-it-may-be-winter-outside-but-heres-a-feast-of-girl-groups-who-put-spring-in-our-hearts/2015-01-05T01:50:23+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/05/16/2010-%e2%9e%a4-how-real-did-1980-feel-ex-blitz-kids-give-verdicts-on-tonight%e2%80%99s-play-worried-about-the-boy/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sl80rabbi.jpgSL80,rabbiStephen Linard: sporting a wooden cross by Dinny hall and the rabbinical outfit that caught Bowie’s eye in July 1980https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/watb10bzextbk-bbc.jpgWatb10,BzextBK-bbcLondon’s Blitz nightclub recreated for Worried About the Boy, 2010: George with his fictionalised circle of friends, Marilyn, Christopher, Sarah, Mo and Dawn © BBChttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/traceyrivers81.jpgTraceyRivers81Tracey Rivers in Mud club days: great trip down Memory Lane https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/alisonhay09fbk.jpgAlisonHay09,FBkAlison Hay: missed the buffooneryhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ps80geo-ps.jpgps80geo-psWritten out: Philip Sallon partying with blue-faced George in 1980. Photographed © by Paul Sturridgehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/geo10may18twit.gifGeo10,May18TwitGeorge’s tweets, May 18https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/judi80ashvid.jpgJudi80,AshvidJudi in the Ashes to Ashes video © 1983 Jones Music under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltdhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dhjf-suetilley.jpgDH,JF-SueTilleyDavid Holah and Julia photographed © by Sue Tilleyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/xos80-dr.jpgXos80-drChristos Tolera in 1980, photographed © by Derek Ridgershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/jf79bz-dr.jpgJF79,Bz-drJulia at the Blitz, photographed © by Derek Ridgers2015-01-02T01:30:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/12/31/1980-2014-%e2%9e%a4-ten-inspirational-reminders-from-the-80s-to-stir-todays-young-to-action/2015-01-02T01:26:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/12/31/2014-%e2%9e%a4-whos-hot-and-not-in-popjustice-annual-music-awards/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sia-chandelier-14awards.jpgSia-Chandelier-14awardshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/otyoungjessiej-14awards.jpgOTYoung+JessieJ-14awardsMtahce these acts to the remaining awardshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/charlixcx-14awards.jpgCharliXCX-14awardsAnother contender, you choose the award2015-01-01T21:57:20+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/03/24/2010-%e2%9e%a4-ex-jailbird-george-takes-his-first-trancey-steps-on-the-path-to-sainthood/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/geo10idparade.jpgGeo10,idParadeID parade: George on community service New York 2006; before being jailed in Britain 2009, and on the day of his release. Credits: Splash News, Pacific Coast News, Rex Featureshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/geo10-gmtv16.jpgGeo10-GMTV16Breakfast outing: Boy George’s comeback on GMTV with Ana Lains, March 24, 2010https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/geo87-gabor52.jpgGeo87-Gabor52“Junkie George”: Gabor Scott’s © 1987 photograph2014-12-13T15:55:48+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/12/03/%e2%9e%a4-the-curious-high-pressure-timeline-of-tom-daleys-coming-out/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/daley14lancepappedbattersea-getty.jpgDaley14,Lance,papped,Battersea-GettyOfficially a couple, April 30, 2014: papped at the Battersea Power Station Annual Party (Getty)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/stmmakers456.jpgSTMMakers4,5,61000 Makers of Music: Abba assessed by The Sunday Timeshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/conchita14eurovisionx600.jpgConchita14,Eurovisionx600Conchita aka Tom: a bearded lady in the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagenhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/daley13withlance.jpgDaley13,withLanceSweatshirt day, T-shirt day: budding boyfies Tom and Lance papped in Los Angeleshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/daley13rossintvw.jpgDaley13,RossintvwDaley tells Wossy: “I’ve never felt anything like it” (on ITV next Saturday)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/daley13lance-carpark.jpgDaley13,Lance-carparkTransatlantic romance: “I didn’t know if he was gay,” says Tomhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/thesun13dec4.jpgTheSun13,Dec4https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/daley13zerosclubsnap.jpgDaley13,ZerosClubsnapSaturday night out: the Facebook page of Plymouth’s Zeros gay club pictures Tom Daley with their shot girlhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/daley13sunstorydec3.jpgDaley13,SunStoryDec3Today’s Sun: inside story of his gay connections https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/daley13sun-onlinedec3.jpgDaley13,sun-onlineDec3In today’s Sun: photographs from Zeros nightclub where Daley posed with a barman and a shot girl2014-11-29T00:27:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/08/16/%e2%9e%a4-gaga-alert-pj-baffled-by-fishy-young-fronkensteen-video-but-predicts-a-step-change/2014-11-26T01:58:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/11/18/1983-%e2%9e%a4-video-gem-unearthed-from-the-blue-rondo-vaults/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/rondo14-chewingthefat-sleeve.jpgRondo14-ChewingTheFat-sleeve2014-11-24T23:57:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/14/%e2%9e%a4-the-day-gary-kemp-reduced-hard-nosed-guardianistas-to-tears/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/grogan10gffsinclair-scottneil.jpgGrogan10,GFF,Sinclair-ScottNeilGlasgow Film Festival 2010: Darling Clare seen with Gregory’s Girl sidekick John Gordon Sinclair. In 1994 — sorry, lads — she married band mate Stephen Lironi in Glasgow and today the couple live in Haringey with their adopted daughter. (Photography by © Scott Neil)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/gk11lyricsbooks.gifGK11,LyricsbookSAs it happens the Spandau songwriter has recently published an 88-page coffee-table book, titled The Lyrics of Gary Kemp from Lyric Book Company 2014-11-23T06:03:25+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/11/16/celebrating-midge-ure-the-big-hearted-old-poser-behind-band-aid/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bandaid30-midge-conducts-aris.jpgBandAid30Band Aid 30: Midge Ure yesterday conducting the artists recording a new version of the song Do They Know It’s Christmas? Photograph: Band Aid Trust/Brian Aris/Camera Press2014-11-17T02:36:47+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/05/03/2010-%e2%9e%a4-can-generation-y-be-bovvered-to-vote/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/newsnight10-nubrand-rapvideo.jpgNewsnight10-NuBrand-rapvideoWould these songs change your vote? Newsnight invites rappers Nu Brand to create an anthem for the Conservative Party (BBC)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/genxy08.jpgGenxy08UK population by age: 18-49 year-old clout (ONS)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/peyeap30.jpgPEyeAp30Boy wonder: “Vote for one party…” Old lags: “… and get one free!”2014-11-14T22:44:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/11/10/%e2%9e%a4-forsooth-master-bowie-what-art-thou-banging-on-about/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/rock-drill15-epstein.jpgRock-Drill15-EpsteinEpstein’s Rock Drill 1913–15https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/db14-sue-vid-grab1.jpgDB14-Sue vid grab1Click on pic to run video for Sue (or In a Season of Crime)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/db14-nothing-mirror.jpgDB14-Nothing-mirrorThe next Bowie: Click on image to hear audio of ’Tis Pity She’s a Whorehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/vorticism1915-blastno2s.jpgVorticism1915-BlastNo2S2014-11-14T21:07:18+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/11/12/%e2%9e%a4-how-marilyn-lost-a-million-and-ended-up-on-benefits/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mazjul81-crop-dj.jpgMaz,Jul81-crop-djMarilyn at Planets club, 1981: Peter Robinson lived his life as the Hollywood legend. Photograph © by Shapersofthe80s2014-11-12T05:47:27+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/11/09/2014-%e2%9e%a4-harry-styles-signs-up-for-band-aid-30/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bandaid14-emin-artwork.jpgBandAid14-Emin-artworkDesign by Tracey Emin2014-11-11T23:56:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/11/25/1984-%e2%9e%a4-band-aid-the-smash-hit-that-earned-47-artists-three-platinum-discs-each/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/uregeldof.jpgUre,GeldofFund-raising veterans Ure and Geldof: can they pull together another Christmas chart-topper? (Pic PA)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/patryk14-nov9-harryr.jpgPatryk14-nov9-harryRUp for Band Aid 30: 1D’s Harry Styles tonight snapped in the recording studio with Polish photographer Patryk Spiker. Harry made no comment on the charity projecthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bandaid84-back-850.jpgbandaid84-back-850The Band Aid band, Nov 25, 1984: most of the pop stars who performed, plus artist Peter Blake who created the record sleeve for Do They Know It’s Christmas?2014-11-10T04:11:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/11/04/%e2%9e%a4-is-the-sun-setting-on-westwoods-worlds-end/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/worlds14-windows-we.jpgWorlds14-windows-WETourist destination: Worlds End in Chelseahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/worlds14-frontage1065-dj.jpgWorlds14-frontage1065-djBuilder's hoarding masks the Worlds End shop todayhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/worlds14-clock1058-dj.jpgWorlds14-clock1058-dj430 King’s Road: the crazy Worlds End clock slips from sighthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/worlds14-27oct-simonturner.jpgWorlds14-27Oct-SimonTurnerBarren interior: the empty shop photographed by Simon John Fisher Turner last weekhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/jordan76queenofpunk.jpgJordan76,queenofpunkJordan, setting the style for punk in 19762014-11-07T03:16:23+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/06/08/%e2%9e%a4-six-rewrites-punk-history-with-an-outlandish-claim-about-the-not-really-from-bromley-contingent/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/sp76-valdaybutlerswjordanbreast.jpgSP76-ValDayButlersW,JordanbreastTits out! Jordan with Sex Pistols at Andrew Logan’s Valentine party, 1976https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/six12walshbarkerdunbar6701-dj.jpgSix12,Walsh,Barker,Dunbar6701-djAt Punk’s Dead: Steve Walsh, Six, Derek Dunbar https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/six12marcojordan6673-dj.jpgSix12,Marco,Jordan6673-djAt Punk’s Dead: Marco Pirroni and Jordan https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/six12jordan6684-dj.jpgSix12,Jordan6684-djJordan then and now: Queen of Punks with Simon Barker’s 1977 photo showing for a month at Divus Temporary Gallery, London E1 6QF https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/six12jordansix6705-dj.jpgSix12,Jordan,Six6705-djReunited: a plonker from Six for Jordan at Divus Gallery https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/six12berlinandy6714-dj.jpgSix12,Berlin,Andy6714-djAt Punk’s Dead: Bertie “Berlin” Marshall (left and centre) with Andy Polaris https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/pistols76mirrorfront.jpgPistols76,MirrorfrontMorning after the Sex Pistols’ TV swearathon with Bill Grundy, 1976https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/bromley76-soocat-rays.jpgBromley76-SooCat-RaySRay Stevenson’s classic 1976 pic of some of the Bromley Contingent, plus Soo Catwoman who came from Ealinghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ap12sixpunksdead-6694-dj.jpgAP12,Six,PunksDead-6694-djAt Punk’s Dead: Andy Polaris and Six https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ap12jordanpunksdead6688-dj.jpgAP12,Jordan,PunksDead6688-djAt Punk’s Dead: Andy Polaris and Jordan 2017-11-22T14:01:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/07/09/%e2%9e%a4-nick-davies-declared-%e2%80%9cthe-greatest-living-british-journalist%e2%80%9d-as-carl-bernstein-declares-%e2%80%9cmurdoch%e2%80%99s-watergate%e2%80%9d/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/woodstein-ap.jpgWoodstein-APThe real thing: Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the Washington Post offices at the height of the Watergate investigation. (Associated Press) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/now1843-2011.gifNoW1843-201148-page freebie: today’s News Of The World includes a souvenir of famous pages since the paper was first published on Sunday October 1, 1843, including “Crippen’s life at sea” as the killer doctor fled abroad in 1910 and “Prince Harry’s racist video shame” in 2009. During the 1950s — under its slogan Henry James’s phrase “All human life is there” — sales averaged 8.4m copies weekly. Its latest average sale was 2.6m copieshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/nickdavies09-pa.jpgNickDavies09-PAThe Guardian’s Nick Davies: giving evidence to the Commons media committee in 2009. Photograph by PA https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/atpm76-hoffmanredford.jpgATPM76-Hoffman,RedfordAll the President’s Men, 1976: Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford playing the Woodstein investigative team in a film studio2014-10-25T23:09:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/10/02/%e2%9e%a4-soul-boys-spandau-rise-like-a-phoenix-from-the-flames-of-their-film-premiere/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sb14-sbww-sep-empire-review1.jpgSB14-SBWW-Sep-Empire-reviewSoul Boys oWW reviewed by Empire magazinehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sb14-rah0600-true-dj.jpgSB14-RAH0600-True-djSpandau live: Hadley sings True. https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sb14-rah0615-farewell-dj2.jpgSB14-RAH0615-farewell-djSpandau farewell: keyboardist Sean Barry and backing singers Lex Cameron and Derek Greenhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sb14-sbww-liverpool-simulcast.jpgSB14-SBWW-Liverpool simulcasthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sb14-sbww-review-nme.jpgSB14-SBWW-review-NMESoul Boys oWW reviewed by NMEhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sb14-ssww-icicle-moment-mtv.jpgSB14-SSWW-icicle-moment-MTVVintage MTV interview: Gary, Tony and an icicle momenthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sb14-rah0598-audience.jpgSB14-RAH0598-audiencehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sb14-rah0580ps-dj.jpgSB14-RAH0580ps-djThe old gang: Spandau biographer Paul “Scoop” Simperhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sb14-rah0574-qa-dj.jpgSB14-RAH0574-Q&A-djQ&A: George Hencken and band face Lauren Laverne’s questionshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sb14-rah0564-sbww-dj.jpgSB14-RAH0564-SBWW-dj2014-10-25T20:38:58+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/01/06/2010-%e2%9e%a4-most-popular-bits-of-shapersofthe80s-during-the-past-year/2014-10-05T16:13:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/01/01/%e2%9e%a4-record-numbers-visit-shapersofthe80s-for-the-best-blitz-kid-photos-and-eye-witness-memories/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/c81planets34geomaz-djs.jpgC81Planets34,geo,maz-djSPlanets club in Piccadilly, 1981: George O’Dowd before he became Boy, his sidekick and future singer Marilyn, and fashion goddess Kim Bowen. Photographed by Shapersofthe80s2014-10-05T16:11:46+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/02/02/2012-%e2%9e%a4-february-news-splurge-at-shapersofthe80s/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/johnsons12moshow6083-dj.jpgJohnsons12,MOshow6083-djLloyd Johnson Modern Outfitter exhibition, 2012: entrance to Johnson’s shop in Kensington Market from 1973 designed by Mojo Creative. On display, red leather-fronted ponyfur jacket, La Rocka 1984; gold leather fringed biker jacket, Mex Tex 1986; blue and red fleck zoot suit 1981https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/wcbh12partyfeb22.jpgWCBH12,partyFeb22https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/johnsons80schelsea1.jpgJohnsons80s,Chelseahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/pulp95sunset.jpgPulp95,sunsethttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bphilosopher12bike.jpgBPhilosopher12,bikehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/gk12rstrangembi.jpgGK12,RStrange,MBIhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/blur95brits.jpgBlur95,BritsAccidental reunion? Blur at the Brits in 1995 when they won four awards2014-09-26T00:18:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/06/30/2009-till-now-%e2%9e%a4-archive-of-posts-at-shapersofthe80s/2014-09-26T00:07:15+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/08/22/%e2%9e%a4-after-annas-drenching-gaultier-leads-the-worlds-fashionistas-for-more-ice-bucket-madness/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/webb-iain14-jpgmemento.jpgWebb-Iain14-JPGmementoFan and hero: Iain R Webb and JP Gaultierhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/anna14-drenched-for-als.jpgAnna14-drenched-for-ALSThere goes her bob: editor Anna Wintour gets dowsed. Click pic to view video at Vogue2014-08-23T01:50:55+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/04/21/%e2%9e%a4-gaultier-celebration-trumps-all-else-in-london-this-summer/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/jpg14-mannequin046-dj.jpgJPG14-mannequin046-djNo, not JPG himself sporting a mink Marinière, and greeting us in English and French. This is one of many custom-made mannequins at London’s Barbican exhibition, brought flirtatiously to audio-visual life by the UBU/Compagnie de création of Montreal and Jolicoeur International of Quebec. Photographed by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/jpg14-fashion-world-exhibit.jpgJPG14-Fashion-World-exhibitDazzling couture, animated mannequins: Gaultier’s life story in one theatrical show2014-08-22T19:12:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/03/07/%e2%9e%a4-warts-and-all-revelations-now-that-spandau-want-the-truth-to-be-known/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sb14wwsoultrain.jpgSB14,ww,SoulTrain“These guys talk funny, right?” – Best of friends since their schooldays, Spandau Ballet star on Soul Train in 1985, at the height of their American famehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sb14wwsnjkthcourt.jpgSB14,ww,SN,JK,TH,courtThe defeated Norman, Keeble and Hadley outside the law court 1999: “You can see on our faces Spandau Ballet had just come to an end”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sb14wwgkth.jpgSB14,WW,GK,THHell freezes over as an interviewer asks: “Gary, you’ve been referred to as the driving force. What is the input of the others in the group?” Tony Hadley: “Ah-ha-ha!”2014-08-18T19:06:46+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/04/27/%e2%9e%a4-another-emotional-gem-on-spandaus-long-walk-to-freedom/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sb14sxswint-thsn35.jpgSB14,SXSWint-TH,SN35Tony Hadley says: We didn’t aways get it righthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sb14sxswint-snjk28.jpgSB14,SXSWint-SN,JK28Spandau Ballet’s post-gig interview at SXSW in Texas: Steve Norman finds the humour in St John Keeble’s healing homilieshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sb14sxswint-snjk9.jpgSB14,SXSwint-SN,JK9Steve Norman tells how he put his saxophone out of reachhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sb14sxswint-gkmk21.jpgSB14,SXSWint-GK,MK21That Kray twin moment for Gary and Martin Kemphttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sb14sxswint-gkmklmth30.jpgSB14,SXSWint-GK,MK,LM,TH30Lori Majewski chairs Spandau Ballet’s post-gig interview in Austin last month. Screengrabs from SXSW video2014-08-18T18:54:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/07/14/this-week-culture-clubs-first-live-show-in-15-years/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/cc14-oldfacesnewpic.jpgCC14-oldfaces,newpicOld faces, new photo: Culture Club's Mikey Craig, Boy George, Jon Moss and Roy Hay stage their comeback at Edinburgh Castle on Saturday 2014-08-11T12:13:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/05/23/%e2%9e%a4-the-non-bowie-tribute-super-duper-group-holy-holy-to-stage-the-man-who-sold-the-world/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/holyholy14-manwhoupdate600.jpgHolyHoly14-ManWhoUpdate600TMWSTW: Bowie’s ambitious album to be updated in live performance by Tony Visconti and Woody Woodmansey’s band Holy Holyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/holyholy13-malcolmdohertysn-marilynkingwill.jpgHolyHoly13-MalcolmDoherty,SN-MarilynKingwillHoly Holy at Peckham Liberal Club last December: Malcolm Doherty on guitar and Steve Norman on sax. Photograph © Marilyn Kingwill https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bowie71ronsonrcacontractnyc.jpgBowie71,Ronson,RCAcontract,NYCThe day they signed the deal for Hunky Dory in 1971... In a band called Hype, Bowie, Visconti and Ronson (right) created a sound that led to The Man Who Sold the World. And that meant the future was hunky-dory2014-07-17T09:14:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/06/09/%e2%9e%a4-rik-mayall-fireball-of-comic-energy-is-dead/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/rik80cstrippoet-half500-dj.jpgRik80,CStripPoet-half500-djAngry Feminist Poet: Rik Mayall at Soho’s Comic Strip, Nov 1980. Photographed by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/rik80ade-20ccoyote16-dj.jpgRik80,Ade-20CCoyote16-djTwentieth Century Coyote, 1980: Rik Mayall’s coruscating double act with Ade Edmondson, seen backstage at Soho’s Comic Strip club, within Raymond’s Revue Bar. Photographed by © Shapersofthe80s2014-07-16T22:21:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/04/07/%e2%9e%a4-a-swelle-hello-from-upstart-judith-returning-in-an-explosion-of-colour/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/judi02paris.jpgJudi02,ParisFrom Judith’s 2002 collection while living in Paris: her apartment in rue Montorgueil just by Les Halles converted into a showroom during fashion weekhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/judinun8011-drdg.jpgJudiNun80,11-dr,dgJudith’s nun look from 1980, left, echoed in 2011, right. After fashion, her second passion is the film The Sound of Music. “I hate revisiting the past,” she maintains, but for her Swelle Life blog, she couldn’t resist accessorising this vintage German skirt with her own nun’s collar and cuffs. Photographs by Derek Ridgers and Denise Grayson https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/judi80wed-nmci.jpgJudi80,Wed-NMcILondon’s Cafe Royal, 1980: Judith’s graduation show from Ravensbourne college of art caused a sensation with a glamorous evocation of the 50s in black and white taffeta, brocade, velvet and satin. Its climax was this black wedding dress worn by Sheila Ming, gloriously crowned by Stephen Jones’s veiled head-dress made of stiffened lace on a metal frame. Blitz club host Steve Strange was later to wear it in David Bowie's video for Ashes to Ashes. Photographed © by Niall McInerneyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/judi11flyer.gifJudi11FlyerJudith’s flyer illustrated by Manny Morehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/judi11dayeve-dg.jpgJudi11day,eve-dgJudith models her Hello! look for Winter 2011/12: day wear and evening wear giving new life to school-blazer suitings. Jewellery from the designer’s own massive collection. Photographed © by Denise Graysonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/judi10lacroix-dj.jpgJudi10,lacroix-djA couture original: When Shapersofthe80s visited Judith’s Old Curiosity Shoppe of a home last summer, she showed off the latest treasure acquired from her local thrift shops, this Lacroix coat, priced 25 pence! Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/judipussygalore.jpgJudi,PussyGaloreMilanese night warrior: Judith during her Pussy Galore hostess era, 1989-96https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ashes80wed-dm22.jpgAshes80,Wed-dm22On the beach at Hastings filming Ashes to Ashes: Judith (right) in the ecclesiastical habit Bowie had seen her in at the Blitz, with Steve Strange (second left) in Judith’s black wedding dress he’d also worn that night (head-dress by Stephen Jones). Elise and Darla-Jane wear their own outfits. What with the shingle and the quicksand and Steve trying to outrun the bulldozer, Judith says the wedding dress was completely destroyed. © EMI https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ashes80esdbjdj-hq13.jpgAshes80,E,S,DB,J,DJ-hq13Blitz Kids chosen by Bowie to star in his Ashes to Ashes video, 1980: Darla-Jane, Steve, Judith and Elise with Bowie at centre as Major Tom. © EMI 2014-07-08T11:32:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/06/27/ss2015-%e2%9e%a4-yohji-upstages-the-world-with-wild-impudent-vagabond-princes/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/yohjimenss15no91.jpgYohjiMenss15,no9https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/yohjimenss15no291.jpgYohjiMenss15,no29https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/yohjimenss15no231.jpgYohjiMenss15,no23https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/yohjimenss15no51.jpgYohjiMenss15,no5https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/yohjimenss15no11.jpgYohjiMenss15,no1https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/yohjimenss15no37detail1.jpgYohjiMenss15,no37detail2014-06-28T15:24:41+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/06/28/10713/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/womack13vincentjazzfm.jpgWomack13,Vincent,JazzfmJan 2013: soul legend Bobby Womack meets UK deejay Robbie Vincent at Jazz FM2014-06-28T13:37:29+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/05/24/%e2%9e%a4-glasgow-art-school-fire-appeal-launched-by-edinburgh-college-of-art/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/gsa14-fire-aerial.jpgGSA14-fire-aerialYesterday’s fire at Glasgow School of Arthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/gsa14fire-c4newsgrab.jpgGSA14,fire-C4newsgrabYesterday’s fire at Glasgow School of Art © Channel 4 Newshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/rennie-mackintosh.jpgRennie MackintoshMackintosh was a 28-year-old junior draughtsman when he drew up plans for GSA, recently voted the best building of the past 175 yearshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/gsa14firetwitter-xdxxnx.jpgGSA14,fire,Twitter-xdxxnxYesterday’s fire at Glasgow School of Art: snapped by Tweeter xdxxnxhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/gsa-janetwilson-flickr.jpgGSA-JanetWilson-flickrGlasgow School of Art: recent show this month in rooftop gallery, 2014 © Photograph by Janet Wilsonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/gsa-upshot_08910b332.jpggsa upshot_08910b332Glasgow School of Art: more timber features by Charles Rennie Mackintoshhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/glasgow-school-art-library-wide.jpgglasgow-school-art-library-wideGlasgow School of Art: library designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh – a predominantly timber structurehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/glasgow_school_of_art-atrium.jpgGlasgow_School_of_Art-AtriumGlasgow School of Art: atrium designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh2014-05-24T18:44:17+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/05/20/%e2%9e%a4-fearsome-louise-head-of-fashion-at-st-martins-dies-suddenly/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/louisewilson08partner-timmi.jpgLouiseWilson08,partner, TimmiLouise Wilson with her partner, Timmi Aggrey: At Buckingham Palace to receive the OBE in 2008 2014-05-20T20:15:52+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/05/09/%e2%9e%a4-40-years-on-from-abba-austria-fields-a-bearded-drag-artist-for-eurovision/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/conchita14eurowinner-ap.jpgConchita14,EuroWinner-APConchita Wurst victorious: she was second favourite to win going into the contest (PA)2014-05-11T19:01:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/07/11/2010-%e2%9e%a4-kylie-dazzles-london-with-laser-love/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/k10-christie-goodwin180.jpgK10-Christie Goodwin180All The Lovers: photograph © Christie Goodwinhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/kylie10heavtweets.jpgKylie10,Heav,tweetsKylie’s own tweeted pix: backstage at Heaven with her female dancers, and with the monster teddy presented by Jeremy Joseph to thank her for appearing at his club ten times in 20 years2014-05-11T18:52:59+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/04/29/%e2%9e%a4-martin-kemps-new-hooligan-movie-all-a-bit-too-lock-stock-for-us/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/topdog14martinkempleogregory.jpgTOPDOG14,MartinKemp,LeoGregory2014-05-11T15:19:26+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/05/08/%e2%9e%a4-fab-abba-a-far-cry-from-the-days-of-ward-ahloo/2014-05-10T02:01:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/05/02/%e2%9e%a4-mad-man-dies-after-skewering-the-american-dream-and-bequeathing-us-alfred-e-neuman/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mad74nixonseventiesbook.jpgMad74,Nixon,SeventiesBookhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mad84geo82chasdi.jpgMad84,Geo+82ChasDihttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mad83et81dallas.jpgMad83,ET+81,Dallashttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mad80presidentbush.jpgMad80,President+Bushhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mad70sfawkesdrwho.jpgMad70s,Fawkes+DrWhohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mad68hippycastro63.jpgMad68,Hippy+Castro63Al Feldstein’s Mad creations from 1956 onward... and his legacyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mad58timebatman66.jpgMad58,Time+Batman66https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mad14issue_526legoman.jpgMAD14,issue_526,Legomanhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mad11potterjacko04.jpgMad11,Potter+Jacko04https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mad11biebercover.jpgMad11,BiebercoverMad magazine’s trademark, the grinning gap-toothed Alfred E. Neuman created by Feldstein: as an American icon he is the face within every cover star © DC Entertainment 2014-05-05T09:52:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/04/01/1955-2014-%e2%9e%a4-frankie-knuckles-the-godfather-of-house-music-is-gone/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/obama14lettertofriendsoffrankie17ap.jpgObama14,LetterToFriendsofFrankie,17ApUpdate April 17, 2014: letter of condolence from the Obamashttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tomjohnston14onfrankieknuckles.jpgTomJohnston14,onFrankieKnuckleshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/knucklesway-sign1.jpgknucklesway-signThe Chicago block where the Warehouse stood https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/knuckles12theobamas.jpgKnuckles12,theObamasAugust 25, 2004: declared Frankie Knuckles Day in Chicago by the then-senator Barack Obamahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/knuckles12atqueen120903.jpgknuckles12,atQueen1209032012: an Evening with Frankie Knuckles at Smart Bar, Chicago (© Tasya Menaker). His final live deejay set was at Ministry of Sound in London on Saturday. He had been scheduled to return to the UK for shows at Gatecrasher in Birmingham and The Arches in Glasgow later this month 2014-04-22T23:02:23+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/01/02/2012-%e2%9e%a4-moss-misses-culture-clubs-new-dawn-in-australia/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cc12sydmikey.jpgCC12Syd,MikeyCulture Club live in Sydney 2012: Mikey Craig photographed by Johnny Auhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cc12sydroythemis-cyberc.jpgCC12Syd,Roy,Themis-CyberCCulture Club live in Sydney 2012: Roy Hay and John Themis. Photo courtesy cyberchameleon.com https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cc12sydfrostdrums-sameau.jpgCC12,SydFrostdrums-SameAuCulture Club live in Sydney 2012: Kevan Frost substituting for Jon Moss on drums. Photo courtesy samesame.com.auhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/geo11tennanttweet.gifGeo11,TennantTweethttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sydney11nyeresgig-1a.jpgSydney11NYEresgig-1ahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cc11-sunrisenov15jon.jpgCC11-SunriseNov15JonTV scoop November 15: Culture Club announced their reunion on Sunrise, yet Jon Moss seemed distinctly uncomfortable. (Videograb © Channel 7)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cc11dubaireunion.jpgCC11,DubaireunionCulture Club’s warm-up gig in Dubai Dec 29: while the poster includes Jon Moss, only Boy George, Mikey Craig and Roy Hay take to the stage with a stand-in drummer. (Videograb courtesy boypierreemmanuel) 2014-04-17T21:56:07+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/01/31/2014-%e2%9e%a4-reunion-in-the-air-for-culture-club-again/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cc82mikeyjumper.jpgCC82,MikeyjumperEarly incarnation of Culture Club in 1982: described by George at Facebook as Mikey’s difficult “jumper” periodhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cc14januarypicatfbk.jpgCC14,JanuarypicatFBkJanuary 2014: George with his old band-mates from Culture Club – clockwise, Roy Hay, Mikey Craig and Jon Moss (photo from Facebook) 2014-04-17T21:13:55+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/03/17/2014-%e2%9e%a4-at-last-kemp-reveals-spandau-to-tour-uk-and-us-in-the-fall-and-tomorrow-the-world/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sb14-gktour-tweet17mar.jpgSB14-GKtour-tweet17MarTwo days later, March 17: Tweeter Martin Wood, an English fan from Yorkshire, engages Gary in some banter...https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sb14-ustourtweet-welsh15mar.jpgSB14-UStourtweet-Welsh15MarGary’s news of a UK tour also emerged on March 15 during interrogation at Twitter by Irvine Welsh, the Scottish author of the 1993 novel, Trainspottinghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sb14-gkworldtourtweet-17mar.jpgSB14-GKWorldtourtweet-17Mar... whereupon Gary Kemp announces a second scoop at Twitter. Well done, Martin!https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sb14-gkustourtweet15mar.jpgSB14-GKUStourTweet15MarGary Kemp scoops Spandau Ballet’s own website on March 15https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sb14vulcanfour.jpgSB14,Vulcan,fourSpandau Ballet reunion at SXSW: the band together onstage playing 11 of their classic numbers at the Vulcan Gas Companyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sb14reedtribvidgrabchickrock.jpgSB14,ReedTrib,vidgrab,ChickrockSpandau Ballet on Friday performing Satellite of Love at the Lou Reed Tribute at SXSW ... Videograb courtesy Chickrock: click the pic to view her video in new window2014-03-18T12:45:22+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/03/12/2014-%e2%9e%a4-curtain-up-on-spandaus-rollercoaster-saga-of-war-and-peace/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sb14applausevulcan.jpgSB14,applause,VulcanHello America! In Austin, Texas, 28 years after their last vsit, Spandau Ballet return to play livehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sb14-thbysnatsxswsoundcheck.jpgSB14-THbySNatSXSW,soundcheckAfter the soundcheck for tonight’s Spandau show: Tony Hadley relaxing as Steve Norman takes the snaphttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sb14snrichardburgesssxswmar12.jpgSB14,SN,RichardBurgess,SXSW,Mar12Another reunion! Steve Norman meets up with Spandau’s first record producer Richard Burgess today at SXSWhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sb14vulcan-soundcheckmar12.jpegSB14,Vulcan-soundcheck,Mar12Soundcheck for tonight’s live gig: Spandau onstage together for the first time in almost four years at the Vulcan Gas Company in Austin. Photo by Spandau’s first record producer, Richard James Burgesshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sb14sbww-qna12mar-3.jpgSB14,SBWW-QnA12mar-3After the screening of Soul Boys of the Western World: Spandau invite a Q&A from the Paramount audience... Far left, the film’s director George Henckenhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sb14paramountaustin.jpgSB14,Paramount,AustinMarquee of the Paramount in Austin, Texas: Soul Boys of the Western World premieres todayhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sb14gooddayaustin-tv.jpgSB14,GoodDayAustin-TVSpandau Ballet all together on the Austin TV breakfast show: first public reunion since the Reformation tour ended in summer 20102014-03-13T08:31:27+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/03/10/%e2%9e%a4-rock-god-lovatt-exits-tv-talent-show-with-charisma-intact/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/voice14battle-kyliejl.jpgVoice14,battle-Kylie,JLThe fan: Kylie the coach who could have recruited Jamie, but didn’t https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/voice14battle-jlsolo.jpgVoice14,battle-JLsoloThe performance: Jamie Lovatt gives his all on The Voice, March 8 © BBChttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/voice14battle-jlexit.jpgVoice14,battle-JLexitThe exit: Will.i.am, Kylie and Sir Tom Jones are fascinated to the lasthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/voice14battle-jlricky.jpgVoice14,battle-JL,RickyThe coach Ricky Wilson: the man who drowns kittens parts company with Jamie https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/voice14battle-chrismarvinjl.jpgVoice14,battle-Chris,Marvin,JLThe competition: bloke in Auntie Mabel’s pinny. (The Voice screengrabs © BBC / Talpa / Wall To Wall)2014-03-11T02:10:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/03/07/%e2%9e%a4-life-inside-the-head-of-big-frank-and-little-frank-will-make-you-weep%ef%80%a0/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/frank14withgleesonsjpg.jpgFrank14,withGleesonS,jpgFrank the film (2014): Fassbender and Gleesonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/frank14vestrehearsals.jpgFrank14,vest,rehearsalSFrank the film (2014): Michael Fassbender as Frank Sidebottom https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/frank14speffects.jpgFrank14,speffectsFrank the film (2014): Sidebottom’s avant-garde band recording unusual soundshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/frank14sheepfrolics.jpgFrank14,sheepfrolicSFrank the film (2014): Sidebottom frolics to seek inspiration2014-03-08T02:01:33+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/02/24/%e2%9e%a4-the-voices-rock-god-lovatt-surprises-britain-and-shocks-himself/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/voice2014-jamiecongrats.jpgVoice2014-Jamie,congratsMoment of triumph on The Voice Feb 22: Kylie, Will, Ricky and Tom (in there somewhere), all wanting a piece of Jamie Lovatt. Screengrab © BBChttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/voice2014kylieenjoysjamie.pngVoice2014,KylieEnjoysJamieThe Voice screengrabs © BBC / Talpa / Wall To Wallhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/voice2014jamiefeedback.jpgVoice2014,JamieFeedbackThe Voice screengrabs © BBC / Talpa / Wall To Wallhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/voice2014jamiechuffed.jpgVoice2014,JamiechuffedThe Voice screengrabs © BBC / Talpa / Wall To Wallhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/voice-2014jamieplays.jpgVoice 2014,JamiePlaysThe Voice screengrabs © BBC / Talpa / Wall To Wallhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/romance2013sept-lineup.jpgRomance2013,Sept-lineuphttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/romance2013halloween.jpgRomance2013,Halloweenhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/romance13feblovattking.jpgRomance13,Feb,Lovatt,Kinghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/lovatt-faceclubnight2010lois-dj.jpgLovatt-FaceClubnight2010,Lois-dj2014-03-07T00:02:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/01/31/2014-%e2%9e%a4-spandau-together-again-as-their-surprise-movie-is-slated-for-texas-premiere/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sb81nycvideocameraman.jpgSB81,NYCvideocameraman1981 footage found: Spandau's first New York performance recovered after this cameraman was traced. Photographed by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sb14soulboy-movie.jpgSB14,Soulboy-movieNomad warriors on the streets of north London, 1981: Spandau Ballet dressed for their Musclebound video. Martin Kemp called his the Mad Monk outfit. (Promotional pic for the documentary film, Soul Boys of the Western World)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sb80botlivelong12-dj.jpgSB80,Botlive,long12-djKilted leaders of the New Romantics in 1980: Spandau Ballet plus their entourage of Blitz Kids travelled to Birmingham’s Botanic Gardens in 1980 to play their eighth live date. (Photograph by Shapersofthe80s)2014-02-27T11:01:38+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/02/26/2014-%e2%9e%a4-tweets-that-tell-the-tale-of-spandau-ballets-road-to-redemption/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sb14thsingshencken-inb8.jpegSB14,THsings,Hencken-iNb8Another snap by film director George Hencken https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sb14thmkonly-sbpo2feb26.jpegSB14,TH,MKonly-SBPO2feb26Only When You Leave: Big Tone back in fronthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sb14sngksbngsfeb26.jpegSB14,SN,GK,SBNGSfeb26Steve Norman back on guitar, Gary Kemp leading https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sb14rehearsal-laurenk26feb.jpgSB14,rehearsal-LaurenK26febLauren Kemp’s snap of Tony Hadleyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sb14paistecymbal-jk5c0.jpegSB14,PaisteCymbal-JK5C0John Keeble: “My Paiste” https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sb14myoffice-jkfzv.jpegSB14,myoffice-JKfzVJohn Keeble: “My office”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sb14jksnsax-snysb25feb.jpgSB14,JK,SNsax-SNYSB25febRock god and his gong: John Keeble twit-picced by sax man Steve Normanhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sb14harmonygkth-mkinstak46feb26.pngSB14,harmonyGK,TH-MKinstak46feb26Martin Kemp’s insta-vid of Gary and Tonyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sb14bandeveritt-mevfeb24.jpegSB14,bandEveritt-MEvFeb24Matt Everitt interviewing Spandau in rehearsals last Monday – “Such great hair going on in that photo”. (Where’s Big Tone? Hadders was unwell that day)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sb14band-hencken6pmdfeb26.jpegSB14,band-Hencken6PmDfeb26Director of the Spandau movie, George Hencken, tweets: “No better way to spend Wednesday afternoon than watching @SpandauBallet in rehearsal. Texas here we come!”2014-02-27T09:03:20+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/05/22/2010-%e2%9e%a4-just-the-birthday-present-steve-strange-really-wanted-this-week-of-all-weeks/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sspartyfbook.jpgSteve "Visage" Strange, Facebook albumhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ss10bdayposter-dj1.jpgStrange IRL, Strange as seen on TVhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ss10bdaycake2610-dj.jpgSteve Strange birthday boyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ss10abps-dj.jpgShowbiz legendshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ss10snslssmk-dj.jpgOld Romanticshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ss10smjnrk-dj.jpgNext-generation talenthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ss10donnymontycomb-dj.jpgNext-generation Romanticshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ss10dfjl-dj.jpgNext-generation deejays2014-02-24T17:07:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/02/03/2014-%e2%9e%a4-video-gems-unearthed-by-the-spandau-ballet-biopic-premiering-at-sxsw/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/capaldi82bmthc15-djcup.jpgCapaldi82,BmthC15-djcupPeter Capaldi at 23: comic support on Spandau’s 1982 Diamond tour. (Photo by Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sb80-belfast-film-nickjones.jpgSB80-Belfast-film-NickJonesPrecious footage of Spandau’s HMS Belfast gig, 1980: two reels of Super8 exhumed from the vaults by ex-Blitz Kid Nick Joneshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sb80belfastaudience-getty.jpgSB80,Belfastaudience-gettyBlitz Kids ahoy! A dazzling audience aboard HMS Belfast for Spandau’s seventh date. (Photo – Getty)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sb80belfastmksn-vt.jpgSB80,Belfast,MK,SN-VTSpandau ahoy! Houseband of the New Romantics playing aboard HMS Belfast in 1980. Martin Kemp on bass, Steve Norman on guitar. (Photo by Virginia Turbett)2014-02-22T13:05:55+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/02/12/%e2%9e%a4-blue-rondos-fat-has-been-a-long-time-a-chewing-but-may-is-now-the-month/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rondo81sanchez-sleeve.jpgRondo81,Sanchez-sleeveMe and Mr Sanchez: 1981’s debut chart hit for Blue Rondo à la Turk with cover art by former Wag club host Chris Sullivan2014-02-13T01:55:30+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/01/24/%e2%9e%a4-thief-duo-take-a-trip-into-the-90s/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/thief14hoxtonbar9459-dj.jpgThief14,HoxtonBar9459-djThief in Hoxton: languid romance from vocalist Charlotte Mallery. (Photography Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/thief14hoxtonbar9448-dj.jpgThief14,HoxtonBar9448-djThief in Hoxton: electronics by Fin Munro, vocals by Charlotte Mallery. (Photography Shapersofthe80s)2014-02-11T13:17:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/02/05/%e2%9e%a4-prince-live-in-london-puts-the-afro-back-in-fashion/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/prince14londonlive-ap.jpgPrince14,Londonlive-APLast night’s secret gig: Prince live at the Electric Ballroom in London, backed by his new band 3rdEyeGirl. (Photograph PA)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/prince14electric-stephenbudd.jpgPrince14,Electric-stephenbuddFirst pic tweeted last night: Prince live at the Electric Ballroom. Photograph @stephenbudd2014-02-09T03:24:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/02/06/%e2%9e%a4-happy-92nd-to-suave-avenger-patrick-macnee/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/avengers65rigg-green-macnee.jpgAvengers65,Rigg-green-MacneeDiana Rigg and Macnee as The Avengers, 1967: Emma Peel was equally at home in a Quant mini-skirt, a leather cat-suit or mod-girl outfits styled by John Bateshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/avengers61macneehendry-kiosk.jpgAvengers61,Macnee,Hendry-kioskMacnee and Hendry as The Avengers in episode one, Hot Snow, 1961: they set out to avenge the death of the fiancée of David Keel, played by Hendry2014-02-07T03:49:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2014/01/09/%e2%9e%a4-double-whammy-for-cabaret-comeback-eve/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/biddeeve77-contactsbyrichard-walker.jpgBidde&Eve77-contactsbyRichard WalkerBlitz club cabaret duo James (Biddie) Biddlecombe and Eve Ferret snapped in 1977 by artist Richard Walker https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/eveferret13-cabaret.jpgEveFerret13-cabaretFormer Blitz Kid Eve Ferret in her recent Fabaret in Londonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/stray13david-stewarteveferret.jpgStray13,David Stewart,EveFerretEve Ferret in David Stewart’s film, Stray, which is in the London Short Film Festival January 10-19, at the ICA. The LSFF is an annual event that showcases some of the best short-film making talent in the UK2020-06-11T07:43:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/12/13/%e2%9e%a4-beeb-turns-nightlife-andy-into-dalston-superstar/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andy13bbcmag-vid.jpgAndy13,BBCmag-vidhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/xmas13gharveynix-window.jpgXmas13g,HarveyNix-windowhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/xmas13foxfam-snowqueen-andy.jpgXmas13f,Oxfam-snowqueen-Andyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/xmas13eoxfam-window-andy.jpgXmas13e,Oxfam-window-Andyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/xmas13doxfam-gold-andy.jpgXmas13d,Oxfam-gold-Andyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/xmas13coxfam-locks.jpgXmas13c,Oxfam-lockshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/xmas13boxfam-bolero.jpgXmas13b,Oxfam-bolerohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/xmas13ahnix-v-oxfam-logos-bbc.jpgXmas13a,HNix-v-Oxfam-logos-bbcVideo grabs © BBC Newshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/xmas13hnix-oxfam-streets-bbc.jpgXmas13,HNix-Oxfam-streets-bbcSW7 versus E8 – Harvey Nichols’ legendary windows and Oxfam’s in Dalston (© BBC)2023-08-03T17:38:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/11/29/%e2%9e%a4-vincent-the-master-of-hot-cuts-denied-a-farewell-by-jazz-fm/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rv84and08.jpgRV84,and0840 years a deejay: Robbie Vincent, father and sonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rv13roy-ayers-jazzfm.jpgRV13,Roy Ayers-JazzfmAt Jazz FM earlier this year: Robbie Vincent with his guest, legendary jazz composer and vibes player Roy Ayers 2019-02-08T23:35:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/11/17/%e2%9e%a4-deejay-sullivan-declares-war-on-the-wayne-and-shirley-jazz-funkers/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rondo81glasgow11cs-dj.jpgRondo81,Glasgow11,CS-djBack in the day: Zoot-suited Chris Sullivan high-stepping with his Latin band Blue Rondo a la Turk, Glasgow 1981. Christos Tolera is seen hitting a cow-bell. Photographed by © Shapersofthe80s2013-11-29T23:55:45+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/10/29/2013-%e2%9e%a4-canvey-gold-miners-polish-up-their-dancing-shoes/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/goldminers13-trizzles.jpgGoldminers13-TrizzlesSaturday night on Canvey, 2013: shonky screengrab from Trizzles Green Trees’ video at Facebook. Click to viewhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/chrishill-portrait160.jpgChrisHill-portrait160Hill: ushered in Age of the Dancehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/goldmine75-swing.jpgGoldMine75-swingSwing revival 1975: Glenn Miller tunes inspired jiving and GI uniforms at the Gold Mine (courtesy Brian Longman, CanveyIsland.org.uk)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/goldmine82ownerc24-dj.jpgGoldMine82,ownerC24-djGuardian of the Gold Mine, 1982: manager Stan Barrett and his wife Jayne, photographed by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/goldmine82dancersc8-dj.jpgGoldMine82,dancersC8-djDressing up on Canvey, 1982: Gold Mine girls maintain the high standards set by the club over the past decade. (Photographed by Shapersofthe80s)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/goldmine13reunionposter.jpgGoldmine13,reunionposterhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ferry13hydepark-bbc.jpgFerry13,HydePark-BBC2021-03-26T10:14:33+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/11/07/2013-%e2%9e%a4-gary-kemps-video-message-for-posterity-on-tv-this-saturday/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sb09dublin-sound-1514-djs.jpgSB09,Dublin-sound-1514-djSAfternoon sound check at Dublin’s O2: Spandau Ballet on stage together in 2009 for the first time in two decades – John Keeble, Steve Norman, Tony Hadley and Gary Kemp. At centre, production manager Lars. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sb09dublin-sound-1514-dj.jpgSB09,Dublin-sound-1514-djAfternoon sound check at Dublin’s O2: Spandau Ballet on stage together in 2009 for the first time in two decades – John Keeble, Steve Norman, Tony Hadley and Gary Kemp. At centre, production manager Lars. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80s2013-11-07T13:13:52+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/10/26/2013-%e2%9e%a4-there-goes-the-great-british-summer/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/uk13stormwarningoct25.jpgUK13,stormwarningOct25Be in no doubt: UK Storm warning Oct 25, 2013, on the BBChttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fish87nohurricaneoct15bbc.jpgFish87,NoHurricane,Oct15bbcOct 15, 1987 “No hurricane coming”: Hours before the Great Storm struck, Michael Fish has egg on his face, despite those extreme depressions glaring from the weather map. (After the event colleague Bill Giles owned up to the gaffe)2013-10-27T14:39:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/10/18/%e2%9e%a4-dress-up-while-sullivan-selects-sounds-from-the-80s-at-the-vas-friday-late/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/c2c13cscwva-dj.jpgC2C13,CS,CW,V&A-djAt the V&A’s opening party for the Club to Catwalk exhibition, Chris Sullivan and its curator Claire Wilcox © Photographed by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/axiom81b18-djs72.jpgAxiom81,B18-djS72Clubbing style 1981: Sullivan’s zootsuits currently pictured in the V&A’s Club to Catwalk 80s fashion exhibition, here strutting the Axiom collective’s runway at Club for Heroes back in the day. Modelled by Solomon Mansoor and Christos Tolera, photographed by © Shapersothe80s 2013-10-23T10:01:31+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/10/20/%e2%9e%a4-george-still-in-denial-over-a-deed-that-almost-didnt-happen/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/george13-fbkprofile.jpgGeorge13-FBkprofileBoy George’s current image: “Due process was had”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/geo13tweet-rest-oct20s.jpgGeo13,Tweet-reST-Oct20SToday’s Tweet from Boy George2013-10-21T09:01:52+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/10/17/30-years-ago-%e2%9e%a4-the-day-vivienne-and-malcolm-realised-the-end-was-nigh/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/westwood13vivatfbook.jpgWestwood13,VivatFBookGuess who's still in business today: Vivienne Westwood as triumphant tribal queen in a new portrait posted only this week at Facebook2013-10-20T16:59:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/09/09/%e2%9e%a4-martin-kemp-discreet-about-his-moist-moment-with-piers-morgan/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cbb12day20mjulie-comfortsmk.jpgCBB12,day20mJulie-comfortsMKBestest pals ever: Julie Goodyear comforts a weepy Martin Kemp during Celebrity Big Brother in September 2012 (© Channel 5)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/mk13sdsnskpierstv8sep.jpegMK13,SD,SN,SK,PiersTV8SepBraced for the Piers Morgan grilling: Martin Kemp (right) with Spandau manager Steve Dagger, Steve Norman and Shirlie Kemp. (Cam-tweet by Kemp cam)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/mk13family-piers8sep.jpgMK13,family-Piers8sepMoral support at the Elstree studios: the Kemp family, Roman, Harleymoon, Martin and Shirlie. (Cam-tweet by Kemp cam) 2013-10-11T12:24:18+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/09/09/%e2%9e%a4-who-is-the-foot-stampiest-nation-of-them-all/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/twitter13homepage.jpgTwitter13,homepage2013-09-09T10:26:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/09/07/%e2%9e%a4-vivienne-brings-cool-britannia-to-last-night-of-the-proms/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/proms2013-joyce-didonatol.jpgProms2013-Joyce-DiDonatoLJoyce DiDonato leads the Prommers in Rule Britannia. Picture © BBC https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/proms2013-joyce-didonatoc.jpgProms2013-Joyce DiDonatoCJoyce DiDonato sings, while Vivienne Westwood’s puce patriotic cape rules. Picture © BBC 2013-09-08T02:22:53+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/08/18/%e2%9e%a4-how-black-british-music-brought-a-nation-to-its-dancing-feet/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/trevor-nelson13-linda-nylind.jpgTrevor NelsonTrevor Nelson: talks franklyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/soundslikelondon13.gifSoundsLikeLondon13https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/rolldeep2009grime-wheatley.jpgRollDeep,2009,grime-WheatleySound of new London: the influential grime collective Roll Deep in 2009. Photograph by Simon Wheatleyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/osibisa1971.jpgOsibisa,1971https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/mctinchy2005-simonwheatley.jpgMCTinchy,2005-SimonWheatleyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/janetkay1979lovers-rock.jpgJanetKay1979,lovers-rockhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/eddy-grant1979-on-the-front-line.jpgeddy-grant1979-on-the-front-linehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dizzee2010-glasto-guardian.jpgDizzee2010-Glasto-Guardianhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/bradley2013-open-east-festival.pngBradley2013-Open East FestivalFormer radio pirate turned author Lloyd Bradley speaking at last month’s Open East Festival in Stratford2013-08-24T12:41:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/08/12/%e2%9e%a4-no-flash-no-mob-as-occupy-bowie-proves-a-damp-squib/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/occbowie13-pybowie-fbk.jpegOccBowie13-Pybowie-FBkSuspected ringleaders – note tatty jeanshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/occbowie13-polaris51.jpgOccBowie13-Polaris51Best Bowie in showhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/occbowie13-polaris50.jpgOccBowie13-Polaris50https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/occbowie13-polaris48.jpgOccBowie13-Polaris48More like Freddie Starrdust: The Bowie Experience tribute act outside the V&A yesterday in shabby Earthling coat and filthy lace. Photograph by Andy Polaris https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/occbowie13-kayefrayefbk.jpegOccBowie13-KayeFrayeFBkhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/occbowie13-flyer-e1376331108761.gifOccBowie13-flyerhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/occbowie13-deniscarr-fbk2.jpgOccBowie13-DenisCarr-FBk2Photo Denis Carrhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/occbowie13-deniscarr-fbk1.jpgOccBowie13-DenisCarr-FBk1Photo Denis Carr2013-08-14T01:07:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/08/09/%e2%9e%a4-normski-sweats-it-out-in-ibiza-wishing-for-a-nice-cold-shower/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/sn13re-brasero5aug-11.jpgSN13,RE-Brasero5Aug-1Electronic Beach Club in Ibiza: Rusty Egan and Steve Norman poised to start last Friday’s session. Photograph courtesy El Brasero https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/sn13street-brasero5aug-5.jpgSN13,street-Brasero5Aug-5https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/sn13rewashing-brasero5aug-2.jpgSN13,RE,washing-Brasero5Aug-2The week’s washing aloft, Egan-Norman to the forehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/sn13reduet-brasero5aug-3.jpgSN13,RE,duet-Brasero5Aug-3https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/sn13bongos-brasero5aug-4.jpgSN13,bongos-Brasero5Aug-4Photographs by El Brasero, Carrer Passadis 4, Ibiza https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/re13electricityident.jpgRE13,ElectricityIdent2013-08-12T15:14:17+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/05/26/%e2%9e%a4-the-norman-egan-squad-blitzes-sunny-ibiza/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sn13nassaubc-kititap.jpgSN13,NassauBC-KititaPMay 28 update: no sign of first-night nerves as Steve makes friends at Nassau Beach Club. Photograph from Kitita Pastrana (centre)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nassaubc13ibiza1.jpgNassauBC13,IbizaNassau Beach Clubhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sn81lido-flexineilm.jpgSN81,Lido-FlexiNeilMSteve Norman snapped by Neil Matthews for Flexipop! The location is Parliament Hill lido in north London in 1981. In the caption fit Steve Norman reports: “I love scuba diving. Funnily enough, I’ve never caught one yet.”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/rusty13withtractor.jpgRusty13,WithtractorRusty Egan in action with his Traktor Scratch Pro2013-08-08T20:58:04+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/08/06/2011-%e2%9e%a4-bowie-blockbuster-goes-abroad-after-20-weeks-wowing-london/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/db13tubeposter.jpgDB13,tubeposterLondon landmarks: the V&A’s local tube stationhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/db13aug5jimmyking.jpgDB13,Aug5,JimmyKingFresh this week: a new Bowie portrait by Jimmy King, oozing maquillage2013-08-06T10:43:59+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/07/05/1959-%e2%9e%a4-when-beans-defined-bohos-and-cappuccino-tasted-of-coffee/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/coffee59macabre-lal.jpgCoffee59,Macabre-LALIntellectuals are drawn to Le Macabre coffee bar in Sohohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/coffee59frithst-lal.jpgCoffee59,FrithSt-LALFrith Street, Soho, in 1959https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/coffee59french-lal.jpgCoffee59,French-LALBohemians frequent the French coffee barhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/coffee592is-lal2.jpgCoffee59,2Is-LAL2Home of rock’n’roll: Jive cats at the 2I’s in Old Compton Streethttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/coffee592is-lal1.jpgCoffee59,2Is-LAL1The Look at Life tour starts at the 2I’s in Old Compton Street: click to run video in a new window2013-07-12T22:09:33+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/07/04/%e2%9e%a4-the-original-wag-sets-the-scene-for-club-to-catwalk-at-the-va/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/clubcatwalk-scarlett.gifClubCatwalk-Scarletthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/clubcatwalk-logo.gifClubCatwalk-logohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/c83wagcswinstonod-dj.jpgC83Wag,CS,Winston,OD-djThe Wag, for 19 years the coolest nightspot in Soho: its suave doorman Winston is flanked by co-hosts Chris Sullivan and Ollie O’Donnell. © Shapersofthe80s2013-07-04T10:50:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/07/02/1983-%e2%9e%a4-a-turning-point-in-david-hockneys-vision-of-the-world/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dh83newworkcaminvt72.jpgDH83,NewWorkCamInvt72Fresh from its Los Angeles run: Invitation to Hockney’s latest show of three-dimensional photo collages in London, 1983https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dh83cjuly3book72-dj.jpgDH83,CJuly3book72-djHockney with fresh paintings in his London studio, July 3, 1983: so keen to deal with his new ideas, he reads aloud from a book about Marcel Proust’s theories of vision. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dh83c2july10-cam72-dj.jpgDH83,C2July10-cam72-djHockney wielding his Pentax in London, July 10, 1983: having devoted two years to photography, in this his second week in Britain, a further new canvas in the studio indicates a return to painting. Photograph © by Shapersofthe80s2013-07-02T03:10:15+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/06/27/%e2%9e%a4-babyboomers-at-war-with-their-kids-sad-fact-of-recession-or-generational-theft/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/daytoday94-itswar.jpgDayToday94-ItsWar“It’s war!” – Babyboomers v. their kids2013-06-30T10:24:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/06/24/%e2%9e%a4-book-now-for-the-bowie-finale-if-you-can/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/bowie13vascreening-event.jpgBowie13,V&Ascreening event2013-06-27T19:48:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/06/25/%e2%9e%a4-bowie-n-lexi-papped-taking-serenissima-taxi/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/db13-venicehols-xposure.jpgDB13-Venicehols-XposureBowie the holidaymaker: green button-down shirt, jeans, trainers, straw fedora, dark shades and man bag slung across his shoulderhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/db13lexivenice-xposure.jpgDB13,Lexi,Venice-XposureThe Bowies’ day out: beaming from ear-to-ear, Lexi and friend climb aboard a water taxi in Venice yesterday2024-03-11T08:51:26+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/06/22/%e2%9e%a4-gary-kemp-and-tony-hadley-in-two-man-spandau-reunion/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sb83bahamas.jpgSpandau BalletSpandau in the Bahamas, 1982: Martin, Gary, Steve, John and Tony. © Lynn Goldsmith/Corbishttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sb13thgkmastertapes-bbc.jpgSB13,TH,GK,Mastertapes-bbc Tony Hadley and Gary Kemp: Mastertapes recording at BBC Maida Vale 2013-06-25T09:09:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/04/19/%e2%9e%a4-linards-twist-on-classic-levi-add-the-kitchen-sink/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sl86blitzjacket-sketch.jpgSL86,blitzjacket-sketchSketch on paper, Stephen Linard, Great Britain, 1986. Museum no. AAD/19972/34 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London/Stephen Linard2013-06-24T13:41:05+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/06/18/%e2%9e%a4-book-domino-chain-sets-new-world-record/2013-06-18T19:25:35+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/06/14/%e2%9e%a4-another-eyeopener-from-always-there-ridgers/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ridgers13doubleoseven.jpgRidgers13,DoubleosevenNatassia Doubleoseven, Las Vegas 2012 – photography © Derek Ridgers2013-06-16T09:43:44+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/06/15/%e2%9e%a4-big-sue-meets-herself-and-freud-in-miniature/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tilley13crockermodel-fbk.jpgTilley13,Crockermodel-FBkListen out at 8am tomorrow: Sue Tilley at home with the Crocker miniatureshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/crocker13rcvideofreud.jpgCrocker13,RCvideo,FreudThis small: sculpture by Marcus Crocker outside the National Galleryhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/crocker13freudsue-percival.jpgCrocker13,Freud,Sue-PercivalSculpture by Marcus Crocker outside the National Gallery: recreating the artist Lucian Freud painting his famous portrait of Sue Tilley, Benefits Supervisor Sleeping (1995). Photography Matthew Percival2013-06-15T12:46:45+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/06/13/%e2%9e%a4-duck-and-cover-translates-as-vanish-and-dazzle-for-21st-century-security/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/stealthwear13antidrone-adamharvey.jpgStealthWear13,antidrone-AdamHarveyStealth Wear: anti-drone garments by Joanna Bloomfield 2013-06-13T18:19:35+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/06/08/%e2%9e%a4-the-day-the-royal-we-photobombed-the-beeb/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/hmq13atbbc-newsstops1.jpgHMQ13,atBBC-NewsStops3 – Live on air: For 30 protracted seconds amid gales of laughter nobody flinches in what the commentator Simon McCoy described as “one of the most bizarre bits of television that the BBC has produced” (an observation hoovered out of the BBC’s own coverage today!). Against protocol, star-struck hacks start waving camphones in the air and photobomb the photobomb. Veteran political editor John Sergeant later pronounced the event a “royal love-in” – despite the fact the anchors brazenly remained seated in the presence of the monarch!https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/shinclue13i-dandrea-vecchiatodsc_9566.jpgShinClue13,i-d,Andrea VecchiatoDSC_9566https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/hmq13bowie.jpgHMQ13,BowieWho is the least amused: Her Maj yesterday listening to the Bowie song "Heroes" or its author who was miles away?https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/hmq13atbbc-oneself.jpgHMQ13,atBBC-Oneself4 – Live on air: “Who, me?” Somebody finally enlightens HMQ that one is in fact being seen by millions and the rolling news transmission has come to a grinding standstill. (Videograbs from BBC) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/hmq13atbbc-jwtocam.jpgHMQ13,atBBC-JWtoCam.jpg1 – Live on the BBC’s rolling news channel: anchor Sophie Long has already noticed HMQ photobombing their bulletin as the Queen tours the newsroom at New Broadcasting Househttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/hmq13atbbc-jwnods.jpgHMQ13,atBBC-JWnods2 – Live on air: co-anchor Julian Worricker turns his back on the viewers to loyally give HMQ a bow from the neck. This instantly raises a huge burst of cheers and waves from the 300 journalists on their feet throughout the BBC newsroom 2013-06-11T12:56:58+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/05/25/%e2%9e%a4-2013-westminsters-ba-fashion-on-the-runway/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westminster13gradshow5.jpgWestminster13,gradshow5https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westminster13gradshow3.jpgWestminster13,gradshow32013-06-09T19:57:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/06/01/%e2%9e%a4-teens-as-masters-of-the-glottal-fricative/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/kevin-teenager.jpgKevin-teenagerRoll of the eyes: follows a life threatening imposition or a request to take out the garbage2013-06-02T01:26:46+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/06/01/2013-%e2%9e%a4-buzzing-bonkers-and-bold-the-csm-degree-show-in-pictures/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/csm13shinya-kozuka1.jpgCSM13,Shinya KozukaShinya Kozuka: a quiet, contemplative side of menswearhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/csm123nicholas-daley.jpgCSM123,Nicholas DaleyNicholas Daley: old-school punk and reggaehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/csm13yuki-hagino.jpgCSM13,Yuki HaginoYuki Hagino: exquisite origami sculptures, with 3-dimensional details https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/csm13xue-li.jpgCSM13,Xue LiXue Li: an expressive representation of ethnic inspirationshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/csm13xu-yuan-xin.jpgCSM13,Xu Yuan XinXu Yuan Xin: oversized silhouettes, inspired by industrial workwear and sportswearhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/csm13samuel-yang.jpgCSM13,Samuel YangSamuel Yang: a white-out of “the aura that exists among people”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/csm13roni-ilan.jpgCSM13,Roni IlanRoni Ilan: fashion sculptures with fabric and metalhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/csm13nathaniel-lyles.jpgCSM13,Nathaniel LylesNathaniel Lyles: a prism of enamelled copper wires in crazy colourshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/csm13krystyna-kozhoma.jpgCSM13,Krystyna Kozhoma.jpgKrystyna Kozhoma: feminine dresses and bodysuits that are cyber-looking and powerfulhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/csm13charles-jeffrey.jpgCSM13,Charles JeffreyCharles Jeffrey: dramatic menswear based on the Scottish Independence referendum2013-06-02T00:23:06+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/29/2012-%e2%9e%a4-boogie-on-down-your-maj-with-three-british-maestros-of-the-club-mix/2013-05-30T20:42:55+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/04/27/%e2%9e%a4-playlists-to-keep-us-foot-tapping-into-may/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rusty13electricityclub.jpgRusty13,ElectricityClubElectricity Club Showman Rusty Egan: any kind of music so long as it’s electrohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/jaxx13wild.jpgJaxx13,WildBack 2 The Wild: Click on pic to run video in a new windowhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dazedlist13mayjessieware.jpgDazedlist13,may,jessieware2013-05-26T18:05:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/05/19/%e2%9e%a4-revealed-the-crucial-bowie-diary-date-may-25/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bowie13fiveyearsfilm.jpgBowie13,FiveYearsfilmhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bowie13radiotimescovers.jpgBowie13,RadioTimescoverShttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bowie13fiveyears-txdate.jpgBowie13,FiveYears-txdate2013-05-26T09:01:41+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/05/21/%e2%9e%a4-farewell-trevor-the-mutton-chopped-spider-from-mars/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bolderpappalettera4789-33.jpgBolder,Pappalettera4789-33Trevor Bolder onstage with Uriah Heep, 2011: He was due to play the Donington Park Download festival with Heep in Junehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/db73bolderspiders.jpgDB73,bolder,spidersPlaying bass with Bowie, 1973: Bolder sporting his fantastical mutton-chop whiskershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bolder73spidersbowie.jpgBolder73,Spiders,BowieCostumed by Kansai Yamamoto,1973: Bassist Bolder looking deeply uncomfortable in Japanese garb as his master Bowie goes into his Marcel Marceau mime routinehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bolder12woodmansey6399-dj.jpgBolder12,Woodmansey6399-djMarch 27, 2012: Spiders Mick Woody Woodmansey and Trevor Bolder being interviewed at the unveiling of the plaque to Ziggy Stardust in Heddon Street, London. Photo © Shapersofthe80s2013-06-16T08:02:41+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/05/18/%e2%9e%a4-webbs-flipside-of-the-80s-fashion-revolution-as-seen-last-night-at-the-ica/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/webb13rlrssc8160-dj.jpgWebb13,RL,RS,SC8160-djWebb’s ICA launch: Robert Leach, Rick Sky tabloid superstar, Stephanie Cooperhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/webb13manifesto8086-dj.jpgWebb13,manifesto8086-djWebb’s ICA launch: the author’s fashion manifestos on displayhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/webb13logan8138-dj.jpgWebb13,Logan8138-djWebb’s ICA launch: the author signing for Andrew Logan, eccentric and national treasurehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/webb13iwspeech8080-dj.jpgWebb13,IWspeech8080-djWebb’s ICA launch: the author declaims the introduction from his book. For the sake of completion: Jacket, Margaret Howell. Trousers, sale rail, £3, Shoes, model’s ownhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/webb13iwsocks8075-dj.jpgWebb13,IWsocks8075-djWebb’s ICA launch: the author sets the style for the evening. After Godot, out of skip? I stand corrected: After Wild Boys, out of Burroughshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/webb13ibsccake8150-dj.jpgWebb13,IB,SC,cake8150-djWebb’s ICA book launch: author and cover girl cut facsimile cover cakehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/webb13cynthia8143-dj1.jpgWebb13,Cynthia8143-djWebb’s ICA launch: the author has just signed for Cynthia Grandfield, manager of Ryantown galleryhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/webb13ctscarlett8097-dj.jpgWebb13,CT,Scarlett8097-djWebb’s ICA launch: 80s style icon Christos Tolera with cover girl Scarlett Cannon https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/webb13corresp8085-dj.jpgWebb13,corresp8085-djWebb’s ICA launch: name-droppy correspondence on displayhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/webb13concepts8089-dj.jpgWebb13,concepts8089-djWebb’s ICA launch: the author’s layout concepts on display2013-05-20T20:52:07+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/05/17/%e2%9e%a4-rusty-and-steve-raise-a-storm-on-the-croisette/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sn13rustyegan.jpgSN13,RustyEganRusty and Steve: discs, drums, percussion and sax! https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/carlton13cannes.jpgCarlton13,CannesCanvas-Club on the beach opposite Carlton Cannes hotel2013-05-20T17:13:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/05/14/%e2%9e%a4-you-can-eat-your-hat-if-youre-stephen-jones/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sj13thisweekshatsunday.jpgSJ13,thisweekshat,SundayThis week’s hat for Sunday besthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sj13sunberet.jpgSJ13,SunBeretSun, a gold straw beret in the Jones SS13 West collectionhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sj13qinlin-beijing.jpgSJ13,QinLin-BeijingBig Sur SS13 on actress QinLin at the Equestrian Beijing International Grand Prix with Vogue Chinahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sj13debenhams.jpgSJ13,DebenhamsThe Jones Top Hat collection in Debenhams in store and online https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sj12cowarthpark.jpgSJ12,CowarthParkEdible or wearable? The Coworth Park Royal High Tea by Stephen Jones, June 2012https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sj10sohohatchocsantwerp.jpgSJ10,SohoHatChocs,AntwerpChocolates based on the hat Soho, Antwerp 2010https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sj10hatboxantwerp.jpgSJ10,hatbox,AntwerpThe chocolates came in a miniature hatbox, Antwerp 2010https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sj10chocjonesantwerp.jpgSJ10,ChocJones,AntwerpSpot the real Stephen Jones: with Dominique Persoone and The Chocolate Line for The Accent of Fashion show in Antwerp, 20102013-05-15T13:33:36+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/05/13/%e2%9e%a4-magic-a-million-views-up-for-commander-chris-sitting-in-his-tin-can-singing-bowie/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/oddity2013-6achrisreflected.jpgOddity2013-6a,Chrisreflectedhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/oddity2013-9constellations.jpgOddity2013-9,constellationshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/oddity2013-7chasingguitar.jpgOddity2013-7,chasingguitarhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/oddity2013-6spacesuit.jpgOddity2013-6,spacesuithttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/oddity2013-5cockpit.jpgOddity2013-5,cockpithttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/oddity2013-4issoncloud.jpgOddity2013-4,ISSoncloudhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/oddity2013-3guitaraspin.jpgOddity2013-3,guitaraspinhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/oddity2013-2commanderchris.jpgOddity2013-2,CommanderChrishttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/oddity2013-1issonblue.jpgOddity2013-1,ISSonblueVideo stills courtesy of Canadian Space Agency/Chris Hadfield/EMI/Mercury Records2013-05-15T13:32:52+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/05/14/%e2%9e%a4-college-egghead-out-hamlets-hamlet-with-mighty-movie-mash-up/2013-05-15T13:30:41+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/05/04/%e2%9e%a4-reborn-alison-moyet-lets-herself-off-the-mainstream-leash/2013-05-15T13:25:47+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/04/25/2013-%e2%9e%a4-a-blistering-picture-hoard-from-punks-formative-years/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/moyet13rlondon4mayelms.jpgMoyet13,RLondon4May,ElmsNo longer “a cheap date”: Robert Elms with Alison Moyet todayhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mickjones13sheilarock-beki-cowey.jpgmickjones13,sheilarock-Beki CoweyAt the Brown’s party tonight: Sheila Rock with Clash guitarist and vocalist Mick Jones. Photograph © by Beki Coweyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/clash76sheilarockpunkbook.jpgClash76,SheilaRockPunkBookThe Clash in 1976. Photographed by Sheila Rock2013-05-04T17:23:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/04/30/%e2%9e%a4-material-girl-madonna-pops-up-in-la/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/madonna13macyslaexhibn2.jpgMadonna13,Macy'sLAexhibn2Material Girl retrospective at Macy’s LA2013-05-04T13:42:06+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/04/30/%e2%9e%a4-20-years-ago-today-the-free-world-wide-web-was-born/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/www93firstwebpage.pngwww93,firstwebpageThe web’s first home page: click on the image to visit the site at CERNhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/www13oeddefinition.jpgwww13,OEDdefinitionhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/timbl13olympictweet.jpgTimBL13,OlympicTweetThe mighty tweet: Tim Berners-Lee’s message to the world at the Olympicshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/timbl13olympicsopening.jpgTimBL13,OlympicsOpeningTim Berners-Lee at the Olympics opening ceremony (Photo: Getty)2013-05-03T01:42:20+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/04/28/%e2%9e%a4-synthpop-cabaret-from-a-right-romantic-pair-of-poseurs/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/terribles13poseurs.jpgTerribles13,Poseurshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/terribles13keyboards.jpgTerribles13,keyboardsA Terrible Splendour: the eternal themes of rebellion and shame 2013-04-30T17:20:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/01/19/%e2%9e%a4-a-couple-of-slaps-in-the-visage/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/visage13launchpicjan8.jpgVisage13,launchpicJan8Visage 2013: Steve Barnacle, the inimitable Steve Strange, Lauren Duvall and Robin Simon. Photography © by David Levinehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ss12tweetrerustydec16.gifSS12,tweetreRustyDec16https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/midge12tweetressnov10.jpgMidge12,tweetreSSNov102013-04-28T13:51:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/04/26/%e2%9e%a4-14000-words-on-bowies-album-responding-to-bowies-own-44-words-telling-what-its-all-about/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/wawn13-nextdoorvidiso.jpgWAWN13-nextdoorvidISOHaving asked Where Are We Now? in his first comeback single, Bowie’s second posed other enticing questions in a sexually ambiguous video for The Stars (Are Out Tonight) (ISO Records)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/moody13bowie.jpgMoody13,BowieRick Moody photographed by Seamus Kearney ... and a salute from Bowie at 662013-04-27T15:07:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/04/13/2013-%e2%9e%a4-double-whammy-from-the-spandau-boys/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/gk13mkross13april.jpgGK13,MK,Ross13AprilAnother Spandau tour? Martin and Gary Kemp give Jonathan Ross a cautious yes tonight. (Viewable on ITV Player for another month. Screengrab © ITV)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sb13truelithograph.jpgSB13,Truelithographhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sb13spandautruestory.jpgSB13,SpandauTrueStoryhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sb13soulboyswesternworld.jpgSB13,SoulBoysWesternWorldhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sb13jonrossshow13apr.jpgSB13,JonRossShow13Apr2014-01-08T19:46:49+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/04/23/%e2%9e%a4-shock-horror-popstar-jarvis-takes-public-transport/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sallon13aldibasket-ps.jpgSallon13,Aldibasket-PShttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sps13galdi-ps.jpgSPS13,G,Aldi-PShttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sallon13tvpinocchio.jpgSallon13,TV,PinocchioSallon snapped on the London underground ... Pinocchio drawn by Nadir Quintohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sallon13tubegps-tv.jpgSallon13,tubeG,PS-TVIncognito on the Northern Line: Philip Sallon, popstar Jarvis and mystery manhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sallon13busstop-ps.jpgSallon13,busstop-PShttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sallon13aldi-ps.jpgSallon13,Aldi-PSAldi essentials ... Most pix by Paul Sturridge2013-04-24T07:37:55+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/04/02/%e2%9e%a4-fin-munro-plunges-into-love-and-takes-a-walk-on-the-wild-side/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/thief13fincharlotte.jpgThief13,Fin,CharlotteLatest pic of Thief, April 2013: Fin and Charlottehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/fin12badsex.jpgFin12,badsexFin Munro: turntablist returns to songwritinghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bonnieclyde1933-s.jpgBonnieClyde1933-SBonnie Elizebeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow: the gangsters enjoyed a long-standing relationship, but never married2013-04-23T15:02:30+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/04/23/%e2%9e%a4-farewell-qwerty-as-kalq-keyboard-brings-speedier-thumbing-to-the-touchscreen-generation/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/kalq13-keyboard.jpgKALQ13, keyboardThe new KALQ keyboard. © MPI for Informatics 2013-04-23T13:15:45+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/04/10/%e2%9e%a4-glenda-jackson-silences-tories-in-commons-tirade-against-thatcher/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/jackson13thatchertirade.jpgJackson13,ThatchertiradeGlenda Jackson lets rip: click on image to run BBC video in a new window https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hogarth-gin-lane1751.jpghogarth-gin-lane1751Gin Lane (1751) by English artist William Hogarth: shocking scenes of infanticide, starvation, madness, decay and suicide in London2013-04-11T18:14:20+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/10/14/%e2%9e%a4-lux%e2%80%99s-first-official-video-morrissey-meets-the-monkees/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/lux11jesse3785-dj.jpgLux11,Jesse3785-djLux vocalist Jesse Burgess: “I just want to be let alone”. Photograph by Shapersofthe80s2013-04-04T16:46:29+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/04/03/2013-%e2%9e%a4-rip-mile-oshea-to-some-leopold-bloom-to-us-durand-durand/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/barbarella68-miloasdurand.jpgBarbarella68-MiloasDurandO’Shea as the mad scientist Dr Durand Durand in Barbarella, a 41st-century sex-romp made in1968: this was the character who inspired the name of Nick Rhodes’s pop group Duran Duran. Here the Doctor is seen at the keyboard of his orgasmatron which he called the Excessive Machine, trying to destroy Jane Fonda with simulated waves of lust. © Dino de Laurentiis Cinematograficahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ulysses67osheajefford.jpgUlysses67,Oshea,JeffordO’Shea as Leopold Bloom: with Barbara Jefford as Molly Bloom in Joseph Strick’s Ulysses (1967). Photograph: Ronald Grant Archivehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/romeo68whitingosheahussey.jpgRomeo68,Whiting,OShea,husseyO’Shea as Friar Laurence in Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet, 1968: with Leonard Whiting and Olivia Husseyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/oshea02-westwing.jpgThe West WingO'Shea as chief justice Ashland in The West Wing 2003-04. © NBCU Photo Bank2013-04-04T16:20:58+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/04/01/2013-%e2%9e%a4-remembering-why-mick-ronsons-talent-deserves-to-be-celebrated/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/db71rcasigning-ronson.jpgDB71,RCAsigning-RonsonThe day they signed to RCA, 1971: David Bowie and Mick Ronson in New York2013-04-01T22:13:59+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/03/18/%e2%9e%a4-who-better-than-pj-to-take-timberbloke-to-task-for-his-new-mirrors-video/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/timber13mirrorsvideo1.pngTimber13,MirrorsvideoJustin in hall of mirrors: Click on pic to run video in new window2013-03-27T23:47:29+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/03/17/2013-%e2%9e%a4-bowie-is-go-tasters-for-this-weeks-record-breaking-va-exhibition/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/db73yamamoto-sukita.jpgDB73,Yamamoto-SukitaJapan 1973: Kansai Yamamoto with David Bowie in Ziggy jumpsuit. Photo © Masayoshi Sukitahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/bowie79lodger-duffy.jpgBowie79,Lodger-DuffyBrian Duffy's photography for the Lodger album sleeve 1979. © The Duffy Archive Limitedhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/db76viscontimeyer-hansabywife.jpgDB76,Visconti,Meyer-Hansa,byWifeBerlin 1976: Bowie with moustache, Tony Visconti and assistant engineer, Edu Meyer, taken in the control room of Hansa Studios by Meyer’s wife, Barbarahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/db73aladdinreject-duffy.jpgDB73,Aladdinreject-DuffyOne of the rejected cover shots for the Aladdin Sane album taken by photographer Brian Duffy in 1973. © The Duffy Archive Limitedhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/db66bowie-andlowerthird.jpgDB66,Bowie andLowerThirdSetting out as Swinging 60s Mod: Bowie promo shot in 1966 for his first single on Pye, Can’t Help Thinking About Me, with his band The Lower Third which included producer Tony Hatch on piano. The NME decided: “Absorbing melody, weakish tune” https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/bowie79lodger-by-duffy.jpgBowie79,Lodger by DuffyDuffy's photography for the Lodger album sleeve 1979. © The Duffy Archive Limited2013-03-24T02:00:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/02/26/%e2%9e%a4-bowies-first-album-for-a-decade-is-beautiful-obsessive-and-deliciously-cruel/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/db13thestarsvinyl7in-artwork.jpgDB13,TheStars,Vinyl7in-artworkThe Stars (Are Out Tonight): scheduled for a limited edition vinyl 7inch 45 Record Store Day release on April 20, 2013. Backed with Where Are We Now? https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/db13burroughs-jimmyking.jpgdavidbowie_credjimmyking_20130107_184257Not forgetting the shadow of Burroughs and his “frozen moment”. One of this year’s few official portraits of Bowie, taken by Jimmy Kinghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nme13bowiebundle.jpgNME13,BowieBundlehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/db13nextdaycd.jpgDB13,NextDayCD2013-03-23T23:29:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/03/19/%e2%9e%a4-bowie-at-va-more-than-a-rock-star-bowie-reveals-the-process-of-art-and-design/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/db13snowysalute-king.jpgDB13,snowysalute-KingSnowy Bowie, March 20: The Next Day debuts at #1 on charts in 12 countries and tops iTunes charts in 60. This week’s photo by Jimmy Kinghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/db13snowiebowie-king.jpgDB13,snowiebowie-Kinghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/bowievna13longshot.jpgBowieVnA13,longshotThe V&A’s new exhibition David Bowie Is: “a grand stage for an inspirational artist who reshaped a generation”2013-03-22T00:17:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/03/07/2013-%e2%9e%a4-durans-rhodes-exhumes-a-90s-art-rock-project-that-anticipated-the-downside-of-the-internet/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tvmania13rhodeswarren.jpgTVMania13,Rhodes,WarrenNever ask an artist “Why?” An inner Rhodes and another Cuccurullo, step up to brand their new project, TV Maniahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/jt12google-authorsvid.jpgJT12,Google AuthorsVidJohn Taylor grilled for Google... 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Picture © David Sandershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dbmanhunkycombo.jpgDBMan,HunkycomboBowie goes camp: sleeves for The Man Who Sold the World, Hunky Doryhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/db72totp.jpgDB72,ToTpThe moment the earth tilted July 6, 1972: During Starman on Top of the Pops, David Bowie drapes his arm around the shoulder of Mick Ronson. 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(Photographed by Paul Sturridge)2013-02-22T20:32:11+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/02/18/%e2%9e%a4-a-rave-for-alison-moyets-comeback-single-my-happiest-studio-experience/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/moyet12livered.jpgMoyet12,live,redHelo again, Alison Moyet: three-times Brit winner and Grammy nominee2018-02-10T00:20:46+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/02/02/%e2%9e%a4-a-glamorous-date-with-margot-fonteyn-and-a-feast-of-fabulous-frocks/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/google13shapersviews.jpgGoogle13,ShapersViewsTen-day decline: daily views at Shapersofthe80s have fallen 55% since Jan 22https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fonteynostrichcoat-bathmuseum.jpgFonteyn,ostrichcoat-BathMuseumShall we dance? Dame Margot Fonteyn’s ostrich feather evening coat by YSL at the Fashion Museum in Bathhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bath13yslcocktailsilver.jpgBath13,YSLcocktail,silverF-A-B: YSL crystal and feather cocktail dress and 17th-century silver tissue dress (Fashion Museum, Bath)2013-02-15T21:08:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/01/10/%e2%9e%a4-riddle-of-the-train-bowie-could-not-have-taken-in-where-are-we-now/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/iggybowie77berlin.jpgIggy,Bowie77,berlinNightclubbing 1977: Bowie and Iggy enjoy the Berlin nightlifehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/potsdamer-platz-1961.jpgPotsdamer-Platz-1961Potsdamer Platz in 1961: the postwar wasteland is divided by the Wall and was to become known as the Kill Zonehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/potsdamer-platz-1910.jpgPotsdamer-Platz-1910Potsdamer Platz in 1910: looking south towards the Potsdamer Bahnhofhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/berlinwall89.jpgBerlinWall89Divided Berlin: the wall shown in black places the U-Bahn station (blue) at Potsdamer Platz inside the Soviet sector, along with the S-Bahn station (green)2021-12-13T16:16:27+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/01/15/%e2%9e%a4-fassbender-is-the-new-man-inside-big-franks-papier-mache-head/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/frank13gyllenhaalfassbendergleeson-ae.jpgFrank13,Gyllenhaal,Fassbender,Gleeson-AEFilming Frank: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Fassbender and Domhnall Gleeson, in the New Mexico desert (Picture: Artificial Eye)2013-02-10T20:09:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/11/27/1965-%e2%9e%a4-teenage-bowie-flashes-priceless-smile-to-an-amateur-cine-camera/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bowie65-joesalamavideo.jpgBowie65-joesalamavideoPre-Bowie Davie Jones, aged 18: filmed possibly in Tin Pan Alley, London, by Joe Salama's father2013-02-21T14:48:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/01/14/%e2%9e%a4-stomping-like-the-70s-but-with-nutter-style/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nutter84sketcheltonjohn.jpgNutter84,sketchEltonJohnNutter sketch for Elton John stagewear, 1984https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hockney70nutter-beatons.jpgHockney70,Nutter-BeatonSDavid Hockney wears Nutter (Cecil Beaton, 1970)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nutter82sketches.jpgNutter82,sketchesNutter designs from 1969, 1973, 1977, 1982https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nutter71jagger-wedding.jpgNutter71,jagger-weddingNutter suits for both Jaggers on their wedding day, 1971https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nutter-werth13finale.jpgNutter-Werth13,finaleDance-off Wigan style: The finale to the Nutter-Werth men’s collection at the Café de Paris. (Videograb from milavictoria)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nutter-new-york.jpgnutter-new-yorkBritish designer Tommy Nutter seen in New Yorkhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/nicholson89joker.jpgnicholson89,jokerThe Joker given the Nutter look in 19892013-01-22T20:31:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/01/21/2013-%e2%9e%a4-want-to-know-the-future-of-nearly-everything-vice-magazine-has-the-answers/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/vice13onesie.jpgVice13,onesieSoft fashion: weighing us downhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/vice13borisnicholls.jpgVice13,Boris,NichollsInevitable: Prime Minister Boris Johnson and consensus cool. (Illustration by Julia Scheele)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/boombox12eastlondon.jpgBoombox12,EastLondonBoombox clubber: “attempting to look like their MySpace profile”2013-01-21T19:40:20+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/01/14/%e2%9e%a4-webb-lays-bare-the-subversive-story-of-british-fashion-in-the-80s/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/webb13authors.jpgWebb13,authorSWebb: from Blitz Club to The Timeshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/blitz86trendycovers.jpgBlitz86,TrendycoverSBlitz December 1986: Dead Trendy fashion special. Martine Houghton photographed by Gill Campbell. Make-up, Gregory Davis. Hair, Rick Haylor https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/webb11-byleach.jpgWebb11-byLeachWebb: from Blitz Club to The Timeshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/blitz85-anne-pigalleno28alt.jpgBlitz85-Anne Pigalle,No28altBlitz February 1985: Anne Pigalle photographed by Richard Croft for the coverhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/beyonce13-superbowl-feb3.jpgbeyonce13-superbowl-feb3https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/asseeninblitz13-webb-proof.jpgAsSeenInBlitz13-Webb-proof80s club host Scarlett Cannon wears Hermes on the cover of Iain R Webb’s new book: “One of the things I love most about this photograph is that David just drew around Scarlett and darkened the background with a pencil to make her stand out more!” (Photograph by David Hiscock. Make-up, William Faulkner)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/adele13globes.jpgadele13,globes2013-02-15T20:55:00+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/01/12/%e2%9e%a4-the-bowiesconti-proxy-has-spoken-only-second-hand-interviews-from-here-to-eternity/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/bowiesconti13twins2.jpgBowiesconti13twinsThe Bowiesconti proxy: silent pop star plays puppet in the hands of his ventriloquist producer Viscontihttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/braveheart95mel-gibson.jpgBraveheart95,Mel GibsonHDQ in Braveheart 1995: Mel Gibson takes it like a manhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/bowiesconti13.jpgBowiesconti13The Bowiesconti proxy: silent pop star plays puppet in the hands of his ventriloquist producer Visconti2022-07-07T11:46:46+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/01/07/%e2%9e%a4-a-quick-treat-for-big-bang-fans-but-probably-not-for-real-trekkies/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/bigbang13asstartrek510.jpegbigbang13asstartrekBig Bang characters decoded L-R: Howard is dressed as an evil member of the Borg, Raj as the Klingon security chief Lt Worf, Leonard as the intrepid Capt Jean-Luc Picard, and Sheldon as the android Lt. Commander Data. (© Monty Brinton/CBS © 2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)2013-01-12T13:15:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/01/09/2013-%e2%9e%a4-shock-and-awe-verdicts-on-bowies-born-again-masterpiece/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/db13birthdaylunch-colourjking.jpgDB13,birthdaylunch-colourJKingAlive! And well! Exclusive birthday photograph of Bowie taken while lunching at a Japanese restaurant in Manhattan yesterday. (Jimmy King)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/db13banjo-new-jimmykings.jpgDB13,banjo-new-JimmyKingsBanjo-man! Exclusive birthday photograph (Jimmy King )https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/db13wheretitle.jpgDB13,wheretitleQuavering voice and unflattering close-up: pension-age Bowie ruminates on the passing of time in his stark yet tender lyrics (© Iso/Columbia)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/db13reichstag.jpgDB13,ReichstagBowie and soulmate as one cuddly toy: their faces are projected onto the puppet-like dummy, Berlin's Reichstag in the city tour is projected behind them during Tony Oursler’s video for Where Are We Now? (© Iso/Columbia)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/db13norway.jpgDB13,NorwayBowie as art student: ironic coda to the video when he looks in at the auto repair shop beneath the Berlin apartment where he once lived (© Iso/Columbia)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/db13birthdayshot-king.jpgDB13,birthdayshot-KingAlive! And well! Exclusive birthday photograph of Bowie taken while lunching at a Japanese restaurant in Manhattan yesterday. (Jimmy King )2013-01-12T02:57:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/11/02/%e2%9e%a4-toyah%e2%80%99s-odyssey-from-viennese-woods-to-wicked-queen/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/toyah77vwoodsjubilee.jpgToyah77,VWoods,JubileeToyah’s lucky year, 1977: playing Emma in Tales from the Vienna Woods, and a punkette in Derek Jarman’s film Jubilee2013-01-11T18:41:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/12/27/2012-%e2%9e%a4-why-brains-parker-and-lady-p-stayed-cults-long-after-thunderbirds-had-gone/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/tracyislandkit.jpgTracyIslandKitThunderbirds’ secret base at Tracy Island: model kit comes with miniature versions of the Thunderbird 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. “Some assembly required.” From Dragon Models USA, $115https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/captain-scarlet12royalmail-stamps.jpgCaptain-Scarlet12,RoyalMail-StampsCaptain Scarlet as Royal Mail postage stamp last yearhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/stingray64troymarina-itv.jpgStingray64,Troy,Marina-ITVStingray’s Troy Tempest and “Aqua” Marina (Photo: ITV)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/gabrainsvirgilladypparker-oneill.jpgGA,Brains,Virgil,LadyP,Parker-ONeillFuturistic puppet stars: Gerry Anderson with Virgil, Brains, Lady Penelope and Parker the chauffeur. (Picture: David O'Neill / Rex)2013-01-05T06:44:45+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/01/03/%e2%9e%a4-tyler-timbalike-simmers-from-the-heart-but-who-can-light-his-fire/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/tylerjames12voice.jpgTylerJames12,VoiceTyler James: destined to make mischief one day2013-01-05T05:30:25+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2013/01/01/%e2%9e%a4-enter-the-hipster-quiz-and-lose-your-facebook-friends/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hipsterquiz12.jpghipsterquiz122013-01-05T02:18:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/12/28/%e2%9e%a4-barcelona-celebrates-adria-magician-of-edible-art-and-a-totally-useless-machine/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/elbulli12manifesto.gifelBulli12,manifestoAdrià’s manifesto: No 10 of his 23 principles that summarise El Bulli’s cuisinehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/elbulli12fooddesign.jpgelBulli12,fooddesignBefore-and-after designs: left, coloured Plasticine model ... right, real food on the plate by El Bulli chefs2012-12-29T06:23:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/12/22/1970s-%e2%9e%a4-yowsa-a-crackly-festive-vinyl-top-ten-from-chic-james-minnie-funkadelic-and-friends/2012-12-22T02:14:00+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/12/20/%e2%9e%a4-smash-hits-and-other-mould-breakers-of-the-80s/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/tennant83-virginiaturbett.jpgTennant83-VirginiaTurbett1983: Neil Tennant as Smash Hits writer. (Photo by Virginia Turbett)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/shits82oct28bauhaus.jpgSHits82,Oct28,Bauhaus1982: Peter Murphy of Bauhaus (you really don’t want to see its Christmas cover star)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/psb85-smash-hits-april.jpgPSB85-Smash-Hits-AprilApril 1985: Tennant as cover star and Pet Shop Boy with Chris Lowe2012-12-21T13:29:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/12/13/2012-%e2%9e%a4-gongs-for-newbies-and-oldies-creating-the-uks-new-golden-age-of-tv-comedy/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/thickofit12s4pcrf-bbc.jpgthickofit12,s4,PC,RF-bbcThe Thick of It, bowing out with series 4 of the political satire: Best comedy actor awards for Peter Capaldi, left, and Rebecca Front, right (BBC)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/iannucci10bafta.jpgIannucci10,BaftaWriter Armando Iannucci: collecting a Bafta for The Thick of It in 2010https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/hunderby12julia-daviscast.jpgHunderby12,Julia Davis,castHunderby, bowing in: “Daphne du Maurier on ketamine.” (Photo: Sky Atlantic)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/freshmeat12-sky.jpgfreshmeat12-SkyKing of Comedy Award: Fresh Meat’s cast with Jack Whitehall, left. (Photo: Channel 4)2012-12-16T00:40:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/12/01/%e2%9e%a4-a-pregant-silence-over-bryan-ferrys-next-tour/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ferry12jazzagealbum.jpgFerry12,JazzAgealbum2012-12-12T03:27:36+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/01/01/%e2%9e%a4-happy-new-year-from-frosty-the-snowman-%e2%80%94-and-the-ronettes/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ronettesonstage.jpgRonettesonstagehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ronettes63spector.jpgRonettes63,SpectorThe Ronettes in 1963: beehive hair-dos and producer Phil Spectorhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/bemybaby63disc.jpgbemybaby63,disc2012-12-11T15:51:17+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/12/09/%e2%9e%a4-rip-patrick-moore-the-last-great-englishman-astronomer-and-xylophonist-with-a-monocle/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pm71cricket.jpgPM71,cricketDemonstrating interplanetary distances on a cricket matchhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pm63did.jpgPM63,DID1963: Braced for Desert Island Discs, sadly not available at the BBC archivehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pm60uranus.jpgPM60,Uranus1960: Moore played the piano while discussing Uranushttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pm09home-bbc.jpgPM09,home-BBCSir Patrick Moore in 2009: a national treasure at home. (Photo: BBC)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pmxylophone-bbc.jpgPM,xylophone-bbcComposer and virtuoso on the xylophone2012-12-09T16:01:26+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/11/30/2012-%e2%9e%a4-a-brighter-bluer-rondo-for-the-20-tweens/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/jblack79mutant81.jpgJBlack79,Mutant81https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ze78zilkhaesteban.jpgZE78,Zilkha,EstebanMichael Zilkha and Michel Esteban: label founders combined their initials into ZEhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/jwhite79contortyourself.jpgJWhite79,ContortYourselfhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/rondo82chewing-fat-490.jpgRondo82,Chewing-Fat-490Picture sleeve painted by vocalist Chris Sullivan, 1982 https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/klacto82-x490.jpgKlacto82-x490Picture sleeve painted by vocalist Chris Sullivan,1982 2012-12-03T21:19:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/11/16/2012-%e2%9e%a4-shapersofthe80s-clocks-up-half-a-million-page-views/2012-12-03T01:32:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/11/26/%e2%9e%a4-swagger-on-up-the-junction-for-dalstons-vintage-designer-sale/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ox12mcclintock.jpgOx12,McClintockJessica McClintock evening dresshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ox12kleinysl.jpgOx12,Klein,YSLRoland Klein vintage coat, YSL Rive Gauche orange skirthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ox12jacobsjackson.jpgOx12,Jacobs,JacksonYellow Marc Jacobs coat, grey Betty Jackson trousershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ox12hamnettozbek.jpgOx12,Hamnett,OzbekKatharine Hamnett coat, Rifat Ozbek Future Ozbek dresshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ox12dalstonchic.jpgOx12,DalstonChichttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ox12dgysl.jpgOx12,D&G,YSLLuxurious D&G mohair jumper/dress, orange Lulu-style hat, YSL scarfhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ox12accessories.jpgOx12,accessories2012-11-27T19:29:23+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/11/24/%e2%9e%a4-david-frost-salutes-tw3-the-tv-show-that-pioneered-satire-50-years-ago-tonight/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tw3bar300.jpgtw3,bar300At the TW3 bar: Roy Kinnear, David Frost, Lance Percival2012-11-26T03:25:29+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/11/19/%e2%9e%a4-another-knees-up-while-amazon-slashes-we-can-be-heroes-second-edition-to-19-50/2012-11-23T14:02:53+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/11/16/%e2%9e%a4-k-west-sign-possibly-for-sale-in-bowie-memorabilia-show/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/bowie12hopkinsburston-dj.jpgBowie12,Hopkins,Burston-djThe long-lost K West sign in all its magical luminescence at MPAG London https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/db81baal-bbc.jpgDB81,baal-bbc1976: Bowie as Brecht’s poet Baal (original BBC photograph)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/db80elephantman-ap.jpgDB80,ElephantMan-AP1980: Bowie as The Elephant Man on Broadway (original AP photograph)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/db78stage-walton.jpgDB78,Stage-Walton1978: the Isolar II tour, aka the Stage tour (photography © Rik Walton)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/db76-rca-kelley.jpgDB76-RCA-Kelley1976: exclusively on RCA (photography © Tom Kelley)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/db12kwest-sign.jpgDB12,kwest-signFound and restored: Ziggy’s original K. West signhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/bowie12lostgucoverpainting.jpgBowie12,lostGUcoverpaintingRediscovered: George Underwood’s 1975 painting of the Hunky Dory coverhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/bowie12collage.jpgBowie12,collageBowie graphics: five of the images for sale this week2012-11-16T20:36:22+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/11/11/%e2%9e%a4-the-most-ferocious-today-grilling-despatches-the-beebs-top-cat/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/humphrys.jpgHumphrysGotcha! John Humphrys in the Today studio. (Photo: BBC)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dimbleby11david.jpgDimbleby11,DavidDavid Dimbleby: nailing leaders who lack the stomach to lead. (Photo: BBC)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/day84thatcher-panorama.jpgDay84,thatcher-panoramaThe knack: Robin Day interviews Margaret Thatcher live in 19842012-11-14T03:26:26+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/10/23/2013-%e2%9e%a4-from-essex-depeche-mode-announce-tomorrow-the-world/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dm13londondates.pngDM13,LondondatesUpdated Oct 30, 2012https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dm13tourposterl.jpgDM13,tourposterLhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dm13dates.jpgDM13,dates2012-11-03T19:33:06+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/11/09/%e2%9e%a4-killing-a-king-tells-you-who-you-are-%e2%80%94-so-do-your-haircut-and-shoes/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/charles1649deathwarrant.jpgcharles1649,deathwarrantDeath warrant of King Charles I (1649): Showing the signatures and seals of 59 of the commissioners who tried Charles I, including that of Oliver Cromwell. This document directly led to the execution of the king, the abolition of the monarchy, and the consequent establishment of a republic to govern England for the only time in its history, between 1649-1660. © Parliamentary Archiveshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/thelookcover.jpgTheLook,coverhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/charles1649exec.jpgcharles1649,execOne of Schama’s six epic moments in British history: the execution of King Charles I in 1649, painted by John Weesop. Source: The Gallery Collection/Corbis2012-10-30T13:37:11+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/09/26/%e2%9e%a4-aint-no-stoppin-chris-sullivan-as-hashtag_coolest_dj_in_town/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cs12logo400.gifCS12,logo400The Sullivan brand: Arguments raged in the 80s with his Wag co-host Ollie O’Donnell over who had designed/drawn/ordered the first zoot suit 2012-10-20T14:06:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/10/19/2012-%e2%9e%a4-style-com-nods-to-sade-adus-fashion-legacy/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/jpg-ss13sadestyle.jpgJPG-ss13,sadestyleJean Paul Gaultier’s take on the Sade style of ponytail and hoop earrings: one of many 80s tributes in his Spring Summer 2013 runway show last month in Paris https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sade12-styledotcom.jpgSade12-styledotcom2012-10-20T13:36:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/09/04/2013-%e2%9e%a4-bowie-officially-not-devastated-as-fab-retrospective-show-goes-ahead-at-the-va/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/bowie78self_portrait-vna.jpgbowie78,self_portrait-VnASelf portrait in pose also adopted for the album cover of “Heroes” 1978. © The David Bowie Archive 2012. Image © V&A Imageshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ziggyatvna7470s.jpgZiggyatVnA7470SZiggy stage costume: the Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto described Bowie in 1972 as “neither man nor woman”. This outfit goes on show next year. (Photograph by Polkadot.tv) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/bowie74burroughs-oneill.jpgbowie74,burroughs-ONeillPhotography showing at the V&A: David Bowie and William Burroughs, 1974. Photograph by Terry O’Neill. Courtesy of The David Bowie Archive 2012 2012-10-08T10:14:59+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/10/06/2012-%e2%9e%a4-will-the-newly-restored-magical-mystery-tour-rewrite-our-view-of-the-beatles/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mmt67sylvia-hillier-apple.jpgMMT67,Sylvia Hillier-AppleSylvia seen aboard the Beatles Magical Mystery Tour bus in the Arena documentary. Videograb © 2012 BBC & Apple Films Ltdhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mmt67jlhillier.jpgMMT67,JL,HillierFan Sylvia Hillier from Bognor: seen here with Paul McCartney, she lost her job by ducking out of work to join the 1967 magical bus tour. (Pic from Facebook)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mmt67evennettjlrspm-apple.jpgMMT67,Evennett,JL,RS,PM-AppleFan Jenni Evennett bunked off school: she is captured at left in this clip from the Magical Mystery Tour, with Lennon centre, Ringo and Paul to the right. Videograb © 2012 Apple Films Ltdhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mmt67bus800.jpgMMT67,bus800https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mmt67bus490.jpgMMT67,bus490Fabled charabanc outing in 1967: Find the Fab Four among fellow travellers on their Magical Mystery Tour2012-10-07T03:15:44+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/05/16/2011-%e2%9e%a4-the-ghosts-of-fac-and-hac-walk-tall-again/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/hac10oliver-wilsonvid.jpgHac10,Oliver WilsonvidThe Hacienda today: the former nightclub’s dancefloor is a carpark beneath a block of flats. Click image to run rare video footage as Tony’s son Oliver Wilson reflects on the legacy of his father’s nightclub https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/hac12-nickhardy3.jpgHAC12-NickHardy3Nick Hardy’s 1:50 scale, hand-built reproduction of the Hacienda nightclub: built to celebrate its 30th anniversary, the intricately researched model incorporates many apertures so the viewer can see interior details such as deejay booth, loading bays, projector screens, tables and chairs, bar stocked with beer, glass apex roof and canal footpath. Visit www.our-smallworld.co.uk https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/haciendainterior.jpgHaciendainteriorIndustrial light and magic: Ben Kelly’s design for the Haçienda interior in its heyday — plus that treacherous step onto (or off!) the dancefloor. Two views, idealised as silkscreen prints by Morph & Ben Kelly 2011, available through paulstolper.comhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/fac51haclogo1.jpgFac51Haclogohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/24hpp-trailer.jpg24HPP-trailerFace of Factory: Steve Coogan plays Tony Wilson in the all too ironic docu-drama, 24-Hour Party People2012-10-05T23:51:38+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/10/04/%e2%9e%a4-prof-brian-cox-riotiously-funny-at-stand-up-debut-just-in-case-the-tv-career-doesnt-work-out/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cox12iopspeech.jpgCox12,IoPspeechAre we going to die next Wednesday? Brian Cox talks of “a new golden age of physics” while lampooning idiot coverage by the press. Click picture to open video in a new window2012-10-05T04:54:04+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/12/29/1980-%e2%9e%a4-as-spandau-play-in-heaven-all-around-we-can-hear-the-new-sounds-of-1981/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/sbc80hvnlive1-dj.jpgSBC80,Hvn,live1-djSpreading the New Romantic message, including clothes by PX: Spandau Ballet play Heaven, Dec 29, 1980. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dmode80dreaming.jpgDMode80,DreamingBasildon’s finest: Depeche Mode recorded their first single, Dreaming of Me, in December 1980, after a verbal contract with Daniel Miller’s synth-driven label Mute2012-09-23T20:34:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/09/14/2012-%e2%9e%a4-how-durans-nigel-john-taylor-could-have-been-happy-in-a-shoegazer-band/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/jt12londonbookreading.jpgJT12,LondonBookreadingJohn Taylor’s London book readinghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/jt12-jsp-loosewomen.jpgJT12, JSP-LooseWomenJT with Janet Street-Porter on ITV’s Loose Women: “It’s amazing what you can remember from the 80s, Janet, don’t you find?” What CAN John have meant? 2012-09-18T02:00:26+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/09/17/2012-%e2%9e%a4-pet-shop-boys-show-todays-pop-pretenders-the-view-from-atop-mount-olympus/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/psb12olympicclosing.jpgPSB12,OlympicClosingLondon Olympics closing ceremony, August 12: The Pet Shop Boys singWest End Girls from rickshaws. Their orange pointy masks were said to depict the London rush hour. (Photo: Reuters/ Phil Noble). Click pic to view video of PSBs talking on BBC Breakfasthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/psb12invisible-video.gifPSB12,Invisible-videoVideo grab from Invisible: “Am I tragic or a joke/ Wrapped in my invisibility cloak?”2012-09-17T12:41:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/09/07/%e2%9e%a4-no-humble-pie-for-olympian-god-martin-kemp-as-big-brother-boots-him-out/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/roman12essexboys.jpgRoman12,EssexBoysFeature film debut: Roman Kemp in character for The Fall of The Essex Boyshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cbb12finaltrio.jpgCBB12,finaltrioDa-a-a-a-ayyy Twenny-Five: waiting to hear their fates tonight, Celebrity Big Brother's final trio of Coleen Nolan, Julian Clary, Martin Kemp. (Screengrab © Channel 5)2012-09-09T13:39:17+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/09/03/%e2%9e%a4-shock-horror-martin-kemp-teeters-on-the-brink-of-eviction-from-big-brother-house/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cbb12romanquiz1.jpgCBB12,Romanquiz1CBB quiz: Martin Kemp’s son Roman, left, who scored as many points as Julie Goodyear’s husband Scott Brand, right. (Screengrab © Channel 5)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cbb12romanlive.jpgCBB12,RomanLiveMartin's son Roman Kemp in the studio: “dad’s the nicest person”. (Screengrab © Channel 5)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cbb12juliesunheadlinesep3.jpgCBB12,julieSunheadlineSep3https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cbb12mkwhy.jpgCBB12,MKwhyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cbb12mknoms.jpgCBB12,MKnomsScreengrab © Channel 5https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cbb12jclarynomsmk.jpgCBB12,JClarynomsMKhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cbb12coleennomsmk.jpgCBB12,ColeennomsMKhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cbb12ashleynomsmk.jpgCBB12,AshleynomsMK2012-09-08T00:09:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/09/05/%e2%9e%a4-big-brother-mystery-whose-hand-is-behind-lorenzos-showstopping-gold-lame-outfit/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/kallinipuppets12.jpgKalliniPuppets12Examples from the Kallini range: each puppet comes with either ready-to-wear or a bespoke tailored outfithttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/judi11kallinipuppet-sandro.jpgJudi11,Kallinipuppet-SandroDead ringers? Compare the standard 34-inch schoolgirl ventriloquist dummy at Kallini Puppets with a legendary fashion designer (right) photographed here by Sandro Martinihttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cbb12julianventdoll.jpgCBB12,Julian,ventdollCelebrity Big Brother dummy: Julian parades “Lorenzo” in his gold lamé outfit. (Screengrab © Channel 5)2012-09-06T00:57:07+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/09/04/%e2%9e%a4-hold-your-breath-50-glowing-quadrocopters-set-world-record-for-flying-in-formation/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/quadrocopter12-kaczorowski.jpgquadrocopter12-KaczorowskiQuadrocopter in close-up: the flying machine by Ascending Technologies has a glowing LED orb attached. Photograph © Michael Kaczorowskihttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/quadrocopter12formation.jpgquadrocopter12,formationSpooooky! Quadrocopters performing their dance over a German arts festival last weekend2012-09-05T15:12:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/01/21/ss12-%e2%9e%a4-season-of-the-anna-wintour-look/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/anna12layersswathes.jpganna12,LayersSwathesThe “Anna Wintour Look” according to Layers & Swathes2012-09-05T01:43:21+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/09/01/2012-%e2%9e%a4-hahahahaha-the-funniest-pay-off-in-50-years-doctor-who-hahahaha/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/doctorwho12s7e11.jpgDoctorWho12,S7E1Photo © BBC TV2012-09-03T14:40:37+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/08/04/2012-%e2%9e%a4-grace-jones-celebrates-the-day-she-met-the-queen-two-months-on/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/djubilee12gjonesmeetshmq.jpgDJubilee12,GJonesmeetsHMQMeeting of two queens on June 4. At Facebook Ivan Antunovic adds this caption... The Queen: Tell me your secret, dear... Grace: Nightclubbing, your majesty, nightclubbing. (Photograph: PA)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/djubilee12gjonesfinale-2.jpgDJubilee12,GJones,finale-2Grace’s finale: Another cutaway as Grace bids farewell to her audience and becomes confused about the occasion: “We love you! Happy birthday, our Queen.” How many humourless heirs to the throne and bemused princesses royal can you count? https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/djubilee12gjonesaudience-1.jpegDJubilee12,GJones,audience-1Grace’s showstopper: This BBC video cutaway to the Royal Box during Grace Jones’s orgasmic act is a dead ringer for the gobsmacked audience watching Springtime for Hitler. How many astonished princesses, archbishops, ex-prime ministers and director-generals can you count?2012-09-02T13:40:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/09/01/%e2%9e%a4-whats-what-at-fashions-night-out-next-thursday/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/fashionsnightout12map.jpgFashionsNightOut12,mapMap data © Googlehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/chung12alexavfeb12.jpgChung,12,Alexa,Vfeb12Alexa Chung: British TV host, Vogue contributing editor and former model2012-09-01T20:34:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/09/01/1988-%e2%9e%a4-nights-out-when-jennifer-saunders-learned-to-fall-like-a-nana/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/bananarama88nathansingle.jpgbananarama88,nathansingle2012-09-01T20:22:01+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/08/02/%e2%9e%a4-godlike-bowie-proves-mortal-by-hailing-cab-in-nyc-but-colour-coordination-flawless/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/db12nycapr13hailscab.jpgDB12,NYCApr13,hailscabBowie papped as he hails a cab in New York City, April 13, 2012. How cool is that silhouette (hashtag_unpolished_shoes)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/db12nyccabcombo.jpgDB12,NYC,cabcomboPapped in sequence: Bowie hails a cab in New York City, April 13, 20122024-03-11T08:59:20+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/08/13/2012-%e2%9e%a4-a-stream-of-audio-gold-on-absolute-radios-spandathon/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/joannemcgahon12.jpgJoanneMcGahon12Joanne McGahon at Absolute Radio: giving a thrilling diva version of Gold this morning https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tennant12.jpgTennant12David Tennant: gives Gold a Bardish lilthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sb12spandathonabsradio.jpgSB12,Spandathon,AbsRadio2012-08-15T10:20:31+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/08/08/2012-%e2%9e%a4-fashionistas-jones-and-webb-lay-on-teesdale-treat/2012-08-13T13:54:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/08/11/%e2%9e%a4-dylans-journey-from-a-tribe-called-quest-to-the-last-word-on-zappa/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dylanjones12-biodictmusic.jpgDylanJones12-BioDictMusic2012-08-13T13:39:53+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/08/07/1938-2012-%e2%9e%a4-robert-hughes-the-greatest-art-critic-of-our-time/2012-08-08T02:29:36+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/08/03/2012-%e2%9e%a4-come-on-tone-only-another-142-chart-places-until-musical-gold%ef%80%a0/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sb12metro3aug1.jpgSB12,Metro3augAug 3, 2012: Today’s Metro, the free city newspaper2012-08-06T11:53:36+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/07/27/2012-%e2%9e%a4-ding-dong-martin-creed-wants-to-hear-the-bells-the-bells/2012-08-02T03:01:35+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/07/14/%e2%9e%a4-when-crisis-looms-send-for-the-bard-and-a-little-touch-of-harry-in-the-night/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/olympics12missiles.jpgOlympics12,missilesRocket systems: six London sites have been strategically selected as the best spots from which to protect the Olympics https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/olivier44henryv.jpgOlivier44,HenryVOlivier rallies the troops in his 1944 film of HenryV: today Radio 4 conjures up a pastiche drama inspired by the spirit of Shakespearehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/hmsocean12thamesb-epa.jpgHMSocean12,thamesb-EPAHelicopter base: HMS Ocean negotiates the Thames Barrier en route to Greenwichhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/fredwiggtower12protest.jpgFred Wigg Tower protestNo, no, no: Residents protest against government plans to station missiles on the roof of the Fred Wigg Tower in Leytonstone. (Photograph by Andrew Cowie)2012-07-16T00:13:04+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/06/01/%e2%9e%a4-ziggys-40-fabulous-years-of-being-not-alone-cos-youre-wonderful/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ziggy72phonebox.jpgZiggy72,phoneboxBackside of the album that inspired generations: Bowie as the alien Ziggy about to call home from a phone box in Heddon Street, London. (Photography © Brian Ward)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ziggy12-vnadesign.jpgziggy12-VnADesignZiggy stage costume: the Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto described Bowie in 1972 as “neither man nor woman”. This outfit, similar to one worn with a boa in Ziggy’s last performance at Hammersmith Odeon, is currently on show until August 12 in the V&A exhibition, British Design 1948–2012https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/strange-fascn05-buckley.jpgstrange-fascn05-buckleyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/starman11trynkabiog.jpgStarman11,Trynka,bioghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/nrgk12-dd9117.jpgNR,GK12-DD9117A picture they once said could never be taken: Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran at the home of Gary Kemp of Spandau Ballet, brought together by the radio documentary Ziggy Changed My Lifehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/manwho11doggett.jpegManWho11,Doggetthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/gk12ziggytimes911.gifGK12,ZiggyTimes911https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/gk12times-satrev.gifGK12,Times-SatRevClick to read Kemp’s article in The Timeshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/db72starmansleeve.jpgDB72,Starmansleeve“After Starman, everything changed” — Woody Woodmansey, drummer and Spiderhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/adn11-covers.jpgADN11-cover,S2012-06-22T23:27:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/06/19/2012-%e2%9e%a4-royal-ascot-top-to-toe-dress-code-for-a-quintessentially-british-day-out/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ascot12styleguide.jpgAscot12,styleguidehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ascot12dt.jpgAscot12,DTThe way it still is... Royal Ascot is where to “enjoy all of the pageantry and history of a quintessentially British day out”. Click image to run video of the new Style Guidehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ascotvintage.jpgAscot,vintageThe way it was... Royal Ascot is “one of the pinnacle events of the summer social season”. Click image to run video of the new Style Guide for 20122012-06-19T21:36:00+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/06/16/%e2%9e%a4-if-its-june-16-its-bloomsday-in-dublin-again/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/bloomsdaydublin.jpgBloomsday,DublinBloomsday in Dublin: walks, recreations of Ulysses and dramatic readings celebrate Leopold Bloom’s odyssey through the city on a single day in 19042012-06-16T11:37:44+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/06/14/%e2%9e%a4-lest-we-forget-the-falklands-this-is-the-day-the-war-ended/2012-06-16T01:37:21+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/30/2012-%e2%9e%a4-central-saint-martins-fashionistas-graduate-with-street-vibes-fantasy-and-outlandish-colours/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/csm12mencekjinhawkes.jpgCSM12,Mencek,Jin,HawkesFirst BA fashion show at CSM’s new King’s Cross campus, 2012: Designs by Natalija Mencek, Ruoxin Jin and Erin Hawkes who won the L’Oréal Professionnel Award award2012-06-16T00:48:48+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/04/07/%e2%9e%a4-did-london%e2%80%99s-15m-security-cameras-really-fail-to-record-attack-on-boy-george%e2%80%99s-best-friend/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/meardst10nov3057.jpgMeardSt10,Nov3057Visible on camera 24/7: Westminster Council’s plaque in Meard Streethttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/bromleycontingent76.jpgbromleycontingent76Epic picture of the Bromley Contingent, 1976: Cricklewood-born style leader Philip Sallon wears plastic shorts, second right. The Bromley Contingent were the core Sex Pistols fans who popularised early punk looks. They included Siouxsie Sioux, Steve Severin, Simone Thomas and Simon “Boy” Barker who appeared on teatime TV when the Pistols were interviewed by Bill Grundy in December 1976. Between them they uttered a series of expletives live on-air, achieved lift-off for the punk movement and catapulted Grundy out of his job. (Photographed © by Ray Stevenson)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/sallon10-nigelhoward.jpgSallon10-NigelHowardSallon as few of us have ever seen him, pictured last year by Nigel Howardhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/sallon10birthday.jpgsallon10,birthdayBirthday party 2010: clubworld entrepreneur Philip Sallon seen last November at Home House, courtesy pandemonia99.blogspot.comhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/sallongeo80-sturridge.jpgSallon,Geo80-SturridgePhilip Sallon with George O’Dowd, 1980: as mentor and guiding light, Sallon gave George his first break as a deejay at Planet’s nightspot and urged him to form a pop group. Photographed at one of Paul Sturridge’s houseparties in Harlesden 2012-06-10T16:24:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/06/29/%e2%9e%a4-lest-we-forget-man-has-changed-his-ways-since-peter-wyngarde-cracked-the-sickest-joke-on-vinyl/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/rhodadakar.gifRhodaDakarhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/wyngarde98-sex.jpgWyngarde98-Sexhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/wyngardeprisonerking.jpgWyngarde,Prisoner,KingFrom villainous to tasteless: At the age of 32 Peter Wyngarde was distinguished enough to guest-star as the sinister Number Two in the epic TV series The Prisoner (1967). Two years later he created the novelist-cum-sleuth Jason King in Department S2012-06-09T20:58:27+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/09/29/2011-%e2%9e%a4-johnny-marr-%e2%80%9cvery-very-happy%e2%80%9d-with-smiths-complete-despite-grumbles-from-fans/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/smiths11complete.jpgSmiths11,Completehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/marr11radcliffemaconiebbc.jpgMarr11,Radcliffe,Maconie,bbcJohnny Marr at the BBC yesterday: Radcliffe and Maconie on their best behaviour (BBC)2012-06-06T00:11:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/12/%e2%9e%a4-will-hawking-give-sheldon-the-funniest-bang-since-the-big-one/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bigbang12sheldonnimoy.jpgBigBang12,Sheldon,NimoyVulcan brothers: Jim Parsons brought some method acting to his role when Leonard Nimoy appeared on The Big Bang Theory this yearhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bigbang12hawkingsheldon.jpgTHE BIG BANG THEORYHero and uber-geek: Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper is clearly dead chuffed to meet Stephen Hawking as guest star on The Big Bang Theoryhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bigbang12casthawking.jpgBigBang12,cast,HawkingLet’s not forget Big Bang is an ensemble show: star Stephen Hawking is circled by satellites Leonard, Raj, Sheldon and Howard2012-06-05T21:58:27+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/12/25/what-larks-festive-fun-and-games-and-british-ways-to-make-merry/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/vaux32-princeton.jpgVaux32-PrincetonVauxhall, 1732, engraving after a watercolour by Thomas Rowlandson, published by Richard Powell: In the lower box is a supper party of James Boswell, Dr Samuel Johnson, Mrs Thrale and Oliver Goldsmith. Mrs Weichsel sings from the front balcony while Mr Barthelemon leads the orchestra (Princeton University Library) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/vaux1821tomjerry.jpgvaux1821,TomJerryTom, Jerry, and Logic Making the Most of an Evening in Vauxhall: by Robert and George Cruikshank, from Pierce Egan’s Life in London (1821)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/quadrille1817williams.jpgQuadrille1817WilliamsBobbin’ about to the Fiddle — a Familly Rehersal of Quadrille Dancing, by Charles Williams, May 1817: published by Thos. Tegg No 111 Cheapsidehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/jan1810belchskating.jpgJan1810,BelchskatingJanuary, one of a series of prints depicting the months, c1810: printed, published & sold by W. Belch, Staverton Row, Newington Butts, Londonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/gillray1805plumpudding.jpgGillray1805,plumpuddingThe Plumb-pudding in danger: by James Gillray, published London H. Humphrey, 1805 Feby 26 (Library of Congress)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/cruikshank1807twelfthnight.jpgCruikshank1807,TwelfthNightTwelfth Night by Isaac Cruikshank: published Jan 10 1807, by Thomas Tegg, Cheapside2012-06-04T11:59:55+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/06/01/%e2%9e%a4-edisons-wax-cylinder-throws-beatboxer-singh-back-to-the-age-of-acoustic-recording/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/sm12waxreckolkowskisingh-okereke.jpgSM12,Waxrec,Kolkowski,Singh-OkerekeWax recording at the Science Museum: Aleks Kolkowski tending his Fireside phonograph from 1909, while beatboxer Jason Singh improvises his mix of electronic samples and vocal sculpture through a speaker. (Photographed © by Marizu Okereke)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/sm12waxpbkolkowskisingh-okereke2.jpgSM12,WaxPb,Kolkowski,Singh-Okereke2Playback at the Science Museum: Jason Singh and Aleks Kolkowski are as keen as the audience to know if the wax recording has worked. (Photographed © by Marizu Okereke)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/sm12waxkolkowski-okereke.jpgSM12,Wax,Kolkowski-OkerekeArmed with a brush: Aleks Kolkowski clears his Fireside phonograph of flying swarf during the recording process on to wax. (Photographed © by Marizu Okereke)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edisonblank.jpgEdisonBlankEdison cylinders: the earliest blanks were beeswax brownhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edison09gemdphonograph.jpgEdison09,GemDphonographBatteries not needed: This 1909 Edison Gem D cylinder phonograph, better known as the Maroon Gem, was auctioned for $4,305 in May 2012https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/adajones11billymurray-josephine.jpgAdaJones11,BillyMurray-Josephine2012-06-02T01:23:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/24/2012-%e2%9e%a4-sexpress-adds-pizzazz-to-an-alternative-pageant-playlist-for-hm-the-queen/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/jubilee12website.gifJubilee12,websitehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/jubilee12pageantmusic.jpgJubilee12,pageantmusicOfficial and unofficial Pageant soundtracks: the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s CD, and DJ Mark Moore of S’Expresshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/jubilee12hmbarge.jpgJubilee12,HMbargeThe Queen’s royal barge, 2012-style: a specially adapted Thames river boat dressed for the Diamond Jubilee Pageant 2012-05-26T16:43:27+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/03/15/2012-%e2%9e%a4-a-change-of-life-for-gary-kemp-actor-popstar-biker-curator/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/gk12novello-pa.jpgGK12,Novello-PAhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/true83-sheetmusic.jpgTrue83-sheetmusichttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ziggy72sleeve.jpgZiggy72,sleeveCommemorative wall plaque imminent in Heddon Street: Bowie photographed by Brian Ward in 1972 for the iconic Ziggy Stardust album sleeve. Gary Kemp describes the scene as a set for a film noirhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/hib12callowlumley.jpgHiB12,Callow,LumleySimon Callow and Joanna Lumley in Highgate Cemetery: reading extracts from Charles Dickens. (Videograb courtesy of HiBrow.tv)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/gk12-bikealoftcrop.jpgGK12-bikealoftcropGary Kemp: popstar as cyclist as online sports columnist https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/gk12waitehighgate.jpgGK12,WaiteHighgateGary Kemp in Highgate Cemetery: discussing Charles Dickens with John Waite. (Videograb courtesy of HiBrow.tv)2012-05-18T11:50:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/16/2012-%e2%9e%a4-very-doubtful-tony-hadley-on-the-future-of-spandau/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/th12loosewomen-itv.jpgTH12,LooseWomen-itvTony Hadley today: flanked by two of ITV's Loose Women, Ruth Langsford and Janet Street-Porter who shot the first TV doc about Spandau Ballet in 19802012-05-18T21:38:01+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/06/%e2%9e%a4-the-true-story-of-how-love-helped-gary-kemp-write-the-next-line/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/gk11bryantbmiaward.jpgGK11,Bryant,bmiawardSpandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp and BMI President and CEO Del Bryant: at the 2011 BMI London Awards, Kemp received a BMI MillionAir award for the song True. (Photo by Brian Rasic) 2012-05-15T18:02:04+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/01/%e2%9e%a4-shapersofthe80s-is-declared-an-invaluable-website-by-british-historian/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/grunwick77desai-gwood.jpgGrunwick77,Desai-GWoodAugust 1977: Jayaben Desai, treasurer of the strike committee at the Grunwick photo-processing plant, had been picketing for a year, supported by white, male trade unionists while postmen blocked the company’s mail. (Photograph by Graham Wood/Getty)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sandbrook12seasonsl.jpgSandbrook12,SeasonsLhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sandbrook70stvdoc-bbc.jpgSandbrook70s,tvdoc-bbcSandbrook’s Seasons in the Sun forms the basis of the current BBC2 TV series The Seventieshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/leicsq79rubbish.jpgLeicSq79,rubbishBritain’s infamous “winter of discontent” that brought down the Labour government in 1979: as public service workers went on strike, rubbish piled-up even in London’s Leicester Square2012-05-11T14:24:12+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/06/%e2%9e%a4-sukita-sans-eye-view-of-the-weird-world-according-to-bowie/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sn12scoopbowie6630-dj.jpgSN12,Scoop,Bowie6630-djLads insane: The Spand sax-man also known as Spiny Norman ingratiates himself with Ballet biographer Paul “Scoop” Simper at tonight’s Speed of Life book launch. Spandau’s own official l Spandau photo-book is promised for 2013 from Genesis Publications. Photograph by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bowie73ziggyyamamoto-sukita.jpgBowie73,Ziggy,Yamamoto-SukitaBowie as Ziggy in 1973 costumed by Kansai Yamamoto and photographed © by Masayoshi Sukitahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sukita12bowie70s.jpgSukita12,Bowie70sSukita then and now: left, with Bowie in the 70shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/st12waldbowie.jpgST12,WaldBowieToday’s Sunday Times Magazine: Bowie in 1972 © by Masayoshi Sukita https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bowie89sukita-speedoflife.jpgBowie89,Sukita-speedoflifeBowie in 1989 © by Masayoshi Sukita https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bowie77-masayoshisukita.jpgBowie77-MasayoshiSukitaHeroes-era Bowie in 1977 © by Masayoshi Sukita2012-05-10T12:08:21+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/05/09/1928-2012-%e2%9e%a4-sassoons-revolution-no-teasing-no-hair-spray-just-the-cut/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sassoon75-timgraham.jpgSassoon75-TimGrahamComeback 1975: Vidal Sassoon between two contrasting examples of his hairdressing at a teach-in at the Albert Hall, where he returned to hairdressing after a five-year break. Photograph by Tim Graham / Getty https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sassoon63quantbob-getty.jpgSassoon63,Quant,bob-Getty1963: Sassoon creates the “bob” on designer Mary Quant (Getty)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sassoon11themovie.jpgSassoon11,themovieSassoon The Movie: the London crimper freed women from 50s bouffants by pioneering the low-maintenance hairstyles that defined the 60s2012-05-10T09:41:33+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/04/02/%e2%9e%a4-trimphone-aside-can-you-spot-the-designs-that-changed-the-look-of-britain-over-60-years/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/skylon51concorde79.jpgSkylon51,Concorde79Notions of modernity: at the Festival of Britain, 1951, the Skylon designed by Powell & Moya was rendered by the practice’s junior architect James Gowan as a monumentalised missile, and symbolised the dawning age of science. In 1979, BA's sixth Concorde took off on its maiden flighthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/uea63-lasdun.jpgUEA63-LasdunArchitect Denys Lasdun’s University of East Anglia, 1962-68: raised walkways, striking ‘ziggurats’ and no building on campus more than five minutes’ walk awayhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/twiggy65quantmini.jpgTwiggy65,QuantminiTwiggy models the Mary Quant miniskirt, 1965: named after the designer’s favourite car, the mini encapsulated the youth culture of Swinging London — energetic and unconventionalhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/skylon51.jpgskylon51Festival of Britain, 1951: the Skylon designed by Powell & Moya was rendered by the practice’s junior architect James Gowan as a monumentalised missile, and symbolised the dawning age of sciencehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/jaguaretype61series1.jpgJaguarEType61,Series1Relish the curves: designed by Malcolm Sayer, the Jaguar E-Type 3.8-litre sports car was launched at the Geneva Motor Show in 1961 as a two-seat coupe or convertible, with a top speed of 150 mph. The car’s shape is the epitome of speedhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/britishdesign12vna.jpgBritishDesign12,VnABritish Design catalogue collage: road signs, high-rises, Kodak cameras, postage stamps, computers and Henry Moore — all are exhibited here2012-05-07T20:55:48+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/04/29/2012-%e2%9e%a4-welcome-jls-to-the-pop-millionaires-club/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/jls-millionaires.jpgJLS-millionaires£5m apiece: JLS’s Marvin Humes, JB Gill, Oritsé Williams, Aston Merrygoldhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ek11spotify.jpgEk11,SpotifyDaniel Ek: Swedish entrepreneur who launched Spotify’s streaming service in 20082012-04-30T00:21:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/04/25/2010-%e2%9e%a4-rich-list-puts-george-michael-top-of-the-popstars-from-the-un-lucrative-80s/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ukrichest2010.gifUKrichest2010https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/hucksred.jpgHuck,SRedSimply Red’s Hucknall: a December farewellhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/wham83ctvid.jpgWham83,CTvidThe sybarite years: George Michael living it up in Wham!’s hit, Club Tropicanahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/kylie87lucky.jpgKylie87,LuckyGetting lucky in 1988: Kylie went straight to No 1 and never looked back. Photograph © by PAL Productions Ltd2012-04-29T23:05:27+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/04/17/2012-%e2%9e%a4-east-london-hipsters-leave-your-mark-on-dazeds-instant-history-map/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/eastlondon2012-hawkesworth.jpgEastLondon2012-HawkesworthPhotographed by Jamie Hawkesworth, clockwise from top left: Elijah Butterz, Nasir Mazhar, Tracey Moberly, Kathryn Ferguson, Yang Du, Martine Rose, Missy the dog, James Edson, Charlotte Jansen https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dazed12secrethistorymap.gifDazed12,SecretHistoryMapAt Dazed Digital: a few hundred yards adrift, a black cross marks the fabled Cantaloupe where boys and girls learned the cruel facts of life about Shoreditch in the 90shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/cantaloupe-shoreditch.jpgCantaloupe, ShoreditchSince November 1995 scruffy old Cantaloupe has been the benchmark of cool among the artisan streets of the Wild East: “as essential to Shoreditch as misunderstood haircuts, bubbling new musical hybrids and devil may care debauchery”2012-04-18T02:13:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/05/02/1982-%e2%9e%a4-lest-we-forget-on-this-day-britain-sank-the-belgrano/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sun82gotchajpg.jpgSun82,gotcha,jpghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/belgrano82-pa.jpgBelgrano,82-PAMay 2, 1982: ARA General Belgrano lists heavily to port in the Atlantic Ocean, while its crew abandon ship. Picture by Press Association2012-04-03T23:22:21+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/04/02/%e2%9e%a4-lest-we-forget-the-907-falklands-dead-and-the-1965-injured/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/galahad82falklands.jpgGalahad82,FalklandsBritain’s civilian-manned vessel Sir Galahad ablaze after the Argentine air raid on East Falkland, June 8, 1982. This videograb comes from newly unearthed footage shot by guardsman Tracy Evans, which is viewable on the BBC news websitehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sun82gotcha.gifSun82,Gotcha2012-04-03T23:18:23+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/03/28/%e2%9e%a4-uh-oh-vice-lifts-the-lid-on-the-untold-dramality-of-dalston-superstars/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ds12exposed.jpgDS12,exposed2012-03-28T23:15:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/12/27/1980s-%e2%9e%a4-so-many-shapers-shaped-the-decade-that-people-think-was-all-down-to-margaret-thatcher/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dbc1975-tsmag.jpgDBc1975-TSMaghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/taylorrejoice.jpgTaylor,Rejoicehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/rosslistentothis.jpgRoss,ListenToThishttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/loadsamoney-rex.jpgloadsamoney-RexEmblem of the 80s: Harry Enfield’s yob character, Loadsamoney. © Rex featureshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/gaz10bkjkts.jpgGaz10,bkjktShttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/gazcocker10.jpgGaz,Cocker10Gaz Mayall on 6Music: celebrating his 30th clubbing anniversary talking with Jarvis Cocker on The Sunday Service in October. © BBChttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ballmusicinstinct.jpgBall,MusicInstinct2012-03-22T00:19:00+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/03/13/2012-%e2%9e%a4-all-about-reclusive-sade-the-singer-who-trumps-adele-in-us-list-of-top-earners/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sade83yow13-dj.jpgSade83,yow1,3-djSade’s debut with her own band in Aug 1983 at the Yow club, London, Paul Denman to the fore. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sade11billboardaug19.jpgSade11,BillboardAug19https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sade10letterman.jpgSade10,LettermanLaunching her album in Feb 2010: Sade meets US TV host David Letterman (Videograb from his Late Show on CBS)2020-05-10T03:58:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/03/06/%e2%9e%a4-that-boy-george-bio-drama-gets-a-repeat-take-it-all-with-a-large-pinch-of-salt/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/geo12watbverdict8march.gifGeo12,WatbVerdict,8MarchTweeted by Boy George, March 8, 2012https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/watb10wallacebooth.jpgWATB10,Wallace,BoothWorried About The Boy: Queens of London’s Blitz Club and pioneers of the 80s New Romantic style, Christopher (Daniel Wallace) and George (Douglas Booth) as fictionalised in the BBC drama2012-03-08T22:40:21+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/02/26/1972-%e2%9e%a4-bergers-ways-of-seeing-revolutionised-the-way-we-view-art-and-is-still-an-eye-opener-today/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/berger72wostocam.jpgBerger72,WoStocamBerger’s phwoarr factor: charisma and intellecthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/waysofseeing-cover.gifWaysofSeeing-coverhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/berger72wosvenus.jpgBerger72,WOS,VenusWays of Seeing, 1972: John Berger takes a knife to Botticelli’s Venus and Mars2012-02-28T01:50:01+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/02/21/2012-%e2%9e%a4-video-celebrating-blurs-reunion-at-the-brit-awards/2012-02-22T20:39:31+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/02/15/%e2%9e%a4-duran-drummer-taylor-turns-his-eye-to-art/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/marcinpotoczny11enginenr1.jpgMarcinPotoczny11,EngineNr1ENGINE Nr1 by Marcin Potoczny (2001, oil on yarn) is priced at $6,400 2012-02-18T14:16:20+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/02/07/%e2%9e%a4-super-bowls-gilded-madonna-deconstructed-as-babylonian-goddess-and-emblem-of-illuminati/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/madonna12entry.jpgMadonna12,entrySuper Bowl entrance: Madonna enthroned and hauled by hunky soldiers clad as if from ancient history. (Videograb from TheHumanSlinky)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cleopatra63taylor.jpgCleopatra63,TaylorEntrance into Rome: Liz Taylor as Cleopatra in Joseph Mankiewicz’s cinema epic, 19632012-02-10T23:02:37+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/02/09/2012-%e2%9e%a4-when-kate-the-duchess-met-lucian-freuds-most-famous-sitter-%e2%80%a8sue/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/tilley12snairnekatem.jpgTilley12,SNairne,KateMCrying out for speech bubbles: Sue Tilley meets Kate aka Duchess of Cambridge, with NPG director Sandy Nairne. (Photo by Jorge Herrera/WireImage)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/tilley12presscallnpg.jpgTilley12,presscallNPGPosing for the press: Sue Tilley, whom Lucian Freud painted in Benefits Supervisor Sleeping (left), seen at the Lucian Freud Portraits exhibition this week at the NPG. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images Europe)2012-02-10T05:13:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/01/18/%e2%9e%a4-rolling-stone-puts-ziggy-on-its-cover-but-has-nothing-new-to-say-about-how-bowie-changed-the-world/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bowie12rollingstonecover.jpgBowie12,RollingStonecover2012-02-10T00:46:27+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2009/09/05/1980-mankind%e2%80%99s-first-taste-of-musical-freedom/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/stowawaytcs-300-1980.jpgStowawayTCS-300, 1980Sony Stowaway: the pioneering stereo cassette-player was launched in London at Regine’s nightclub. Headphones replaced speaker to make model TCS-300 light enough not only for jogging but also the burgeoning fad of roller-skating2012-02-07T21:52:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/31/2011-%e2%9e%a4-picky-peoples-year-ending-best-ofs-from-fashion-tv-web-and-film/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/eliasson11weather-chung.jpgEliasson11,Weather-ChungWeather Project by Olafur Eliasson at Tate Modern, photographed by Dan Chung for the Guardian 2012-02-07T15:57:20+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/31/2011-%e2%9e%a4-other-picky-peoples-year-ending-best-ofs-in-music-of-all-styles/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/beinghuman11.jpgbeinghuman11https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/nilerodgers-pa160111.jpgNileRodgers-PA160111https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/i-d11covers.jpgi-D11,covershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/hannahmetz11.jpgHannahMetz11https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/gtdayharlem58-artkanem.jpgGtDayHarlem58-ArtKaneMhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/gtdayharlem58-artkanel.jpgA Great Day in Harlemhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/giselebundchen10.jpgGiseleBundchen10https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/donny11july-fbk.jpgDonny11,July-FBkhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/chap11magazine.jpgChap11,magazinehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/amw09al.jpgAMW09,AL2012-02-07T15:52:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/02/06/%e2%9e%a4-omg-george-and-fadi-trigger-what-the-telegraph-calls-a-marmalade-dropper-over-breakfast/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/fadi12togeotwitterlfeb5.jpgFadi12,toGeoTwitterL,Feb5https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/fadi12fawaztogmtwitter.jpgFadi12,FawaztoGM,TwitterGeorge replies with a second snap: hunky boyfie to the fore 2012-02-06T23:59:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/01/23/2012-%e2%9e%a4-can-this-be-the-year-pulp-and-jarvis-start-delivering-classic-reissues/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jarvis11-shannon-mcclean1.jpgJarvis11-Shannon McCleanNational treasure: Jarvis Cocker on the road again this year with the original members of Pulp. Photographed by Shannon McCleanhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/pulp12ustourdates.jpgPulp12,UStourdateshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/pulp11meltfestivalberlin.jpgPulp11,MeltFestival,BerlinTogether last July at Berlin’s Melt festival: the original Pulp line-up fronted by ant-in-his-pants Jarvis Cocker. Photograph by Stephan Fladhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jarvis11-shannon-mcclean.jpgJarvis11-Shannon McClean2012-02-01T19:44:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/01/25/%e2%9e%a4-dazed-and-i-d-hipsters-go-head-to-head-cool-sounds-versus-even-cooler/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/graphics12mamagrizzlies1.jpgGraphics12,MamaGrizzlieshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/londonecmap.jpgLondonECmapGoogle Maps place them 2,000ft apart: Dazed in Islington EC1 and i-D in Shoreditch EC2https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/hd2hd12iddnc.gifHd2hd12,iD,DnChttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dazed12febasaprocky.jpgDazed12Feb,ASAPRocky2012-01-26T02:50:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/01/24/%e2%9e%a4-quietly-quietly-lensman-ridgers-talks-about-capturing-life-in-the-margins/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/witchity79-ridgers.jpgWichity79-RidgersAn era of conspicuous sexuality: clubber at Witchity, a David Claridge dive in 1979, photographed by Derek Ridgershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ridgers85biggsinrio.jpgRidgers85,BiggsinRioDerek Ridgers meets the fugitive Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs in Rio, about 1985: “I played pool with Ronnie a few times and he was a lot better at it than I was. I suppose he had plenty of time to practise.” (Picture courtesy of Derek)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ridgers118754-martini.jpgRidgers11,8754-MartiniThe snapper snapped: Derek Ridgers at last December’s party at the Beat Route reincarnation to launch somebody else’s photobook We Can Be Heroes. Snapped by Sandro Martini2012-01-24T14:55:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/06/23/1966-%e2%9e%a4-when-john-lennon-became-us-public-enemy-number-one/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/mcbeatleswc.jpgMC,Beatles,WCMaureen Cleave recalls: “Ringo used to say the only place he felt safe was in the lavatory; so the Standard once took a photograph of them all there in her flat, with Paul sitting on the washbasin.” That’s Maureen, in the middle. https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/jlnaked-bbc.jpgJLNaked-bbcLennon Naked, a new docu-drama: Christopher Eccleston stars as John Lennon with Naoko Mori as Yoko Ono. © BBC https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/b66hateshea.jpgb66,hate,SheaFrom the extreme right to the other: fans burn Beatles records in the Bible Belt in 1966 . . . while 45,000 fans fill Shea Stadium in New York City (picture by AP)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/b66dumpposter1.jpgB66,Dump,posterBirmingham, Alabama in 1966: a warm welcome awaited The Beatles2012-01-23T03:30:17+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/01/16/2012-%e2%9e%a4-hockney-tops-bigger-paintings-than-ever-with-hi-tech-moving-photo-collages/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dh09winter-timber.jpgDH09,Winter Timber“Stump and logs as reminders of mortality ... Hockney has transformed a humdrum wintry scene into a gateway to the afterlife” — David Hockney, detail from Winter Timber, 2009. Oil on 15 canvases. (Private Collection. © David Hockney. Photo credit: Jonathan Wilkinson)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dh12spring-in-woldgate-macgregor-reuters.jpgdh12spring-in-woldgate-macgregor-reutersBritish artist David Hockney posing yesterday at the Royal Academy of Arts in London with his painting The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011. Photograph by Luke MacGregor, Reuters2012-01-21T18:46:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/01/20/1938-2012-%e2%9e%a4-blues-icon-etta-james-dies-after-influencing-everyone-from-janis-joplin-to-beyonce/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ettajames12beyonce.jpgettajames12,beyonceEtta James in the 1960s, and as portrayed in the 2008 musical Cadillac Records by Beyoncé who also produced the film2012-01-21T17:30:24+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/01/03/%e2%9e%a4-johnny-marr-takes-his-own-personal-flight-to-the-moon-on-his-new-fender/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/guitarist12febissue.jpgGuitarist12,Febissuehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/marr12jaguar.jpgmarr12,jaguarTake me to the moon: Marr with his new Signature Jaguar2012-01-20T00:16:38+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/01/14/%e2%9e%a4-spare-a-thought-for-the-sad-apostrophe-whos-putting-on-a-brave-face-at-twitter/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/waterstones12logos.jpgWaterstones12,logosThree logos in as many years: >2010 classic font and grammatically correct, 2010–12 contemporary font and illiterate, 2012< classic font, illiterate but digitally expedient. And this shop sells books.https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/apos12toys.jpgApos12,Toyshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/apos12franks.jpgApos12,Frankshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/apos12foyles.jpgApos12,Foyleshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/apos12drunk.jpgApos12,drunkhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/wstone12sainsmcdlogos.jpgWstone12,Sains,McDlogosGramatically: one wrong, two righthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/apostrophe.gifApostrophe2012-01-16T01:18:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/01/03/2011-%e2%9e%a4-downloads-explosion-plus-new-definition-of-singles-results-in-biggest-sales-for-years/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/buble11holamag.jpgBuble11,Holamag2012-01-11T02:55:56+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2012/01/09/%e2%9e%a4-dj-mark-moores-40-tracks-and-8-albums-from-the-old-year/2012-01-11T01:09:21+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/04/26/2010-%e2%9e%a4-grace-jones-turns-her-back-on-london/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/grace10-mm.jpgGrace2010,Mark MooreAwww, look who got to go back stage – photo courtesy of himself © Mark Moorehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/gj10hat-levine.jpgGrace2010,3D-hat-ChrisLevineGrace Jones in 3-D: you can play with this lenticular print online © by Chris Levinehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/gj0921paolo-dj.jpgGrace2010,bongoPauloPaulo Goude on bongos: Grace’s son watches mum on stagehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/gj09tango-dj.jpgGrace2010,libertangohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/gj09105cymbal-dj.jpgGrace2010,cymbalslavehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/gj0996bump-dj.jpgGrace2010,bumperbabyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/gj0967glit-dj.jpgGrace2010,glitterheadhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/gj0949cash-dj.jpgGrace2010,cashonlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/gj0944jam-dj.jpgGrace2010,jamaicangirlhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/gj0925flame.jpgGrace2010,livingflame2012-01-10T01:05:41+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/09/13/1922%e2%80%932011-%e2%9e%a4-richard-hamilton-second-thoughts-about-his-definition-of-pop-art/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/slondon67f-rh-tate.jpgSLondon67f-RH-TateSwingeing London, a great modern history painting from the Swinging 60s . . . in the back of a police car on their way to court Hamilton’s art dealer Robert Fraser and Rolling Stone Mick Jagger sit shielding their faces against the media glare. The image is based on a press photograph published in the Daily Sketch and the title is deliberately spelt with an E, referring to the judge’s pronouncement on the “swingeing sentence” he handed down as a deterrent after both were convicted on drugs charges. For many, this occasion typified the moral backlash against the liberalisation of the 1960s. (Above, detail from Swingeing London 67 (f) 1968-69, acrylic, collage and aluminium on canvas © Richard Hamilton, in the Tate collection) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/richard-hamilton.jpgRichard-HamiltonHamilton: a lesson learnt from Warhol2012-01-06T01:19:20+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/09/25/%e2%9e%a4-enigmatic-scott-walker-lets-loose-a-revealing-rush-of-answers/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/scott11-hawksworth.jpgScott11-HawksworthScott Walker 2011: “Maybe one day I’ll surprise myself and actually walk out on a stage again.” Photograph © Jamie Hawksworth 2012-01-05T17:28:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/11/08/2011-%e2%9e%a4-peter-frampton-how-bowie-changed-my-life-at-bromley-tech/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bowie87frampton-mcgough.jpgBowie87,Frampton-McGoughBowie and Frampton in New York rehearsing for the Glass Spider Tour, 1987: Peter contributed to the album Never Let Me Down, Bowie’s follow-up to Let’s Dance, then played lead guitar on tour. Photograph by David McGoughhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/rave68pfcovers.jpgRave68,PFcovershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/pf76and77-rstone.jpgPF76and77-RstoneCover star: in April 1976 Frampton Comes Alive! won him the cover of Rolling Stone. Afterwards, he feared the shirtless photo by Francesco Scavullo “turned me into a pop idol” and would reduce his career to 18 months... Fortunately by the following February he was photographed by Annie Liebovitz as Rock Star of the Year https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/pf76and11-wenn.jpgPF76and11-WennFrampton then and now: the 1976 gatefold sleeve shot for Frampton Comes Alive! by Richard Aaron... and earlier this year playing live at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, photographed by Wenn... Both pictures are united by Frampton’s signature guitar, the solidbody “Black Beauty” 1954 Les Paul Custom, which was re-finished with three pickups by the Gibson factory in 1970. In fact the original Black Beauty (left) was lost in a 1980 cargo plane crash, after which Gibson’s crafted another guitar in the image of the 1954 Les Paul Custom but with a slim-carved neck profile for optimum speed plus ebony black finish (above right)2012-01-04T05:30:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/23/%e2%9e%a4-smith-sullivan-sign-off-we-can-be-heroes-with-a-sigh/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/wcbh11-view5874-dj.jpgWCBH11-view5874-djRingleaders who shaped the style of the 80s celebrated in We Can Be Heroes: Chris Sullivan, Fiona Dealey, Lee Sheldrick, Stephen Linard and Kim Bowen — the rebels within St Martin’s School of Art, all photographed by Graham Smithhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/wcbh11-view5849-dj.jpgWCBH11-view5849-djBournemouth was the destination on bank holidays: good-natured hijinks brought London clubbers to the south coast resort, and Smith has included many of their snaps in We Can Be Heroeshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/wcbh11gssigningdec23-dj76.jpgWCBH11,GSsigningDec23-dj76Graham Smith: signing advance copies of We Can Be Heroes between coffee and cake today at Soho’s Society Club. Photographed by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/wcbh11cssigningdec23-dj80.jpgWCBH11,CSsigningDec23-dj80Chris Sullivan signing books today: “Now people can see the book itself we might shift a few more copies.” Photographed by Shapersofthe80s2011-12-31T15:40:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/22/%e2%9e%a4-dalston-superstars-get-down-with-a-poundland-peoples-christmas-feast/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dsuper11ep4xmasanna.jpgDSuper11,ep4XmasAnnahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dsuper11-ep4xmas.jpgDSuper11-ep4Xmas2011-12-26T18:27:59+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/25/1970-%e2%9e%a4-hey-rudolph-its-the-temptations-starring-james-jamerson/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/temptations70.jpgTemptations70https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/jamesjamerson-philchen.jpgJamesJamerson-PhilChenJames Jamerson courtesy of Phil Chen, former bassist with Rod Stewart 2011-12-26T04:48:05+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/23/%e2%9e%a4-festive-greetings-to-the-newest-most-northerly-reader-of-shapersofthe80s/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/rio-grande-argentina.jpgRio-Grande-ArgentinaOur southernmost reader outpost: city of Rio Grande, in the South Atlantic province of Tierra del Fuegohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/peder_balke-fra_hammerfest.jpgPeder_Balke-Fra_HammerfestFra Hammerfest (From Hammerfest), 1851: painting by the Norwegian artist Peder Balke 2011-12-24T09:50:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/18/%e2%9e%a4-bowies-lost-jean-genie-from-1973-to-be-aired-on-top-of-the-pops-this-week/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/woody11henshall-jgenie-bbc.jpgWoody11,Henshall-JGenie-bbcCameraman caught on camera: John Henshall seen in Studio 8 just beyond drummer Mick Woodmansey during the Jean Genie recording. (Videograb © BBC)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/db73jeangenie-totpsbbc.jpgDB73,jeangenie-totpsBBC1973 revisited: Bowie and Ronson singing Jean genie in the "lost" Top of the Pops performance. (Videograb © BBC, courtesy of John Henshall/Bowie.net)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/db73geniefisheye-totpsbbc.jpgDB73,genieFisheye-totpsBBCTOTP 1973: Jean Genie viewed through Henshall’s innovative fish-eye lens. (Videograb © BBC, courtesy of John Henshall/Bowie.net)2011-12-21T23:42:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/20/%e2%9e%a4-dress-and-undress-your-own-paper-bowie-or-gaga/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bowiedoll-ilovemel1.jpgbowiedoll-ilovemelhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bowiedoll-outfits.jpgBowiedoll-outfits2011-12-20T19:47:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/02/%e2%9e%a4-nathan-barley-walks-again-in-vices-video-serial-dalston-superstars/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ds11-logo.gifDS11-logohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ds11stefanmaeve.jpgDS11,Stefan,MaeveDalston Superstars: Stefan and Maeve networking f2f in hipster Londonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ds11ep2-party.jpgDS11,ep2-party2011-12-20T05:34:07+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/16/%e2%9e%a4-taste-masters-throw-another-party-to-show-cowell-theres-real-music-up-north/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/twoweeksrg11labprof.jpgTwoWeeksRg11,LabProfGuitar champs: Two Weeks Runninghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/twinplanets11labprof.jpgTwinPlanets11,LabProfNew wave: Twin Planetshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/tastemasters3flyer.jpgTasteMasters3flyerhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/sngymclub11live.jpgSNGymClub11,liveElectronics: Saturday Night Gym Clubhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pangaea11labproj.jpgPangaea11,LabProjContemporary rock: Pangaeahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/drewsmith11twitter.jpgDrewSmith11,twitter2011-12-16T23:44:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/16/%e2%9e%a4-schama-gives-us-a-taste-of-the-ambassadors-life/2011-12-16T15:02:41+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/15/%e2%9e%a4-postmodern-coupland-is-painting-coded-messages-for-generation-a/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/coupland11-yang-xiaozhe.jpgCoupland11-Yang XiaozheCultural clairvoyant Douglas Coupland: photographed in Shanghai for Time Out by Yang Xiaozhehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/coupland11-true.jpgCoupland11-Truehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/coupland11-the-dead.jpgCoupland11-The deadhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/coupland11after-i-die.jpgCoupland11,After-I-die2011-12-16T05:49:22+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/05/01/1980-%e2%9e%a4-birth-of-the-face-magazine-that-launched-a-generation-of-stylists-and-style-sections/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/face83julcov.jpgFace83,Julcovhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/face84nov27.jpgFace84,Nov,272011-12-08T04:39:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/05/1980-%e2%9e%a4-why-face-founder-nick-logan-said-publish-and-be-dammers/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/face11logangdncollage.jpgFace11,LoganGdncollageFive landmark issues: Without a cover-worthy photo, Nick Logan says of the New Order cover, July 1983, the radical crop was his suggestion. The “Shock report” on Thatcher’s art-school budget cuts was an epic piece of crisis reportage by yours truly2011-12-08T04:36:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/11/30/%e2%9e%a4-join-rusty-egan-steve-norman-for-music-and-a-pint-to-help-the-kids-at-gosh/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/steven11wrusty.jpgSteveN11,wRustySteve Norman: gun for hirehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/rusty11blitzsignage.jpgRusty11,Blitzsignage2011-12-06T20:35:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/04/2011-%e2%9e%a4-the-hadley-bombshell-no-spandau-ballet-fan-will-welcome/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/sbc80-hvnliveside4-dj.jpgSBC80-Hvn,liveside4-djHeaven 1980: only Spandau's tenth live date soon after their first single had reached No 5 in the UK chart. Tony was still smoking as he sang in those days. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/th11hambg-rtn15759.jpgTH11,Hambg-rtn15759Onstage last Thursday in Hamburg: Tony Hadley with guitarist Richie Barrett and drummer John Keeble. (Photo by RTN)2011-12-08T16:36:11+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/04/%e2%9e%a4-boy-george-gives-another-interview-about-me-me-me-and-la-la-land/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/boygeorge11-hastingsobserver.jpgBoyGeorge11-Hastings,ObserverBoy George: still pouting. Photograph by Magnus Hastings for The Observer2011-12-04T19:44:26+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/01/%e2%9e%a4-le-bon-takes-wing-during-durans-return-to-brighton/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dd11brighton-ytsoralella71.jpgDD11,Brighton-YTSoralella71.jpgJohn Taylor at Duran’s finale in Brighton last night: “That was definitely worth the wait. Thank you!” (Video grab from Soralella71 at YouTube)2011-12-03T19:08:31+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/11/27/2012-%e2%9e%a4-diamond-dogs-snarl-denial-over-bowie-heroes-the-musical/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/heroesmusical12logo.jpgHeroesMusical12,logohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/db74diamonddogss.jpgDB74,DiamondDogsSGuy Peellaert’s sci-fi cover for Bowie’s Diamond Dogs album, 1974... That year Elle magazine named the Belgian pop-artist “the Michelangelo of Pop”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/db74diamonddogsl.jpgDB74,DiamondDogsLGuy Peellaert’s sci-fi cover for Bowie’s Diamond Dogs album, 1974... That year Elle magazine named the Belgian pop-artist “the Michelangelo of Pop”2011-12-02T05:02:23+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/12/01/%e2%9e%a4-uk-spymasters-set-puzzle-to-recruit-the-web-savvy-without-breaking-the-law/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/yourcountry-poster.gifYourCountry-posterhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/gchq11competition.gifGCHQ11,competition2011-12-01T15:35:01+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/11/30/%e2%9e%a4-daily-mail-shock-as-palace-admits-the-ferry-gang-to-see-dad-accept-his-cbe/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ferry11investedcbe.jpgFerry11,investedCBEChance Meeting: today Her Maj presents Roxy Music’s frontman Bryan Ferry with his CBE for services to music over 40 years. Photograph by Anthony Devlin/PAhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ferry11investedsons-pa.jpgFerry11,invested,Sons-PAReady to meet the Queen: Bryan Ferry is joined by his sons (L-R) Merlin, Isaac, Otis and Tara at Buckingham Palace (PA)2011-11-30T21:56:21+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/11/29/%e2%9e%a4-ten-killer-videos-to-celebrate-durans-live-return-to-unfinished-business-in-the-uk/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/dd11panicnaomi.jpgDD11,PanicNaomi2011-11-29T04:25:52+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/11/25/%e2%9e%a4-spandaus-gold-enlisted-to-sell-chocolate-and-boost-the-olympic-spirit/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/mk85xmasgoldiscs.jpegMK85,XmasgoldiscsMartin Kemp’s three platinum discs for sales of Do They Know It’s Christmas?https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/gold11video-cadbury.jpgGold11video-CadburyFan, commuter bike, shoelaces: all gilded ready for the video of the remixed Gold2011-11-28T17:08:52+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/11/11/1972-2009-%e2%9e%a4-andrew-logans-glistening-vision-of-planet-earth-and-all-its-creatures/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/lismorebinnie11-logansbest.pngLismore,Binnie11-LogansbestTwo of Logan's choice show-offs: clubhost Daniel Lismore (pic from Rex) and the Binnie Sisters, aka the Neo-Naturistshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bgtso11.jpgbgtso112011-11-28T08:37:44+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/09/11/2011-%e2%9e%a4-tony-hadley-sings-out-for-the-67-brits-who-died-on-911/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/britgarden11consuls.jpgBritGarden11,consulsUpdate: Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper, Canadian first lady Laureen Harper, British consul general Danny Lopez and Australian consul general Phil Scanlan stand for each country’s national anthemhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/th11britgarden.jpgTH11,BritGardenUpdate: Tony Hadley sings the National Anthem in the British Garden, NYC. Photographs by Luke LoCurcio and John Meesehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/britgarden10queen-stt.jpgBritGarden10,Queen-sttOfficial opening on July 6, 2010: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II meets local luminaries after cutting a red ribbon to open the British Garden. Photographed by Spencer T Tuckerhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/britgarden05chascam.jpgBritGarden05,Chas,CamFirst day of their American visit 2005: His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, Royal Patron of the British Memorial Garden Trust, and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall visit the British Memorial Garden in Manhattanhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/britgard10-adny.jpgBritGard10-adnyThe British Garden is a modern classic, here photographed in 2010 by Alliance for Downtown New York: sinuous lines are formed by benches and voluptuous topiaries at Hanover Square, in Lower Manhattan. The space was designed by landscape architects Isabel and Julian Bannerman, best known for their work for the Prince of Wales at his Highgrove home. It features City of London-style bollards, paving quarried in Scotland and Wales and benches produced in England and finished in Northern Ireland. All that remains to complete the scheme is the planned stone sculpture by Anish Kapoor. https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/britgard09harry.jpgBritGard09,HarryPrince Harry plants a magnolia bush as part of New York City’s Million Trees NYC initiative in the British Garden in New York, 2009. Photograph by Richard Drew/AP https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/britgarden2011concert.jpgBritGarden2011concert2011-11-22T22:57:06+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/10/27/%e2%9e%a4-meet-smith-sullivan-the-wags-behind-the-story-of-the-heroic-80s/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/gs11csgs5283heroes-dj.jpgGS11,cs,gs,5283Heroes-djWag telling tales: Sullivan in full flow at an earlier photography show by Smith, right. Photograph by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/wcbh11socflyer4nov700.jpgWCBH11,Socflyer4Nov700Invitation to a party: Smith & Sullivan offer an exhibition and conversationhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/wcbh11socflyer4nov490.jpgWCBH11,Socflyer4Nov490Smith & Sullivan’s invitation to a party: click to enlargehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/wcbh11progress27oct.gifwcbh11,progress27oct2011-11-22T22:18:58+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/11/18/%e2%9e%a4-student-verdicts-on-the-new-central-saint-martins-contrasted-with-lccs-sad-home/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/csm11perry17nov.jpgCSM11,Perry17NovAge of the transvestite university governor: Grayson Perry declaring the fab new college open last nighthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/csm11party17nov.jpgCSM11,party17Novhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/csm11-writtle-es.jpgcsm11-writtle-ESCSM student vox pops on the King’s Cross campus: views range from “good to be under one roof” to “an architect’s ego trip”. Pictures by Matt Writtle for the Evening Standard https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/csm11-bafineart.jpgcsm11-BAfineartBA Fine Art degree show 2011: exhibit from this summer’s degree show2012-05-19T21:06:58+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/11/18/%e2%9e%a4-step-up-dr-nick-rhodes-honorary-scholar-at-luton-in-beds/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/dd1rhodesscholarfbk.jpgDD1,RhodesScholarFbkLove the New Romantic outfits! Popstar Rhodes today with the eggheads of Bedfordshire. Photo courtesy Gerard Franklin2011-11-18T22:52:45+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/11/15/2011-%e2%9e%a4-whams-cunning-plan-for-a-christmas-no1-as-climax-to-the-80s-revival/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/whamrap82-andrewvideo.jpgWhamRap82-Andrew,videohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/wham85-shirlieleather.jpgWham85-ShirlieleatherShirlie’s bling biker top for Wham! It bears the Kahniverous label. Photo from shirliekemp.comhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/wham11finalborder.gifWham11,Final,border2011-11-18T18:50:41+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/10/26/2011-%e2%9e%a4-pay-now-so-we-can-be-heroes-goes-ahead/2011-11-17T08:22:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/08/18/%e2%9e%a4-digital-beaver-grills-the-stars-of-the-inbetweeners-movie/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ibtw11-premiere-pa.jpgibtw11-premiere-PAOur lads at their premiere: three out of every four Inbetweeners wear a tie, shock! (PA)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ibtm11mumsis.jpgibtm11,Mum,SisEagerly anticipated at the premiere: Will’s Mum (Belinda Stewart-Wilson – Wenn photo) and Neil’s Sister (seemingly a no-show by cricketing WAG Kacey Barnfield)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ibtw11-digitalspy.jpgIBTW11-DigitalSpyOn video: clockwise, Blake Harrison, James Buckley, Joe Thomas and Simon Bird with his hand up the beaver. (Video grab from Digital Spy)2011-11-15T21:44:00+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/05/30/%e2%9e%a4-taste-masters-from-oop-north-aim-to-put-passion-back-into-pop/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tonyrigg10.jpgTonyRigg10Tony Rigg: “integrity, skill and soul” https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/super8cynics11.jpgSuper8Cynics11“Anthemic pop” from Burnley: Super8 Cynics were session musicians assembled by vocalist Ady Hallhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ourdayremains10.jpgourdayremains10Alternative rock from Bolton: Our Day Remains showcased their single Break Down the Bridge on the first Taste Masters album2011-11-14T06:44:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/02/01/2010-%e2%9e%a4-comeback-shard-comfy-as-%e2%80%98auntie-sade%e2%80%99/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/pride82sade83combos-dj.jpgPride82,Sade83comboS-djOne year’s progress: left, Sade with Latin soul band Pride at the Fridge, Sep 1982; and with the smaller band Sade in Aug 1983 at the Yow club, London, Paul Denman to the fore. Ten months after splitting they had a record deal. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/pride82sade83combol-dj.jpgPride82,Sade83comboL-djhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ny81axa18sademod88-dj.jpgNY81Ax,A18sade,mod88-djNew York 1981: In braided short hair and hallmark narrow pants, Sade fits a model with her outfit on the Demob label. Sade once told Shapers that Princess Diana’s question to her after a Prince’s Trust concert was: “Do you always dress like a man?” Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ny81axa18sade-dj50.jpgNY81Ax,A18sade-dj50New York 1981: In braided short hair and hallmark narrow pants, Sade fits a model with her outfit on the Demob label. Sade once told Shapers that Princess Diana’s question to her after a Prince’s Trust concert was: “Do you always dress like a man?” Photographed © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/s10epkgrab.jpgS10epkgrabSade 2010: Talks us through her new album in a video documentaryhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/s8310comb-dj.jpgS83+10comb-djWow! Then and now: Sade backstage in August 1983 while still seeking a recording contract and, right, as shot to launch her 2010 album. Vintage picture © by Shapersofthe80s2011-11-14T03:50:41+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/11/01/%e2%9e%a4-on-ipads-mobiles-and-tablets-you%e2%80%99re-not-even-seeing-half-the-story/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/cropped-shapheadforcl.jpgcropped-shapheadforcl.jpg2011-11-13T18:05:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/10/25/%e2%9e%a4-happy-golden-anniversary-to-lord-gnome-glenda-slagg-topes-o%e2%80%99booze-knacker-knee-and-especially-gnomemart%e2%80%99s-theme-tune/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/peye11no130050thanniv.jpgPEye11,No1300,50thannivhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/peye1goldensatiricals.jpgPEye1,GoldenSatiricalshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/peye61no1.jpgPEye61,No1https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/peyeoldjokes.jpgPEye,oldjokeshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/peyelavrobert-thompson.jpgPEye,lav,robert-thompson2011-11-13T17:47:04+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/11/04/%e2%9e%a4-no-panic-at-duran-hq-%e2%80%94-when-you-want-glamour-glitz-and-shiny-just-outsource-your-video/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/dd11panicvidmodels-harpers.jpgDD11,Panicvidmodels-HarpersModels ARE Duran Duran (No, not really, it’s just make-believe) ... Cindy Crawford, Helen Christensen, Naomi Campbell, Eva Herzigova and Yasmin Le Bon play Duran Duran for a photoshoot in the December issue of Harper’s Bazaar UKhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/dd11panicvidnaomi.jpgDD11Panicvid,Naomi“Naomi Campbell IS Simon Le Bon”... Videograb © Jonas Akerlund/Harper’s Bazaar UKhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/dd11panicvidhelena.jpgDD11Panicvid,Helena“Helena Christensen IS drummer Roger Taylor”... on location at the Savoy Hotel2011-11-08T22:00:21+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/11/06/1980-%e2%9e%a4-ribald-tales-of-excess-as-the-kids-from-the-blitz-took-over-west-end-clubbing/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/wcbh11csjhdg5608-dj.jpgWCBH11,cs,jh,dg5608-djFanatical about music: Chris Sullivan, Jo Hagan (remember 1983’s Gold Coast?) and Darrell Gayle. Photograph by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/wcbh11bepdcs5596-dj.jpgWCBH11,be,pd,cs5596-djMaking up the rules of clubbing: Robert Elms, Phil Dirtbox and Chris Sullivan at Friday’s nostalgia fest. Photograph by Shapersofthe80s2011-11-11T14:35:41+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/11/02/%e2%9e%a4-vision-on-sound-on-75-years-since-bbc-tv-beamed-out-%e2%80%98a-mighty-maze-of-mystic-magic-rays%e2%80%99/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/baird25televisor.jpgBaird25,televisorBaird’s televisor in Frith Street, 1925: before transmission, the received image at left has been scanned by a spiral of revolving lenses, shown at right with inventor Logie Baird. Photo: Hulton/Gettyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tvsong1936adeledixon.jpgTVsong1936,AdeleDixonThe BBC’s opening broadcast, November 2, 1936https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bbc36radiolympias.gifBBC36,RadiolympiaSThe BBC’s twice-daily running order for Radiolympia 1936. Click for the full document where eagle eyes will note readings by T S Eliot, Aldous Huxley and Rebecca West, and film appearances by Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence and Paul Robeson. Source: Terra Mediahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bbc36radiolympial.gifBBC36,RadiolympiaLThe BBC’s twice-daily running order for Radiolympia 1936. Source: Terra Mediahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bbc36allypallyplaque.jpgBBC36,AllyPallyplaquehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ap36studioa.jpgAP36,studioAAlexandra Palace: Studio A with an Emitron camera at left2011-11-04T05:59:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/10/28/2011-%e2%9e%a4-stand-and-deliver-adam-ant-versus-marco-in-a-battle-of-bands/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/marco76banshees.jpgMarco76,bansheesSiouxsie and the Banshees debut at the 100 Club punk festival, 1976: with Steven Severin, Marco Pirroni and John Ritchie (later Sid Vicious) on drums. Photograph by Ray Stevensonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/adammarcowall.jpgAdam,Marco,wallEarly 80s: Adam and Marco in happier dayshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/adam11-gdnvideo.jpgAdam11-gdnvideo2011-10-30T02:54:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/10/24/%e2%9e%a4-big-tone-hadley-feeling-goodish-as-his-australia-tour-kicks-off/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/th11hobart-yalifbk.jpgTH11,Hobart-YaliFbkHadley in Hobart: At Facebook, Vivien Cumberland asks, “What’s going on here? Looks like poor Richie is going to get a smack in the face.” Nyree Yali, who took this pic, says, “I don’t know, LOL. Tony was pulling this face & my camera cooperated at just the right time to capture it. Looks like Richie’s thinking, WTF are you doing???”2011-10-29T17:00:31+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/10/26/%e2%9e%a4-tut-tut-your-maj-that-aussie-tram-ride-was-a-missed-music-video-opportunity/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/bedroom-philosopher10.jpgBedroom-Philosopher10The Bedroom Philosopher’s new band: all aboard the 86 tram to hear their record deal announced by cell-phonehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/hmq11bedphilfbk.jpgHMQ11,BedPhilFBkFacebook earlier today2011-10-28T01:32:28+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/08/27/2011-%e2%9e%a4-sukita-taster-of-unseen-bowie-pix/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/bowie11sukitabook.jpgBowie11,SukitabookDavid Bowie photographed at the RCA studios in New York City before a performance at Radio City Music Hall in February of 1972. Photograph copyright © Masayoshi Sukita2011-10-27T21:44:01+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/10/26/2011-%e2%9e%a4-duran-duran-are-the-wild-boys-of-madison-square-garden/2011-10-27T14:54:56+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/10/24/2011-%e2%9e%a4-oo-er-metamodernists-say-go-forth-and-oscillate/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/doig97figure-in-mountain-landscape.jpgDoig97,Figure in Mountain LandscapePeter Doig, Figure in Mountain Landscape, 1997-8https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/annunciations11installation-luketurner.jpgannunciations11,installation-luketurnerAnnunciations (installation view), 2011 © by Luke Turner: The Annunciations series revolves around the experience of art, the visual realm, and the ghosts of art history2011-10-25T15:49:24+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/10/25/%e2%9e%a4-the-bowie-factor-at-the-blitz-glamour-drama-and-collage-couture/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/webb77-sjones.jpgwebb77-sjonesIain Webb at St Martin’s School of Art in 1977 — photographed by fellow student Stephen Jones who went on to become an international hat-maker https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/wcbh11-kimbookspread-gs.jpgWCBH11-Kimbookspread-gsA sample spread from We Can Be Heroes by Graham Smith: his photos here show Blitz Kid style-leaders Kim Bowen, “Boy” George O’Dowd and Stephen Linard 2011-10-25T15:08:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/10/22/2011-%e2%9e%a4-leee-childers-interviewed-risque-tales-of-warhol-glitter-and-iggy%e2%80%99s-best-feature/2011-10-25T11:18:48+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/10/04/%e2%9e%a4-the-blitz-kids-watn-no-37-judith-frankland-%e2%80%94-aufwiedersehen-geordieland-pet/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/judi11berlin4412-dj.jpgJudi11,Berlin4412-djJudi’s lesson learnt in July: in Berlin an umbrella is no protection from the elements. Photograph by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/jf80vizp23-bradbury.jpgJF80,Vizp23-BradburyJudith’s 1980 degree collection shot for Viz: these taffeta and satin outfits in medieval romantic mood were dubbed “Balenciaga hears the Sound of Music”. Photographed © by Adrian Bradburyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/jf11departs-joanne.jpgJF11,departs-joanneThe Great Escape, 2011: Judith Frankland prepares to break out from Newcastle at dawn this morning within the 20kg baggage allowance. Photograph by Joanne Lodge2011-10-25T09:14:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/10/07/%e2%9e%a4-a-taste-of-the-80s-blitz-kids-%e2%80%94-this-photo-book-captures-their-unseen-glory/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/wcbh11jcsldsgs5375-dj.jpgWCBH11,j,cs,lds,gs5375-djGraham Smith in selling mode: can he persuade 22-year-old Bill de Melowood to buy his print of Steve Strange drinking with a bunch of Cardiff dockers? Photography by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/wcbh11gsfishbdm5309-dj.jpgWCBH11,gs,fish,bdm5309-djGraham Smith in selling mode: can he pesuade 22-year-old Bill de Melowood to buty his print of Steve Strange drinking with Cardiff dockers? Photography by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/wcbh11csrondo5291-dj.jpgWCBH11,CSrondo5291-djhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/wcbh11csssgs5301-dj.jpgWCBH11,cs,ss,gs5301-djSullivan and Smith at last night's exhibition: man in the middle is king of the posers and Blitz Club host, Steve Strange. Photography by Shapersofthe80s2011-10-25T09:13:20+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/10/17/jarvis-as-heir-to-alan-bennett-if-i%e2%80%99m-a-national-treasure-dust-me-off/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cocker11-gdnvideo.jpgCocker11-GdnvideoIntercity to Sheffield: a first-class seat on the train and his name in Faber’s house-font Albertus on the cover of his selected lyrics. (Picture grabbed from Faber video)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cocker11mothercover.jpgCocker11,Mothercover2011-10-25T09:12:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/10/19/%e2%9e%a4-ferry-re-makesre-models-himself-as-the-sinatra-of-the-rock-era/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ferry11atgreek-gauthier.jpgFerry11atGreek-GauthierBryan Ferry live at the Greek Theatre. Photograph Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Timeshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ferry11-soundspike.jpgBryan Ferry / 2011Bryan Ferry live at The Fox Theater in Oakland, California, last Friday. Photograph by Tim Mosenfelder / SoundSpikehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ferry11mozza.jpgFerry11,MozzaPapped! Bryan Ferry today at Pizzeria Mozza in West Hollywood2011-10-24T11:42:36+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/10/16/%e2%9e%a4-calling-all-heroes-zeroes-and-cowboys-%e2%80%94-this-will-be-the-party-of-the-week/2011-10-20T02:06:01+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/10/14/%e2%9e%a4-warhol-chronicler-leee-childers-brings-his-slice-of-70s-new-york-to-london/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/12-lcleesidnancyddr-fields.jpg12-LC,Lee,Sid,Nancy,DDR-FieldsLinda Clark, Leee, Nancy Spungen, Sid Vicious, Dee Dee Ramone. (Photo by Danny Fields)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/11-jt76debbiejuvenile-lbc.jpg11-JT76,DebbieJuvenile-LBCDebbie Juvenile of the Bromley Contingent with Johnny Thunders, 1976. (Photo by Leee Childers) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/10-dolls73jtjohansen-lbc.jpg10-Dolls73,jt,Johansen-LBCNew York Dolls’ Johnny Thunders and David Johansen, 1973. (Photo by Leee Childers)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/9-childers11apmp5489-dj.jpg9-Childers11,ap,mp5489-djLeee’s London show 2011: Andy Polaris and Mark Powellhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/8-childers11kocfd5502-dj.jpg8-Childers11,koc,fd5502-djLeee’s London show 2011: Karen O’Connor and Fiona Dealey. At rear left, co-host Stephen Colegravehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/7-childers11ppph5509-dj.jpg7-Childers11,pp,ph5509-djLeee’s London show 2011: Patti Palladin and Pam Hogghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/6-childers11csgm5506-dj.jpg6-Childers11,cs,gm5506-djLeee’s London show 2011: co-host Chris Sullivan and Glen Matlockhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/5-childers11ppgm5482-dj.jpg5-Childers11,pp,gm5482-djLeee’s London show 2011: with Patti Palladin and Glen Matlockhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/4-childers11leee5478-dj.jpg4-Childers11,Leee5478-djLeee’s London show 2011: at left, his pic of Patti Smithhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/3-bowie73russia-lbc.jpg3-Bowie73Russia-LBCDavid Bowie on the Trans-Siberian Express, 1973. (Photo by Leee Childers)2011-10-22T09:46:59+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/10/12/%e2%9e%a4-jarvis-cocker-joins-faber-national-treasure-as-literary-arbiter/2011-10-13T02:44:29+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/10/03/%e2%9e%a4-gary-kemp-steps-onstage-to-join-london%e2%80%99s-theatre-critics/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/roa11londoncast-timms.jpgroa11,Londoncast-timmsThe London cast of Rock of Ages: the musical is set in 1987 on the Sunset Strip, where a small-town girl meets a big-city rocker in LA’s most famous rock clubhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/poww11sheehannegga.jpgPOWW11,Sheehan,NeggaThe Playboy of the Western World: Robert Sheehan makes his stage debut as Synge’s anti-hero Christy Mahon, seen here with Ruth Negga as the vindictive Pegeen Mike. (Photography Manuel Harlan)2011-10-05T12:07:07+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/10/03/%e2%9e%a4-fire-up-the-lada-gene-hunt-is-off-to-moscow-in-british-tv-exports-boom/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/lifeonmarsomara-us.jpglifeonmars,omara-USNext stop, Moscow: The US version of Life on Mars, starred Jason O’Mara as Sam Tyler and Harvey Keitel as a quieter Gene Hunt (photography: FX)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/lifeonmarsglenister-uk.jpglifeonmars,Glenister-UKThe original UK version of the 70s-set British police series Life on Mars: Philip Glenister as Gene Hunt and John Sim as Sam Tyler (BBC) 2011-10-04T02:12:11+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/10/03/%e2%9e%a4-boy-george-says-the-70s-were-the-best-time-ever-to-be-a-teenager-%e2%80%94-yep-really/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/claresallongeorge80-grahamsmith.jpgClare,Sallon,George80-grahamsmith1980: Clare Thom, Philip Sallon and George O’Dowd on a coach trip to Margate. Photograph by Graham Smith/grsmith@mac.com.jpg from his book We Can Be Heroes2011-10-03T15:26:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/09/24/2011-%e2%9e%a4-jubilant-seattle-welcomes-back-wild-boys-duran-spiced-with-a-touch-of-frankie/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dd11seattlejt-kristygrab.jpgDD11,Seattle,JT-kristygrabJohn Taylor at the Everett Comcast Arena, grabbed from video by kristy34a at YouTube2011-09-29T21:18:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/09/14/%e2%9e%a4-crooner-bennett-defers-to-the-rootsy-tigress-that-was-amy-winehouse/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/amy06backtoblack.jpgAmy06,BacktoBlack2011-09-27T00:25:35+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/09/24/%e2%9e%a4-boy-george-flashes-the-cheekbones-and-gives-the-pop-scene-a-tongue-lashing/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/geo11turn2dust.jpgGeo11,Turn2Dusthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/geo11t2ddancers.jpgGeo11,T2DdancersTurn 2 Dust: two dancers among many turns in Boy George’s video https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/geo11kingofqueens.gifGeo11,kingofqueens2011-09-26T04:12:05+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/09/02/2011-%e2%9e%a4-i-d-now-reveals-trade-secrets-and-catches-up-with-scarlett-from-cha-cha/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/idnow11exhibition.jpgiDNow11,Exhibitioni-D NOW: a pop-up exhibition at the Red Gallery in Hoxton https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/scarlett81hc-id3.jpgScarlett81,HC-iD3Straight-up from i-D issue 003: Scarlett Cannon and Helen Carey photographed by Thomas Degenhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/id11exhibition.jpgiD11,Exhibitionhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/i-d008scarlett.jpgi-D008,Scarletti-D issue 008: Scarlett photographed by Thomas Degen2011-09-25T01:44:01+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/07/03/1981-%e2%9e%a4-chant-no-1-spandau-revive-the-rumble-of-funk-while-hard-times-loom/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/sb81bra5gk-dj.jpgSB81BRa5,gk-djChant No 1: Gary Kemp with one of Beggar & Co’s brass section at fronthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/sb81br15sjgsodbe-dj.jpgSB81BR15,sj,gs,od,be-djThree hats and a quiff: Stephen Jones, Graham Smith, Robert Elms and at centre Beat Route host Ollie O’Donnell, during the shooting of the Chant No1 video in 1981. Photography © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/sb81ibiza1.jpgSB81,IbizaSpandau Ballet in 1981: a quick sprint to the Iberian peninsular as well as a hot date at Ibiza’s Ku clubhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/c81brcouple-dj.jpgC81br,couple-djThe legend that became Le Beat Route: a little light romancing, a lot of heavy drinking. Photography © Shapersofthe80s2011-09-24T17:50:01+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/09/21/%e2%9e%a4-none-is-more-singular-than-the-chap-who-knows-his-stephen-potter-wink/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/mchb11sep21pedant.gifMCHB11,sep21pedant2011-09-23T00:22:52+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/09/22/%e2%9e%a4-aaaah-bricolage-stealing-and-pasting-%e2%80%94-all-the-fun-of-postmodernism-on-show-at-the-va/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/grace11maternityvna-goude.jpgGrace11,maternity,VnA-goudeBranding the V&A exhibition: Grace Jones in a maternity dress, 1979, designed by Jean-Paul Goude and Antonio Lopez © Jean-Paul Goude2011-09-22T21:19:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/09/18/%e2%9e%a4-steve-norman-steers-cloudfish-into-an-edgier-urban-groove/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sb10nmktsn2704-dj.jpgSB10,Nmkt,SN2704-djSpandau’s last stand, Newmarket racetrack 2010: 19,000 people in the audience and Steve can always spot the right camera — yes, Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sb10nmktfinale2691-dj.jpgSB10,Nmkt,finale2691-djSpandau’s last stand, Newmarket racetrack 2010: a bongo burst from Steve in the concert finale. Photographed by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cloudfish09.jpgCloudfish09Making funky lounge music: Steve Norman and Shelley Preston as Cloudfish2011-09-21T14:08:41+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/09/15/%e2%9e%a4-the-clubs-are-alive-to-the-smells-of-music/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sencity09aromadj.jpgSencity09,aromaDJAroma jockey on the Sencity case: two fans, a load of fragrances, and a dancefloor2011-09-21T04:06:01+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/09/20/%e2%9e%a4-ten-killer-videos-to-celebrate-duran%e2%80%99s-return-to-the-live-stage-this-week/2011-09-21T02:44:04+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/09/07/2011-%e2%9e%a4-duran-win-lifetime-achievement-gong-in-gq-men-of-the-year-awards/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dd11gq6sep-rex.jpgDD11,GQ6sep-rexDD with their GQ award last night: it was presented by Alex James from Blur at London’s Royal Opera House. Photograph: Rex2011-09-20T22:19:11+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/09/20/2011-%e2%9e%a4-highlights-from-princess-julia%e2%80%99s-london-fashion-week/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/amerososs12-mking.jpgAmerosoSS12-MKingTied, taped and belted: London based “knitwear” designer Eleanor Amoroso was showing her second collection since graduating from Westminster. Photography Matt King2011-09-20T20:25:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/09/17/%e2%9e%a4-martin-kemp-in-the-hot-seat-talking-about-food-hell-and-gothic-horror/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/mk11satktchen-bbc.jpgMK11SatKtchen-bbcCookery tips and chat: James Martin grills Martin Kemp on Saturday Kitchen (BBC)2011-09-20T01:00:55+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/09/14/%e2%9e%a4-all-milk-and-honey-as-paxo-and-dawkins-dispute-myth-versus-truth/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dawkins11tie.jpgDawkins11,tiehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dawkins11magic1.jpgDawkins11,Magichttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/paxo11dawkins.jpgPaxo11,DawkinsPaxman v. Dawkins on Newsnight: nine priceless minutes of television (BBC) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/drwho80bakerlalla.jpgDrWho80,Baker,LallaLalla Ward and her Doctor Who, Tom Baker: on Brighton beach filming The Leisure Hive episode (1980)2011-09-17T12:42:55+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/09/16/2011-%e2%9e%a4-the-other-design-festival-running-alongside-london-fashion-week/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/reddress11-aamusong.jpgReddress11-AamuSongReddress at York Hall: 550 metres of fabric which can accommodate 200 people in its folds in an event space in East London — plus shop2011-09-17T12:34:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/05/17/2011-%e2%9e%a4-duran%e2%80%99s-round-the-world-adventure-reaches-the-uk/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dd11sxswintvw.jpgDD11,SXSWIntvwDuran interviewed at SXSW in March: Simon Le Bon checks a runaway thought before the audience jumps to the wrong conclusion (SXSW video grab)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dd11-itvoguetux.jpgDD11-ItVoguetuxhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dd10aynvidgrab14.jpgDD10AYNvidgrab142011-09-17T01:58:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/10/18/%e2%9e%a4-how-keith-richards%e2%80%99s-life-of-debauchery-became-an-inexplicable-sign-of-alien-invasion-at-the-times/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/barbapallenberg.jpgBarba,PallenbergAnita Pallenberg in the Roger Vadim film Barbarella, 1968https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/mf68girlcycle.jpgMF68,GirlCycleMarianne Faithfull in the British film Girl on a Motorcycle, 1968https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/priv68bretonjagger.jpgPriv68,bretonjagger“The most sexually charged film ever”: the androgynous Michele Breton and Mick Jagger in Performance, 1970https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/kr6908epa.jpgKR69,08epaBoy into man: Keith Richards in 1969 and after 40 years of living (EPA)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/kr08-mario-sorrenti.jpgKR08-Mario SorrentiThe guitarist’s hands in 2010, photographed © by Mario Sorrenti: the original skull ring that has become a rock-and-roll icon was given to Richards by London goldsmiths David Courts and Bill Hackett as a birthday present in 1978https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/hamilton72stonesbusts.jpgHamilton72,StonesBustSSwingeing London 67 — Poster 1967-8: One of pop artist Richard Hamilton’s protest pictures in his Swingeing London series, commenting on the severe judgment passed on his friend, gallery owner Robert Fraser, and popstar Mick Jagger, for possession of drugs. (Photolithograph © Richard Hamilton published by ED912, in Tate collection)2022-09-22T04:25:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/09/09/2011-%e2%9e%a4-kraftwerk-now-from-machine-music-to-visions-in-3d/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/schrager11.jpgschrager11Schrager: delivering a wake-up callhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/wallpaper11oct240.jpgWallpaper11,oct,2403D cover by Kraftwerk: view with blue-red glasses supplied with mag2011-09-10T03:13:18+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/09/08/%e2%9e%a4-what-it%e2%80%99s-like-working-with-martin-kemp/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/stalker11mkcrew.jpgStalker11,MK,crewPop star turned film director: Martin Kemp with the Stalker camera crew 2011-09-09T04:30:18+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/09/08/2001-%e2%9e%a4-the-other-911-assassination-could-massoud-have-become-his-nation%e2%80%99s-spiritual-leader/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/massoudtomb.jpgMassoudTombAnnual pilgrimage: Ahmad Shah Massoud’s chauffeur brings flowers from his leader’s garden to his tomb overlooking the Panjshir Valley. (Grabbed from video documentary by Iqbal Malhotra) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/massoud02stamp.jpgMassoud02,stamphttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/massoud-nagakura.jpgMassoud-NagakuraAhmad Shah Massoud and followers photographed by the Japanese photographer and anthropologist Hiromi Nagakura who knew him over two decades... “Massoud said to me, ‘We are fighting against terrorism. If we don’t fight here, the war will only expand.’ After September 11, I finally understood what he was talking about.” 2011-09-08T02:10:30+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/08/31/2011-%e2%9e%a4-england%e2%80%99s-dotty-simpson-who-inspired-the-pythons/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/isty10-jermynstreet-e1314836480360.jpgIfSoThenYes https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/oneway-pendulumposter.jpgOneWay PendulumPosterhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/nfsimpson-lucasage.jpgNFsimpson-LucaSagePlaywright N F Simpson: a very English absurdist. Photographed © by Luca Sage2011-09-01T00:22:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/08/27/%e2%9e%a4-bombshell-for-spandau-ballet-fans-as-hadley-unwinds-after-us-solo-tour/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/th11bandvegas-th.jpgTH11,bandVegas-thThe Hadley band in Las Vegas last week: John Keeble (drums), Phil Williams (bass guitar), Big Tone, Richie Barrett (guitar), Phil Taylor (keyboards)2011-08-29T21:56:01+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/12/30/1980-%e2%9e%a4-secrets-revealed-about-the-sas-arming-afghanistan-and-death-of-the-tanner/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ahmadmassoud83-nagakura.jpgAhmadMassoud83-NagakuraAhmad Shah Massoud (left): on the ground in Afghanistan in the Panjshir province of Afghanistan 1983. Photographed © by Hiromi Nagakurahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/yesmduo.jpgYesM,duoRt Hon James Hacker MP (right): “This is a democracy, and the people don’t like it.” — Civil servant Sir Humphrey Appleby: “The people are ignorant and misguided.” — Hacker: “Humphrey, it was the people who elected me.” (From Yes Minister, BBC TV’s satirical sitcom set in Westminster, launched Feb 25, 1980)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/supermac-by-vicky.jpgSupermac-by VickyHarold Macmillan: depicted as Supermac by the cartoonist Vicky2011-08-29T18:58:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/08/25/%e2%9e%a4-%e2%80%9cyes-this-is-a-wag-rerun%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%94-sullivan-on-his-sussex-alternative-to-london%e2%80%99s-carnival/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/wag82opening.gifWag82openinghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/rondo81-mlaye02.jpgRondo81-MLaye02Sullivan and Christos Tolera in 1981: vocalists with Blue Rondo à la Turk, photographed for The Face by Mike Layehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/polecats10-wadlanjpg.jpgPolecats10-Wadlan,jpgRockabilly 80s band The Polecats: scheduled to play West Dean Festival, photographed last year by Steve Wadlan https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cs83wag11nyc.jpgCS83Wag,11nycSullivan then and now: the Wag club host in his painted pavilion in 1983 and, right, deejaying for Jon Baker’s Jolly Boys concert in New York this springhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bm82rondo-dj.jpgBM82,Rondo-djBlue Rondo gig 1982: zoot-suited fans mashing up a dancefloor in Bournemouth. Photography by Shapersofthe80s https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/adam11gml-broussely.jpgAdam11,GML-Broussely80s hero Adam Ant: on the road this year with The Good The Mad & The Lovely Posse, pictured by Marc Broussely2011-08-27T22:15:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/08/18/%e2%9e%a4-%e2%80%9ci-always-wanted-to-be-a-model%e2%80%9d/2011-08-26T23:47:17+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/08/25/%e2%9e%a4-the-four-catastrophes-martin-luther-king-foresaw/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mlk11memorial.jpgMLK11,memorialThe Martin Luther King Jr National Memorial was to have been dedicated on Sunday, the 48th anniversary of Dr King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Photograph by Philip Scott Andrews/The New York Timeshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mlk11dream.jpgMLK11,dreamMartin Luther King: an unpreached sermon titled “Why America May Go to Hell”2011-08-26T22:43:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/08/25/%e2%9e%a4-george-michael-remembers-amy-whitehouse-live-in-prague/2011-08-26T19:28:36+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/06/26/%e2%9e%a4-martin-kemp%e2%80%99s-stalker-set-for-autumn-release/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/stalker11poster.jpgStalker11,posterPoster for Stalker: due for October 10 cinema release in the UK. (Publicity photo by Harleymoon Kemp)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/stalker11mkannabrecon.jpgStalker11,MK,AnnaBreconMartin Kemp turns manic murderer? No, just directing his star Anna Brecon on the set for Stalker2011-08-26T17:26:46+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/06/24/2010-%e2%9e%a4-step-up-martin-kemp-%e2%80%93-movie-mogul/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/expose4.jpgexpose4Exposé: says it allhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/mk76gprizes.jpgMK76,GPrizesKemp at 15: scene-stealing in The Glittering Prizeshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/mk10jsbnb.jpgMK10,JS,BnBMartin Kemp and Sothcott: director and producer with Hammer Horror in mind2011-08-26T17:19:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/08/14/2011-%e2%9e%a4-hadley%e2%80%99s-us-debut-wows-new-york-and-fills-the-room-with-love/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/jk11vegas-patiently88.jpgJK11,Vegas-patiently88JK signing after the Vegas show: video grab by patiently88 who also shot the Suspicious Mind vid in Ramonahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/th11lasvegas-fbk.jpgTH11,LasVegas-FBkTony Hadley in Las Vegas: wowing them at the Fremont Experience on his US tour, Aug 20. Picture from T’s Facebook albumhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/th11lasetlistaug16.gifTH11,LAsetlistAug16Setlist for Tony Hadley at House of Blues Los Angeles, Aug 16 (posted at Facebook by Rissa Dodson) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/th11nycchant-verb.jpgTH11,NYCchant-verbChant No 1 by special request: Tony Hadley onstage last night in New York with Richie Barrett on guitar (verbalalchemy video)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/jk11nycchant-verb.jpgJK11,NYCchant-verbJohn Keeble: laying down the tempo last night in NYC (verbalalchemy)2011-08-25T03:13:35+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/08/11/%e2%9e%a4-as-big-tone-hadley-goes-west-he-tosses-out-a-few-interview-squibs/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/sb82lpb9-climber.jpgSB82,LPB9-ClimberLiverpool Empire 1982: a fan and her handbag shin up a drainpipe to gain access to Spandau Ballet’s dressing room. Photographed by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/sb09jk1658-dj.jpgSB09JK,1658-djJohn Keeble: Spandau pal whose drums drive the Hadley band too. Photographed by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/th11rome-rarena.jpgTH11,Rome-RArenaTony Hadley in Rome, spring 2011: a busy year as a solo artist. Photograph by Riccardo Arenahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/sb09reunited-rossbbc.jpgSB09reunited-RossBBCSpandau Ballet reunited 2009: their first live performance for 19 years was on the Jonathan Ross TV show. (BBC)2011-08-22T03:01:49+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/08/18/%e2%9e%a4-bananarama-still-living-the-pop-life-woteva/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/nana09kerensara-ep.jpgNana09,Keren,Sara-EPCurrent Bananarama, Keren Woodward and Sara Dallin. Photography by Ellis Parrinderhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/nana02heyhey.jpgNana02,Heyhey2011-08-19T13:09:37+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/08/17/2011-%e2%9e%a4-on-video-us-debut-for-tony-hadley%e2%80%99s-own-new-song/2011-08-17T15:53:21+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/08/16/2011-%e2%9e%a4-mother-of-all-disco-divas-grace-fans-her-hurricane-to-new-depths-of-wickedness/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/grace10rah26ap-dj.jpgGrace10,RAH26Ap-djGlamour to the hilt: at the Albert Hall in 2010 Grace Jones changed costumes for almost every number — here she is crowned with her Treacy glitterball hat. Photographed © by Shapersofthe80s 2011-08-17T03:36:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/08/06/%e2%9e%a4-inbetweeners-bring-your-wellies-%e2%80%94-christos-hits-the-cutting-room-floor-and-he%e2%80%99s-gutted/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ibtw11jaymaliajpg.jpgibtw11,JayMalia,jpgIn Malia: Jay spots Kristie behind her camera2011-08-15T03:23:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/08/08/2011-%e2%9e%a4-images-of-london-in-the-hands-of-the-mob/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/riot11brixtonsun-kitwood.jpgRiot11,Brixton,Sun-KitwoodLondon riots, Sunday: Two young men are detained outside the Currys electrical store in Brixton, south London. Photograph © by Dan Kitwood/Getty Imageshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/riot11bbmtextsaug8.jpgRiot11BBMtextsAug8London riots, Saturday: three text messages sent via the BlackBerry BBM service by some organising hand to rally looters. (BBC)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/riot11peckham-martinez.jpgRiot11,Peckham-MartinezLondon riots, Monday: Looters run from a clothing store in Peckham, in a third night of violence. Photograph Dylan Martinez https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/riot11leap-weston.jpgRiot11,leap-WestonLondon riots, Monday: A woman leaps from a burning building into the arms of neighbours in Church Street, Croydon. She was later identified as 32-year-old Monika Konczyk from Poland, who works in the local Poundland store and was able to spend the night with her sister. Photograph by © Amy Weston/WENN.comhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/reeves11aug8-bbc.jpgReeves11,Aug8-bbcLondon riots, Monday: the 144-year-old House of Reeves furniture store ablaze in Croydon, south London. A 33-year-old man was later charged with arson. (BBC)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/carpetstore11tott.jpgcarpetstore11,TottLondon riots, Saturday: Fire rages through the Carpet Right store in Tottenham, north London 2011-08-14T21:16:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/08/12/%e2%9e%a4-%e2%80%9cit-will-happen-again%e2%80%9d-says-london-teenager-who-predicted-riots/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/riot11shopalooter-bbc.jpgriot11,Shopalooter-bbcManchester city centre: as arrests continue, police appeal for help. (BBC video) https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/chavez11july31-gdn.jpgChavez11,July31-GdnChavez Campbell six days before the riots: “There’ll be riots” (Guardian credits: Cameron Robertson, Alexandra Topping and Elliot Smith)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/chavez11aug12-gdn.jpgChavez11,Aug12-GdnChavez Campbell today: “I’m an outcast because everyone is doing crime and I’m trying to stay on the straight and narrow.” (Guardian video)2011-08-13T18:55:31+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/08/09/%e2%9e%a4-after-the-looting-the-london-clean-up-has-started-in-hackney-and-clapham/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/esttfrontpagesaug9.jpgES,TTfrontpagesAug9https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/londonriots11locns3days-bbc.jpglondonriots11,Locns3days-bbcLondon riots: three-day overview at BBC Onlinehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/riot-police11aug9.jpgriot-police11,Aug9Riot police in London today: "appropriate force" will be usedhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/danbyjan.jpgdanbyjanDan Thompson: appeal by radio and Twitterhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/clapham11-lawcol888.jpgClapham11-Lawcol888Photo posted at 2pm by Lawcol888 on yfrog: “We’re ready in Clapham and Vauxhall”2011-08-12T19:56:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/06/30/%e2%9e%a4-index-of-posts-for-june-2011/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/pepsishirlie8711-harleymoon.jpgPepsi,Shirlie87,11-HarleyMoonBack on tour: Pepsi & Shirlie in 1987, and this year photographed by Shirlie Kemp’s daughter, Harleymoonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/stm11pulp42-gstogdon.jpgStM11,Pulp42-gstogdonPulp playing at St Martin’s: Jarvis Cocker bids farewell to his old art school at the best party for years. Grabbed from gstogdon’s YouTube video2011-08-11T19:57:59+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/12/31/%e2%9e%a4-80s-shapers-win-2010-new-year-honours-for-fashion-music-and-walking-in-space/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/sellerssts121.jpgsellers,sts121British astronaut Piers Sellers during the third spacewalk from the shuttle Discovery, July 2006: photographed by Michael Fossum, whose reflection is visible in the visorhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/nasasts112patch.jpgNasa,STS112patchNasa patch for Atlantis mission STS112https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/silgwyneth.jpgSIL,gwynethGwyneth Paltrow sports her blue number from Shakespeare in Love: Sandy Powell’s costumes drew on half a century of Elizabethan designhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/kh85fashionaid1985.jpgKH85,FashionAid1985Fashion Aid 1985: Katharine Hamnett’s dazzling style, plus sloganshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/nasasts112_crew.jpgNasa,STS112_crewAtlantis shuttle crew, summer 2002: Sandra Magnus, David Wolf, Pamela Melroy, Jeff Ashby, Piers Sellers, and the Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin © Nasahttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/lennox83-rsej-camp.jpgLennox83-RS,EJ CampAnnie Lennox: Cover girl in 1983. Photographed by C J Camp © Time Inchttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/buggles79radiostar.jpgbuggles79,radiostarTrevor Horn, left, as one half of Buggles, 19792011-08-09T02:32:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/08/07/%e2%9e%a4-steve-strange-puts-on-an-essex-face-for-ascot/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ss11ascotmakeup-varley.jpgSS11,Ascotmakeup-VarleySteve Strange before: master face-painter at work at Ascot... Photography by Becky Varleyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ss11ascothn-clubcap.jpgSS11,AscotH&N-ClubcapSteve Strange after: masterly poise onstage with Here & Now at Ascot. Photography by Shawn Clubcapture2011-08-08T17:35:36+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/08/05/%e2%9e%a4-30-years-ago-today-%e2%80%9cthe-day-the-middle-class-died%e2%80%9d/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/michael-moore10.jpgmichael-moore10Fighting America’s downward slide: Moore blames President Reagan2011-08-06T16:54:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/07/27/2011-%e2%9e%a4-soho-house-purges-suit-and-tie-man-while-the-groucho-laughs-all-the-way-to-the-bar/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/suits_suck.jpgsuits_suckCulture Gestapo’s messagehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/fry10.jpgFry10Groucho Club style: the corduroyed Stephen Fryhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/jonescaringcombo.jpgJones,CaringcomboThe Soho House dress-code paradox: shirt-sleeved founder Nick Jones and his suited boss, multi-millionaire Richard Caring. (Jones pictured by Christopher Morris)2011-08-04T00:49:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2009/04/15/1983-%e2%9e%a4-who%e2%80%99s-who-in-the-new-london-weekend/2011-08-01T03:01:44+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2009/04/13/1983-%e2%9e%a4-69-dean-street-and-the-making-of-uk-club-culture/2011-08-01T02:42:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/07/10/2011-%e2%9e%a4-open-your-wallet-for-a-vintage-sting-on-london%e2%80%99s-southbank/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/suetilley.jpgSueTilleySue Tilley: catwalk show celebrating 80s nightlifehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/funkgods-chrisrobbiebrian.jpgFunkgods-Chris,Robbie,BrianFunk royalty: Chris Hill (left) plays the Vintage festival, but what about Robbie Vincent?https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/juliasullivan80s.jpgJulia,Sullivan80sVintage deejays at Vintage 2011: original Blitz Kids such as Princess Julia and Chris Sullivan will be spinning the vinyl to recreate legendary 80s club soundtracks from the Blitz to the Wag2011-07-26T12:41:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/07/19/%e2%9e%a4-does-chart-topper-adele-really-need-to-be-on-the-mercury-shortlist/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/mercprizeshortlist2011.jpgMercPrizeshortlist2011Mercury Music Prize 2011 shortlist: 12 contenders for album of the year2011-07-19T23:01:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/07/19/1981-2011-%e2%9e%a4-atlantis-heads-home-%e2%80%94-now-space-travel-is-down-to-jeff-bezos-and-the-marketplace/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/spaceshuttle11atlantis-iss.jpgspaceshuttle11,atlantis-ISSUS space shuttle Atlantis: last view from the International Space Station (Nasa)2011-07-19T11:55:59+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/06/16/%e2%9e%a4-aside-from-the-freaks-george-who-else-came-to-your-50th-birthday-party/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/geobdayjonbabsmoss-getty.jpgGeoBday,jonbabsmoss-gettyThat Man in the Middle: George O’Dowd celebrates his 50th birthday with former Culture Club drummer and father of three children, Jon Moss and his wife Barbara at Tuesday’s party. © Dave Benett/Gettyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/geobday11sjjf-alice.jpgGeoBday11,SJ,JF-aliceAmong George’s guests: celebrated milliner Stephen Jones, with his tie being worn on an unusually rakish tilt, meets up for the first time in decades with Judith "Ashes to Ashes" Frankland whose pink crimped hair seems inspired by Bette Davis as Baby Jane. © Alice Shawhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/geobday11aseve-alice.jpgGeoBday11,AS,Eve-AliceAmong George’s guests: Alice (fromthepalace) Shaw, lifelong pal of George who campaigned to find witnesses to this year’s assault on nightowl Philip Sallon, seen with Blitz Club cabaret star Eve Ferret, who recently returned to the boards in London’s West End. © Alice Shawhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/pepsimkssshirlie-getty.jpgPepsi,MK,SS,Shirlie-gettyAmong George’s guests: Pepsi (DeMacque) & Shirlie (Holliman, today Mrs Kemp) flank actor and Spandau Ballet bassist Martin Kemp, and Steve Strange, former Blitz Club host who made his reputation in the 80s by changing his clothes daily. © Dave Benett/Getty https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/geobday11juliajh-dj.jpgGeoBday11,Julia,JH-djAmong George’s guests: former Blitz Kids (and indeed Blitz coatcheck girl) the immaculate Princess Julia and the ever-scruffy Jeffrey Hinton, both today leading club deejays in the UK and abroad. © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/geobday11holly-jepson.jpgGeoBday11,Holly-JepsonThat Boy with Holly Johnson: the vocalist with 80s shock-band Frankie Goes to Hollywood is today a painter whose work has been exhibited at the Tate Liverpool. © Chris Jepsonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/geobday11ewjh-getty.jpgGeoBday11,EW,JH-gettyAmong George’s guests: artist Emma Woollard and Jeremy Healy, formerly half of 80s pop duo Haysi Fantayzee, today a prominent club deejay who also provides music for fashion shows — until recently John Galliano’s. © Dave Benett/Gettyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/geobday11dinah-getty.jpgGeoBday11,Dinah-gettyThat Boy with his doughty mum: Dublin-born Dinah O’Dowd is still up for a party at 71 even after bringing up George and five other children! She spilt the beans in her own book Cry Salty Tears (Arrow Books 2007). Spot the marzipan chameleon. © Dave Benett/Getty https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/geobday11ctjf-dj.jpgGeoBday11,CT,JF-djAmong George’s guests: former Blitz Kids, painter Christos Tolera, who once sang with Blue Rondo à la Turk, and fashion designer Judith Frankland, who appears in Bowie’s Ashes To Ashes video and in the header to this website. © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/geobday11ssdh-dj.jpgGeoBday11,SS,DH-djAmong George’s guests: ex-Blitz Kids Stevie Stewart and David Holah, the clubland designers behind the funkiest, trippiest label of the 80s, Bodymap. © Shapersofthe80s2011-07-17T18:41:27+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/07/04/%e2%9e%a4-oh-steve-you-old-villain-what-big-fangs-you%e2%80%99ve-grown/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/strippers-vs-werewolves-crop.jpgstrippers-vs-werewolves-cropPop star, soap star gone bad in Strippers Vs Werewolves — but who?2011-07-12T21:18:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2009/09/07/1980-%e2%9e%a4-how-many-people-does-it-take-to-launch-an-electro-diskow-band/2014-10-07T12:59:04+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/07/03/1981-%e2%9e%a4-%e2%80%9crare-cancer-seen-in-41-homosexuals%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%94-the-world-is-alerted-to-the-aids-epidemic/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/nytlogoruled.gifNYTlogo,ruledhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/friedman-kien.jpgFriedman-KienFriedman-Kien: “rather devastating”2011-07-05T03:55:59+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/06/25/%e2%9e%a4-will-the-magical-blasts-from-the-past-follow-st-martin%e2%80%99s-out-of-soho/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/stm11webb-leach.jpgStM11,Webb-LeachIain R Webb Absolutly aglow. Photographed by Robert Leachhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/stm11gordienko62.jpgStM11,Gordienko62Partying with her stars: Willie Walters, BA fashion course director, in a shirt by Lucie Sutton. Photographed by Alexandra Gordienkohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/stms11-chihe2478.jpgStMs11-ChiHe2478Farewell CXR<3 thanks for the amazing memories: fashion print-maker Chi He from Shanghai (second right) and friends at the St Martin’s party. From her Facebook albumhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/stm11cdctslrl-rl.jpgStM11,CD,CT,SL,RL-rlTwo alumni, two gatecrashers, four ex-Blitz Kids: At St Martin’s farewell to CXR party, Corinne Drewery (fashion, Swing-Out Sister), Christos Tolera (ex-college cafe customer), Stephen Linard (fashion, own silk suit), Robert Leach (ex-Kingston — photo from his Facebook album, Goodbye Charing Cross Road, June 24, 2011)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/judithwatt1.jpgJudithWatt1Judith Watt photographed by The Clothes Whispererhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/alex11-jun24s.gifAlex11-Jun24SYesterday’s topical Alex cartoon strip: created by another St Martin’s painter, Charles Peattie, together with Russell Taylor. © alexcartoon.comhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/chalayan93tangent1.jpgChalayan93,TangentGraduation 1993: for his collection, The Tangent Flows, Hussein Chalayan buried silk garments in his back garden, then exhumed them. Joan Burstein of Browns put the entire collection on show in her windowshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/platon-obama2.jpgplaton-obama2President Obama by photographer and St Martin’s alumnus Platon Antoniou: he succeeded to Richard Avedon’s job at the New Yorker magazinehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/alex11-jun24.gifAlex11-Jun24Yesterday’s topical Alex cartoon strip: created by another St Martin’s painter, Charles Peattie together with Russell Taylor. © alexcartoon.comhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/stms70lockedroom-gevans.jpgStMs70,LockedRoom-GEvans “The Locked Room”, a radical teaching experiment at St Martin’s from 1969: a dozen first-year students, including Richard Deacon, were locked in a room and observed in silence. What were they to make of it? From Christopher Burstall’s BBC documentary A Question of Feeling. Photograph © Garth Evans 2011-10-31T11:44:00+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/06/01/%e2%9e%a4-up-close-and-cool-%e2%80%94-paradise-point%e2%80%99s-first-official-video/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/pp11ricvid-cameron.jpgPP11,RICvid-cameronCameron Jones: Paradise Point vocalist2011-07-02T21:03:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/06/30/%e2%9e%a4-jarvis-takes-his-lyrics-to-eliot%e2%80%99s-publisher-faber/2011-07-02T18:59:48+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/07/01/%e2%9e%a4-get-up-james-brown-is-now-the-the-godfather-of-soup/2011-07-02T14:02:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/06/16/%e2%9e%a4-one-million-people-think-charlie-really-is-socoollike/2011-07-01T23:52:29+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/06/27/%e2%9e%a4-irrational-professor-cox-discussing-science-in-a-tent-at-glastonbury/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/monkeycage11ince-cox-bbc.jpgmonkeycage11,Ince, Cox-bbcTwo of the BBC monkeys: Robin Ince and co-host Brian Coxhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/bragg1glasto-bbc.jpgBragg1,Glasto-bbcBilly Bragg signing off at Glastonbury: “The space race is over” but how can he be sure?2011-06-29T19:10:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/06/18/2011-%e2%9e%a4-epic-forecasts-for-the-2015-media-landscape-loom-closer-than-we-think/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/googlezon.jpgGooglezonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/rusbridger.jpgrusbridgerAlan Rusbridger: only the tenth Guardian editor in the newspaper’s 190-year historyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/epic2014title.gifEPIC2014title2011-06-27T15:34:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/05/26/%e2%9e%a4-knock-knock-fashion-gems-on-a-shoestring/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/knockingshop11team.jpgKnockingShop11,teamFaces behind the Amwell Street Knocking Shop: Chris McMillan, Princess Julia, Karlie Shelley, Josh Quinton, Mich Dulce, Felicity Hayward, Emily Rose Englandhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/knock11mcqueencombo.jpgKnock11,McQueencomboPast bargains in Amwell Street: Alexander McQueen backless dress, plus assorted vintage items including bookshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/knock11hatshoe.jpgKnock11,hat,shoePast bargains in Amwell Street: Piers Atkinson studded blue beret, Vivienne Westwood two-buckle shoes2011-06-25T14:41:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/06/23/2011-%e2%9e%a4-heaven-17-remind-us-how-electronic-music-can-send-the-soul-soaring/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/heaven17-mikeprior.jpgHeaven17-MikePriorGlenn Gregory and Martyn Ware: sharing their favourite electronica on web radio. Picture by Mike Prior https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/h17tour10grabs7.jpgH17tour10,grabs7H17’s Penthouse and Pavement tour 2010: bright lights and sexy musichttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/h17luxurygap.jpgH17,Luxurygap2011-06-24T01:00:35+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/06/05/%e2%9e%a4-martin-rushent-%e2%80%94-the-man-who-made-stars-of-the-human-league-%e2%80%94-is-dead/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/hlge81-face.jpgHLge81-FaceThe Human League, 1981: Phil Oakey and the girls he immortalised in that lyric, Joanne Catherall and Susan Sulleyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/stranglers77heroes.jpgStranglers77,heroeshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dare81.gifDare81https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cornwell10-e1307335783142.jpgCornwell10https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/rushent85korg.jpgRushent85,KorgMartin Rushent with Korg Super Section programmable sequencer (1985)2011-06-21T23:44:20+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2009/05/14/1981-%e2%9e%a4-blue-rondo-create-a-new-buzz-with-latin-sounds-and-an-extreme-suited-dude-look/2011-06-21T21:29:30+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/06/08/%e2%9e%a4-wise-cracking-sallon-shimmies-back-onto-london%e2%80%99s-party-scene/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/sallon11jun17-twitpic.jpgSallon11,Jun17-twitpicUPDATE JUNE 17: Hahahahahaha. Here’s the latest photo via Boy George’s TwitPics. Philip Sallon back on form — upholstered as a Regency armchair. You can’t convince us that little knock on the head in April has done him any harm at all. Hahahaha. https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/sallon11moto-alice.jpgSallon11,Moto-AliceA frock to shock: nightlife entrepreneur Philip Sallon adds a diamante sparkle to Alice Shaw’s birthday dinner. Photograph by Alicehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/sallon11dillycampaign-alicefbk.jpgSallon11,Dillycampaign-AliceFbkA fortnight after Sallon’s attack: campaigners led here by composer Benjamin Till (centre) gather at Piccadilly Circus before seeking witnesses during a Soho walkabout. Photograph by Michael Peacock2011-06-21T01:39:56+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/06/07/%e2%9e%a4-mix-your-own-version-of-bowie%e2%80%99s-golden-years/2011-06-19T14:54:12+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/06/16/1904-%e2%9e%a4-the-day-nora-made-a-man-of-joyce/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/joycenora1904.jpgJoyce,Nora1904James Joyce and Nora Barnacle in 1904, the year they methttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/joycenoraolder.jpgJoyce,Nora,olderJoyce and Nora in later years ... Ulysses ends with Molly Bloom’s words: “I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/james_joyce_tower.jpgJames_Joyce_TowerBloomsday celebrations: James Joyce Tower and Museum is a Martello tower in Sandycove near Dublin. Joyce’s stay here is said to have inspired the opening of his novel Ulysseshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/bowker11joyce.jpgBowker11,Joycehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/bloombyjoyce.gifBloomByJoyceLeopold Bloom drawn by Joyce2011-06-19T13:55:19+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/06/19/2011-%e2%9e%a4-when-shirl-asked-peps-if-she-fancied-an-arena-tour-peps-said-to-shirl-why-not/2011-06-19T02:35:00+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/05/16/2011-%e2%9e%a4-barefoot-sade-lets-her-hair-down-for-europe/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sade11bysmilan-adamino.jpgSade11,BYS,Milan-AdaminoSade seduces Italy: hair down, shimmering ivory gown and just a glimpse of a pink bra. (From MrAdamino85’s Milan video at YouTube)2011-06-11T12:48:58+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/06/10/2011-%e2%9e%a4-boy-george-hits-the-big-five-0-and-he-now-says-yes-he-has-%e2%80%98lots-of-regrets%e2%80%99/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/geofeb2010.jpggeofeb2010Boy George at home: 50-up but when will he stop pouting?2011-06-11T03:10:37+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/06/09/2001-%e2%9e%a4-hear-about-the-many-lives-of-midge-ure-the-mr-nice-of-pop/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ure01geldof-tiyl.jpgUre01,Geldof-TIYLThis Is Your Life, 2001: Bob Geldof who sprang the surprise on Midge Urehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/tarrant01-tiyl.jpgTarrant01-TIYLChris Tarrant, host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? — cruelly reminding Midge Ure on TIYL of the superior act that kept Ultravox from the No 1 spot in the charts © BBChttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/mu79.jpgmu792011-06-09T20:53:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/06/06/2010-%e2%9e%a4-lady-gaga-ousts-lily-allen-as-uk%e2%80%99s-most-played-artist/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ladygaga-getty.jpgLadyGaga-gettyLady Gaga: top of the UK radio pops in 2010. Photograph © Dave Hogan/Getty Images2011-06-06T15:37:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/06/02/2011-%e2%9e%a4-what-happens-when-retromania-exhausts-our-pop-past/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/lennox83laroux09-gdn.jpgLennox83,LaRoux09-GdnSpot the difference: Annie Lennox in 1983 and La Roux in 2009. Photograph: WireImage/Redferns, Guardian compositehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/retromania11.jpgRetromania112011-06-03T21:08:56+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/05/31/%e2%9e%a4-fhm-says-%e2%80%9cpass-the-sick-bucket%e2%80%9d-after-readers-vote-andrej-pejic-one-of-the-%e2%80%9csexiest-women%e2%80%9d/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/pejic11kalivas-ward1.jpgPejic11Kalivas-WardPejic wears Tina Kalivas. Photography © Stephen Ward for oystermag.comhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/fhmlogo.gifFHMlogohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/fhmtext11-hausofpejic.jpgFHMtext11-HausofPejicFHM's original profile of Andrej Pejic published online May 5, 2011. (Source: Haus of Andrej Pejic)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dossier11noviipejic.jpgDossier11,NoVII,PejicIn an earlier Pejic controversy, Huffington Post asked on May 16: Should this cover be censored? — 31% said Yes! Too racy for the magazine rack. 69% said No! It’s a shirtless guy. Big deal. (Dossier cover art by Collier Schorr)2011-06-03T20:36:58+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/12/01/%e2%9e%a4-live-online-now-mad-hatter-stephen-jones/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/sj10showberet.jpgSJ10,showberetSecond Jones creation today: a beret festooned with fresh flowers, thistles and seasonal fruit. Video captured from ShowStudio.comhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/sj10showhat.jpgSJ10,showhatThe result: Jones with the first of today’s hats on his theme of Glamour on a Budget at ShowStudio.comhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/sj10liveonline.jpgSJ10,liveonlineThe hatmaker’s Blue Peter moment: Stephen Jones conducts a masterclass today at ShowStudio.com 2011-06-03T13:50:31+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/07/09/2010-%e2%9e%a4-cheers-to-peter-and-chris-%e2%80%93-two-nice-unassuming-radio-listeners-among-the-many-who-clinched-the-rescue-of-6music/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/sixmagedist.jpgSixM,agedist6Music listener ages: Mean 32.2, median 31, according to online petition data commissioned by ILFhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/sixmpicnicjune6-fbk.jpgSixMpicnic,june6-FBkMilitant picnickers: Save 6Music campaigners plot their strategy – somewhere amid the champagne Peter Crocker is lurking. Picture © Claire Cant https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/sixmdemomar27-fbk.jpgSixMdemo,Mar27-FBkThinking pop persons: Save 6Music protest outside Broadcasting House. Picture © Steve Ransomehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/sixmdemodown-fbk.jpgSixMdemo,down-FBkThe British way: Save 6Music demonstrators outside Broadcasting House2011-05-24T13:06:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/05/06/1981-%e2%9e%a4-ballet-on-broadway-leading-the-british-invasion-of-america-spring-1981-2/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/nsns81-nybway.jpgNSNS81-NYBwayFirst published in the first issue of New Sounds New Styles in July 19812011-05-23T00:59:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2009/05/21/1981-%e2%9e%a4-ballet-on-broadway-leading-the-british-invasion-of-america-spring-1981/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/nsns81-nybway.jpgNSNS81-NYBway<em>First published in the first issue of New Sounds New Styles in July 1981</em>https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sb81nyh24-rhonda-dj64k.jpgSB81NYh24-Rhonda-dj64kOn the runway: Rhonda models the Melissa Caplan workwear championed by Toyah Willcox. Photograph by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/nsns81-nyheads.jpgNSNS81-NYheadsThe New Heroics: how the New York press reported the showhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sb81nyh34-kidjf-dj30k.jpgSB81NYh34-Kid,JF-dj30kSupercool duo: August Darnell, aka Kid Creole, with host Jim Fourratt at the 1981 Underground shebang. Pictured by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sbnyh32-ollieth-dj39k.jpgSBNYh32-Ollie,TH-dj39kHadley for the chop, New York 1981: Ollie the snip goes to work on the singer before the show. Pictured by © Shapersofthe80s2011-05-23T00:57:05+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/05/07/1982-%e2%9e%a4-spot-the-faces-at-phil-and-rob%e2%80%99s-bleeding-edge-dirtbox/2022-11-04T22:57:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/05/19/%e2%9e%a4-brett-on-the-love-that-created-%e2%80%9ca-suede-landscape%e2%80%9d-in-the-tribal-80s/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/suede11brett.jpgSuede11,brettBrett Anderson: “emulating people shouldn’t be about wanting to sound like them”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/suede10bestof.jpgSuede10,bestof2011-05-20T12:13:58+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/04/29/2011-%e2%9e%a4-rutter%e2%80%99s-anthem-affirms-romance-of-the-royal-wedding/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/willskateviral11.jpgWillsKateviral11https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/eugeniebeatrice-viral11.jpgEugenieBeatrice viral11https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/rw11-groupc-hb.jpgRW11-groupC-hbThe royal wedding group in the throne room at Buckingham Palace, April 29, 2011. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are flanked by their respective family members and attendants. Front row (left to right): Grace van Cutsem, Eliza Lopes, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, HM the Queen, Margarita Armstrong-Jones, Lady Louise Windsor, William Lowther-Pinkerton. Back row (left to right): Tom Pettifer, HRH the Duchess of Cornwall, HRH the Prince of Wales, HRH Prince Henry of Wales, Michael Middleton, Carole Middleton, James Middleton and Philippa Middleton. Photograph: Hugo Burnandhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/gracekelly56-corbis.jpgGraceKelly561956: Grace Kelly and HSH Prince Rainier of Monaco © Corbishttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/rutter99.jpgrutter99Spiritual: John Rutterhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/royalwed11anthem-bbc.jpgRoyalWed11,Anthem-bbcChoirs of Westminster Abbey and Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal, during today’s wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton 2011-05-14T03:09:12+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/03/28/2011-%e2%9e%a4-clarke-and-wilder-pile-in-for-depeche-mode%e2%80%99s-ultimate-remix-album/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dm11remix81-11.jpgDM11remix81-11https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/gahan11-janssonnytm.jpgGahan11-JanssonNYTMDave Gahan wearing Roberto Cavalli jacket, $4,615, and pants, $2,285, styled by Bill Mullen, photographed by Mikael Jansson for The New York Times T Magazine in 2011https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dm09faces.jpgdepeche modeThree faces engraved by a life in rock: Depeche Mode’s Andy Fletcher, Dave Gahan and Martin Gore have between them survived depression, addiction, mental instability, attempted suicide, divorce and fatherhood2011-05-10T10:15:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/04/25/%e2%9e%a4-morrissey-detonates-bidding-war-for-his-memoirs/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/moz11oleary-bbc.jpgMoz11,OLeary-bbchttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/moz11vbestsleeve.jpgMoz11,VBestsleevehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/morrisseyfont.jpgMorrisseyfont2011-05-09T16:07:44+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/05/05/2011-%e2%9e%a4-soprano-jenkins-tops-pop%e2%80%99s-young-rich-list/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/radcliffe10-outterryrichardson.jpgRadcliffe10-Out,TerryRichardsonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/jenkinscole-rich.jpgJenkins,Cole-richTwo richest under-30s: mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins, 30, and moonlighting Girl Aloud Cheryl Cole, 272011-05-08T14:44:57+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/05/02/%e2%9e%a4-bin-laden-raid-becomes-twitter%e2%80%99s-cnn-moment/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/obama11oblraid-wh.jpgObama11,OBLraid-WHStraight out of Sorkin’s West Wing — Barack Obama and his national security team watch the mission against Osama Bin Laden unfold in real time in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. Vice President Joe Biden far left, Hillary Clinton seated right. (Official White House photo by Pete Souza)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sohaibathar.jpgSohaibAtharSohaib Athar aka ReallyVirtualhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/binladenraidmap.jpgBinLadenraidmaphttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/raidtweet.gifRaidTweet2011-05-04T10:31:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/04/29/%e2%9e%a4-when-digital-downloads-mean-lost-income-for-stars-like-eminem/2011-05-03T13:48:54+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/04/27/%e2%9e%a4-dear-oh-dear-thoughtless-cameron-pm-swats-women%e2%80%99s-200-year-struggle-from-the-history-books/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/pankhurst-arrest.jpgpankhurst-arrestVotes for Women campaigner Emmeline Pankhurst being arrested at Buckingham Palace, May 1914 © Museum of London2011-04-30T04:41:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/04/26/%e2%9e%a4-%e2%80%9cwarrior-of-the-night%e2%80%9d-frankland-bounces-back-with-london-fashion-week-in-her-sights/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/judi11pinkpower-mm.jpgJudi11,PinkPower-MMhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/judi11furs-dg.jpgJudi11,furS-dgPunk power: Judith Frankland models her own design Dare To Wear Fur from her collection for The Woman Who Likes to Say Hello. Photography by Denise Grayson. Above left, Pink Power, for the woman who holds her own in a man’s world. Illustration by Manny More2011-06-16T03:34:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/04/21/%e2%9e%a4-omg-and-lol-%e2%80%94-it%e2%80%99s-the-slang-gang-sheening-their-way-into-the-english-dictionary/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/sheen11-abctvmar2.jpgSheen11-Abctv,mar2The real deal: troubled actor Charlie Sheen in one of his many recent TV appearances, here opening up to Andrea Canning on ABChttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/parkerstone.jpgparker,stoneParker and Stone: sheening at the Oscarshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/drjohnson.jpgDrJohnsonSam Johnson: no time for cant2011-04-22T12:06:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/10/16/30-years-ago-today-%e2%9e%a4-first-survey-of-their-private-worlds-as-the-new-young-trigger-a-generation-gap/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/bk80leemelkimbobs-tedp.jpgBK80,Lee,Mel,Kim,BobS-TedPShaping ambitions at the Blitz: Lee Sheldrick, Melissa Caplan, Kim Bowen and Bob Elms2011-04-18T01:01:45+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/04/10/%e2%9e%a4-judith-frankland-experiments-with-power-and-femininity/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/jf11hello3734-dj.jpgJF11Hello3734-djThe governess and the hostess — The Woman Who Likes to Say Hello collection, by Judith Frankland https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/jf11hello3727-dj.jpgJF11Hello3727-djTop brass and Downton flapper — The Woman Who Likes to Say Hello collection, by Judith Frankland https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/jf11hello3718-dj.jpgJF11Hello3718-djBoardroom bosses in kipper ties — The Woman Who Likes to Say Hello collection, by Judith Frankland https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/jf11hello3712-dj.jpgJF11Hello3712-djTop brass detail: bowtie and waistcoat in blazer suiting by Judith Franklandhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/jf11hello3711-dj.jpgJF11Hello3711-djDownton flapper detail: puffball sleeve in gold brocade, by Judith Franklandhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/jf11hello3710-dj.jpgJF11Hello3710-djhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/jf11hello3708-dj.jpgJF11Hello3708-djThe Woman Who Likes to Say Hello collection, by Judith Frankland for Winter 2011-12 — on show this week at Newcastle’s Holy Biscuit gallery. Photography © by Shapersofthe80s2011-04-17T03:15:00+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/10/01/%e2%9e%a4-britain%e2%80%99s-top-hatter-stephen-jones-obe-celebrates-30-years-of-jonesmanship/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sj80shop-lskb.jpgSJ80shop-LS,KBThe first Jones salon: star rebels from St Martin’s Lee Sheldrick assisting and Kim Bowen modelling at Stephen Jones’s boutique in PX, October 1980https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sj10momu-frederik-vercruysse.jpgSJ10MoMu-Frederik VercruysseMoMu Fashion Museum Antwerp: Stephen Jones & The Accent of Fashion photographed © by Frederik Vercruyssehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/jones04mad-leibovitz1.jpgJones04,Mad-LeibovitzHis sobriquet fulfilled by photographer Annie Leibovitz: Stephen Jones as the Mad Hatter in The Mad Tea Party (detail), one of a series of Alice in Wonderland tableaux shot for American Vogue, December 2004https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sj10-showstudio.jpgSJ10-Showstudiohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sj2002-pash.jpgSJ2002-PAshJones creations from 2002, photographed © by Peter Ashworthhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sjfez-geovid.jpgSJfez-geovid“Very Tangiers in Paul Bowles’s 1950s”: In Culture Club’s first video, 1982, Jones wears the fez that caught J-P Gaultier’s eye. Also a pale blue zoot-suit from Flip, and correspondent shoes in black and pale blue https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sj76sj10-just.jpgSJ76,SJ10-justThen and now: Stephen Jones enlists as a student at St Martin’s 1976, and curates a show of landmark designs at the V&A museum 2009https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sjhatsjfdi.jpgSJhats,JF,DiEarly Jones creations: modelled by Julia Fodor, by appointment to Princess Dihttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/bk80sjdh-ad.jpgBK80,sj,dh-adNew Romantics cutting loose, 1981: Stephen Jones in PX’s definitive Little Lord Fauntleroy outfit jives with designer David Holah who went on to co-found the BodyMap empire. Photograph © by Alan Davidson2011-04-15T00:39:23+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/03/24/%e2%9e%a4-crazee-or-crazed-lynch%e2%80%99s-view-of-duran-from-within-his-hellish-cave/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd11sbgw-m156.jpgDD11,sb,gw-M1,56Collision of vocalists: Le Bon and guest Gerard Way during Planet Earthhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd11sbbd-m171.jpgDD11,sb,bd-M1,71Ghost in the machine: the usually high-visibility guest Beth Ditto trapped in a Lynchian spinning jenny during Notorioushttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd11nr-m336.jpgDD11,nr-M3,36Given a roasting: Nick Rhodes gets barbecued during, appropriately, Come Undone https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd11kelissb-m253.jpgDD11,kelis,sb-M2,53What’s with the floating heads? Kelis joins Le Bon for The Man who Stole a Leopardhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd11jt-m127.jpgDD11,jt-M1,27Duran live on YouTube, 2011: a choice of three camera streams and “Lynchian effects” smothering John Taylor’s performance on All You Need Is Now2011-04-14T14:50:12+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/02/28/%e2%9e%a4-index-of-posts-for-february-2/2011-04-14T11:09:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/03/31/%e2%9e%a4-index-of-posts-for-march/2011-04-14T10:50:47+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/10/07/1980-%e2%9e%a4-rik-and-pals-detonate-a-timebomb-beneath-another-kind-of-strip-for-soho/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/otl80oct2sohostrip.jpgOTL80,oct2,SohostripFirst published in the Evening Standard, October 2, 19802011-04-11T16:43:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2009/08/20/1980-%e2%9e%a4-for-an-angry-new-decade-a-new-breed-of-comedy-puts-trendiness-itself-within-its-sights/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/c80-kenmk13fpig-dj30.jpgC80-KenMk13,FPig-dj30Furious Pig: voice band in action at Kensington Market in 1980, pictured by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/c80strip20-rikpoet-dj64.jpgC80strip20-RikPoet-dj64Angry Feminist Poet: Rik Mayall at the Comic Strip, Nov 1980. Photographed by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/c80strip33-nppr-dj92.jpgC80strip33-NP,PR-dj92Airline disaster movie: Nigel Planer and Peter Richardson as The Outer Limits at the Comic Strip, Nov 1980. Pictured by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/c80strip10-alexei-dj84.jpgC80Strip10-Alexei-dj84’Ello John: Alexei Sayle’s Mod Two-Tone Poet at the Comic Strip, Nov 1980. Pictured by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dj81-comichd61.jpgDJ81-Comichd61First published in Over21, January 19812011-04-11T16:26:56+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/03/28/%e2%9e%a4-martin-kemp%e2%80%99s-live-tutorial-via-bass-cam/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sbc80hvnthmks-dj.jpgSBC80Hvn,TH,MKS-djEver the showman: Martin Kemp clad in PX at Spandau's Heaven concert, 1980, bass held high in anti-rock pose. Photographed by © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/mk10basscam-11.jpgMK10,basscam-112011-04-04T18:23:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/03/29/%e2%9e%a4-adam-ant-reveals-his-terrifying-years-in-purgatory/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/adam81-charming.jpgAdam81-charmingAdam Ant in 1981: in his glam-rock guise as Prince Charming, a heroic highwayman based, he says, on the film stars Errol Flynn, Marlon Brando and Clint Eastwood https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/adam11humphrys-bbc.jpgAdam11,Humphrys-bbcAdam Ant talks frankly about mental illness to John Humphrys © BBC2011-06-04T23:18:29+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/03/28/%e2%9e%a4-mick-karn-takes-a-last-journey-in-dalis-car-2/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/daliscarduo84.jpgDalisCarduo84Mick Karn and Peter Murphy: teamed as Dalis Car in 1984https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/daliscar84-waking-hour.jpgDalisCar84-Waking Hour2011-06-13T20:25:22+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/03/18/2011-%e2%9e%a4-despite-sniffy-critics-ultimately-duran%e2%80%99s-best-album-since-their-glory-years/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd11winstarmed-alycia.jpgDD11winstar,Med-alyciaUpdate March 20: first US tour vid of a new Duran tune on YT shows Mediterranea at Winstar Casino, Oklahoma, posted by alyciabear72 — http://tinyurl.com/4gvnkmohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd11ayninlogo.jpgdd11,ayninlogohttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd10ayninvid.jpgDD10,ayninVidThrilling and wonky: Nick Egan’s Bacofoil video of All You Need Is Nowhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd11sxswgrab.jpgDD11,sxswgrabDuran’s first live warm-up before the US tour — videograb onstage at SXSWhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd11sxsw-cnn.jpgDD11,sxsw-cnnJohn Taylor and Nick Rhodes at SXSW in Texas, March 2011: Rhodes claimed to have 100,000 photos in his personal archive he’d like to get published somehow2011-03-25T17:55:41+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/03/23/1932%e2%80%932011-%e2%9e%a4-liz-taylor-%e2%80%94-glamour-to-a-t/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/taylorburton-life1962.jpgTaylorBurton-Life19622011-03-24T15:41:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/03/14/2011-%e2%9e%a4-spandau-and-duran-square-up-for-battle-just-like-the-old-days/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd11lynchposter.jpgDD11,Lynchposterhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sb09dublinjk1658-dj.jpgSB09dublin,jk1658-dj John Keeble: Dublin sound-check as Spandau’s Reformation tour kicks off 2009https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd10novvidnr.jpgDD10,novvid,nrNick Rhodes: last November's video for the comeback single, All You Need Is Now. Courtesy duranduran.comhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/sb09belfpress1248-dj.jpgSB09,Belfpress1248-djSpandau Ballet in 2009: answering my question at their reunion press conferencehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd11jandom.jpgDD11jan,DomDuran Duran earlier in 2011, a year of US and European tours, plus a live concert stream2011-03-23T15:05:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/03/05/1981-%e2%9e%a4-the-day-duran%e2%80%99s-fortunes-really-took-flight/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd80slbrrunnervid.jpgDD80,SLBRRunnervidSimon Le Bon: live on video at the Rum Runner in 1980https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dd80pearthvid.jpgDD80,PEarthVidNew Romantics in full fig at the Rum Runner in July 1980: note the tell-tale moves in the Planet Earth video, such as the Ballet sway at 1:20, crucial handpasses at 2:18 and Pierrot’s wonky head at 3:062011-03-22T01:20:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/05/29/2010-%e2%9e%a4-foxx-celebrates-his-life-as-the-duchamp-of-electropop/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/foxx10.jpgFoxx10Foxx’s own verdict on Metamatic: “carcrash music tailored by Burtons”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/foxx10metatronic.jpgFoxx10,Metatronic2011-03-18T14:45:30+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/05/31/2010-%e2%9e%a4-index-of-posts-for-may/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/rk78snew.jpgRK78snew2011-03-18T04:13:35+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/11/30/2010-%e2%9e%a4-index-of-posts-for-november/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/hmqatpc52k.jpgHMQatPC52kHer Majesty Queen Elizabeth II goes networkinghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mk09harleyroman36.jpg'Harry Brown' Premiere-Arrivals-Odeon Leicester Square, London, United KingdomOn the town: Spandau's Martin Kemp with his children HarleyMoon and Roman, whose band Paradise Point made their debut this month. © Richfoto2011-03-17T12:49:11+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/03/15/%e2%9e%a4-smartphones-become-uk-shoppers%e2%80%99-essentials/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/datinggraphic-alamy.jpgDatinggraphic-Alamy2011-03-15T15:38:28+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/03/11/%e2%9e%a4-haunting-video-catches-grim-carnage-of-the-japanese-tsunami/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/arahamaap10mar11-geoeye.jpgArahamaAp10,Mar11-GeoEyeThe Arahama area of Sendai, Japan: satellite photos taken a year ago and yesterday by GeoEye. At the New YorkTimes website you can move the blue slider to and fro to appreciate exactly how uninhabitable is the wasteland left by the tsunamihttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/japan_quakemap-usgs.gifjapan_quakemap-USGShttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/kesennumacitymar11.jpgKesennumaCity,Mar11.jpgKesennuma City: the unstoppable torrent sweeps vehicles along streetshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/fukushimawavemar11.jpgFukushimaWave,Mar11Fukushima district: waves of black sludge carry buildings over fields of crops2011-03-15T15:06:41+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/03/13/%e2%9e%a4-gary-kemp-puts-his-neck-on-the-block-%e2%80%94-spandau-%e2%80%98the-best-live-british-band-of-the-eighties%e2%80%99/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/gk11-ianderry.jpgGK11-IanDerry2011-03-15T06:13:44+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/03/04/%e2%9e%a4-the-kid%e2%80%99s-in-pink-so-he%e2%80%99s-ready-for-the-funk/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/kid11shaka-dj3560.jpgKid11,Shaka-dj3560Leading the conga: Kid and his Coconuts wend their way through Shaka Zulu. © Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/kid11shaka-dj3536.jpgKid11,Shaka-dj3536In the pink: Kid Creole onstage at Shaka Zulu in London last night. © Shapersofthe80s2011-03-04T03:53:37+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/01/31/%e2%9e%a4-index-of-posts-for-january/2011-03-01T02:18:33+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/01/07/%e2%9e%a4-200-new-acts-tipped-for-the-new-year-in-music/2011-03-01T02:15:21+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/02/14/1981-%e2%9e%a4-new-romantics-have-their-day-%e2%80%94-rearranging-the-deck-chairs-at-the-posers%e2%80%99-ball/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ppal81contracts.jpgPPal81contractsPerformance contracts for the People’s Palace, 1981: Shock were paid £500, Metro £250 and Depeche Mode £50. Source: Rusty Egan archive https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ppal81-cgm381.jpgPPal81-CGM381Valentine ball, 1981: last gasp for the New Romantics. Photographed © by Caroline Greville-Morrishttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/astoria08-balc.jpgAstoria08-balcAndalusian fantasy: balcony view of the 1930 Astoria Finsbury Park, now restored. Photographed 2008 © hjuk/Flickrhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ppal81ss-cgm966.jpgPPal81,SS-CGM966Steve Strange at the People’s Palace, 1981: plus loyal acolytes Myra, Judi and Mandy. In a fleeting fashion show, Judi showed six outfits which along with others for Strange’s videos helped shape the New Romantics silhouette. Photographed © by Caroline Greville-Morrishttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/metro80futureimps.jpgMetro80,FutureImpShttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ppal81-cgm886.jpgPPal81-CGM886Frills, tassels and hats: Arrivals at the New Romantics ball, 1981. Photographed © by Caroline Greville-Morris2020-02-28T16:52:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/01/31/%e2%9e%a4-george-michael-celebrates-his-golden-years-of-faith/2011-02-26T01:33:23+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/02/12/%e2%9e%a4-guardian-makes-shapersofthe80s-an-internet-pick-of-the-week-2/2011-02-15T05:37:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/02/13/1944-%e2%9e%a4-%e2%80%9cgo-to-work-slim%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%94-lauren-bacall-offers-a-musical-treat-for-valentine%e2%80%99s-day/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tohaveandhavenot-poster.jpgTohaveandhavenot-poster2011-02-14T00:13:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2009/01/28/%e2%9e%a4-townshend-waxes-lyrical-on-hendrix%e2%80%99s-grace-as-the-all-time-guitar-great/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/hendrix.jpghendrixTownshend assesses Hendrix: “a very unremarkable-looking guy ... but onstage, very erotic” 2011-02-09T21:09:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/02/08/%e2%9e%a4-the-kemp-brothers-cook-up-a-mystical-morsel/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/karmamagnetguru.jpgKarmaMagnetGuruFatal consultation over a nice cup of tea: celebrity chef Joel Manners (Gary Kemp) meets his guru (Raj Ghatak) in Karma Magnet2011-02-08T19:38:20+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/01/30/2011-%e2%9e%a4-reliving-the-blitz-two-pocket-fanzines-and-a-request-from-rusty-egan/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/uvox80passing.jpgUVox80,PassingMidge, Sean and Barbie: Ultravox’s video for Passing Strangers, 1980, which would later be runner-up for the Best Video award in the British Rock and Pop Awardshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tiktok-timdry300.jpgTikTok-TimDry300Robo-mimes Tik & Tok: Sean Crawford and Tim Dry https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ss11rtb3324-dj.jpgSS11,RTB3324-djSteve Strange: reliving his former glory on the door for the Return to the Blitz party, Jan 15. Captured from video by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/shock80angelface12ins.jpgShock80,AngelFace12inSShock’s 1980 12-incher, Angel Face b/w R.E.R.B. — rare vinyl costing £58.21 from Black Rhythm Records in the Netherlandshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/rondo82klacto.jpgRondo82,Klacto2011-08-20T08:36:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/01/23/%e2%9e%a4-ferry-backed-by-three-bass-players-roxy-back-on-the-road-%e2%80%94-how-cool-is-that/2011-02-08T00:55:29+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/02/07/%e2%9e%a4-emi-chief-confirms-record-company-sale-highly-likely/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tempah-selectspecs.jpgtempah-selectspecsTinie Tempah, south London star on the troubled EMI label: the 22-year-old rapper keeps his cool in RayBan Wayfarers2011-02-07T17:06:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/02/03/%e2%9e%a4-rivals-sniffy-about-murdoch%e2%80%99s-daily-%e2%80%94-more-an-ipad-magazine-than-a-newspaper/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/thedailyfeb2sport.jpgTheDailyFeb2sporthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/thedailymurdoch.jpgTheDailyMurdoch“Not a legacy brand”: Murdoch shows off The Daily at its launch https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/thedailyjemima.jpgTheDailyJemimaJemima Kiss on The Daily: “First impressions are that this looks quite Microsoft to me which is probably not exactly what Apple were hoping for — the navigation is like a not-quite-so-good version of Cover Flow, which is how you navigate albums in the iTunes store”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/thedaily11feb3-front.jpgTheDaily11,Feb3-front2011-02-04T03:10:24+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/01/25/%e2%9e%a4-index-of-posts-for-december-2010/2011-02-02T22:05:36+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/01/28/%e2%9e%a4-%e2%80%9ctoo-posh-for-pop%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%94-grandpa-waterman-condemns-two-decades-of-musicmakers/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/waterman2007-crowley.jpgWaterman2007-CrowleyPete Waterman: “pop has become snobbish”. Photograph © by Andrew Crowleyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/welchallen-rexhogan.jpgWelch,Allen-Rex,HoganPosh pop totty: Florence Welch and Lily Allen. Photos by Dave Hogan/Getty, and Icon/Rex 2011-02-01T18:17:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/07/15/for-one-year-only-75m-deal-reunites-take-that-dormice-with-mega-millionaire-robbie-williams/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/hitman90.jpghitman90The Hit Man and Her: Michaela Strachan and Pete Waterman presented the Saturday night dance show on British TV 1988-1992. Picture © Granada TV https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tt92party1.jpgTT92partyFirst album: 1992, phew2011-01-29T04:05:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/01/24/1981-%e2%9e%a4-why-naked-heroes-from-antiquity-stood-in-for-spandau-on-their-first-record-sleeves/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/sb81musclebound.jpgSB81,MuscleboundMore Flaxmanesque heroes: Spandau Ballet sleeve imagery for Muscleboundhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/sb81glow-flaxman.jpgSB81,Glow-FlaxmanSleeve for Spandau Ballet’s Glow: Another hero, by Smith after Flaxmanhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/sb81freezevidjk.jpgSB81,FreezevidJKhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/sb80-sttropsenequier-aponte88.jpgSB80-StTropSenequier-Aponte88Graphic designer Graham Smith (right): The Spandau Ballet entourage in St Tropez in 1980 also includes writer Robert Elms (left) and stage/fashion designer Simon Withers (centre in white). Photograph © by Jean Apontehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/sb80livery.gifSB80,liveryGraham Smith’s minimalist livery for Spandau Ballet’s white record sleeves: To Cut..., The Freeze, Journeys to Glory2011-01-26T18:52:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/01/19/%e2%9e%a4-george-makes-saintly-gesture-over-stolen-icon/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/geo11iconexchange-ap.jpgGeo11,iconexchange-APTwo-way exchange: Bishop Porfyrios reclaims his church’s 300-year-old icon of Christ in London yesterday, while as a thankyou, Boy George receives a modern version of Christ Pantokrator (right) from composer John Themis. Photo © APhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/geo08dutchint-livingtv.jpgGeo08,Dutchint-LivingTVFrame from the 2008 Dutch TV interview: The Icon of Christ can be seen beside the mirror (at right) in the dressing room at George’s home. © Living TV2011-01-21T13:41:28+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/01/17/2011-%e2%9e%a4-life-tough-at-the-blitz-reunion-rusty-delivers-a-message-to-today%e2%80%99s-20-year-olds/2011-01-20T15:35:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/12/21/2010-%e2%9e%a4-duran-no-turkey-here%e2%80%99s-the-bacofoil-video-plus-two-tracks-premiered-at-east-village-radio/2011-01-19T11:28:36+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/01/03/%e2%9e%a4-prescott-says-postlethwaite%e2%80%99s-brassed-off-speech-inspired-new-labour-in-1997/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/postlear09-tristram-kenton.jpgPostLear09-Tristram Kenton2011-01-19T01:13:09+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/01/04/2011-%e2%9e%a4-farewell-mick-karn-master-of-the-bass-and-harbinger-for-the-new-romantics/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/karn82nov17-cdbrown.jpgKarn82nov17-cdbrownKarn onstage at Hammersmith Odeon, November 17, 1982: Japan’s final UK tour. Photographed for Sounds © by Chris Dorley-Brownhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/karn-jansen1114.jpgKarn-Jansen1114Karn outside the Commonwealth Institute, Kensington (undated), photographed by © www.SteveJansen.com — Proceeds from the sale of Jansen’s photos have gone to help Mick in recent monthshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/japan78.jpgJapan78Japan in the late 70s: Rob Dean, Mick Karn, Richard Barbieri, Steve Jansen, David Sylvianhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/jap78adsexsleeve.jpgJap78,AdSExsleeveAdolescent Sex, the 1978 album 2024-02-15T23:43:11+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/01/08/2011-%e2%9e%a4-strange-and-egan-return-to-the-blitz-to-kick-off-the-20-tweens/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/retbz11ssre-bbc.jpgRetBz11,ss,re-bbcMotormouths back in action: Strange and Egan interviewed on BBC London news last night in the club where they once reigned. Such were members’ powers of self-promotion at the Blitz, Egan said, that it was the 80s equivalent of Facebook Live!https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/resscomb7911-dr.jpgRE,SScomb79,11-drThen and now: Egan and Strange photographed in 1979 at the Blitz by Derek Ridgers, and yesterday, Jan 7, 2011https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/bk80gkjl-dr.jpgBK80,g,k,j,l-drStars of the Blitz in 1980: George O’Dowd, Kim Bowen, Julia Fodor, Lee Sheldrick. Photographed © by Derek Ridgershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/tbclogo300.jpgTBClogo300https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/quillaconstance.jpgQuillaConstanceQuilla Constance photographed by Simon Richardson2011-01-17T05:44:22+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/11/11/%e2%9e%a4-hear-a-clip-from-duran-duran%e2%80%99s-new-album-%e2%80%94-lucky-no-13/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/dd08masssl-grab.jpgDD08,Mass,SL-grab“Humpty” Le Bon during the 2008 Massacre2011-01-16T04:08:22+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/12/31/2010-%e2%9e%a4-index-of-posts-for-december/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dd80ms.jpgDD80,MSThe early Duran Duran: discovered by invitation in 19802011-01-15T05:13:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/01/13/%e2%9e%a4-va-va-vooom-goes-the-world%e2%80%99s-smallest-portable-record-player/2011-01-13T03:04:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/01/11/%e2%9e%a4-f-a-b-thunderbirds-stamps-are-go/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/stingrayevil.jpgstingrayevilStingray’s evil Masterspy: looks like Rains, talks like Lorrehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/thunderstampbrains.jpgThunderstamp,Brainshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/thunderstampanderson.jpgThunderstamp,AndersonHalf a century of Supermarionation: Gerry Anderson, Captain Scarlet and Thunderbird 2 2011-01-11T15:16:47+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/01/09/%e2%9e%a4-julia-and-gaz-share-their-secrets-for-ageing-disgracefully/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/julia11-stchrisfloyd40.jpgJulia11-STchrisfloyd40Princess Julia: naive, indefatigable spirit. Photographed © by Chris Floyd https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/gazm11-stchrisfloyd.jpgGazM11-STchrisfloydGaz Mayall: no more splits on the dancefloor. Photographed © by Chris Floyd2011-02-01T14:45:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/02/11/2010-%e2%9e%a4-feast-of-remixes-on-new-%e2%80%98very-best%e2%80%99-of-visage-album/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/vis79ressmu.jpgvis78,re,ss,muSupercool in ’78: Egan, Strange and Ure establish Visagehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/vis80srockgrab.jpgVis80SRockgrabVisage 1980 outside the Blitz: Rusty Egan, John McGeoch, Barry Adamson, Dave Formula, Billy Currie, Steve Strange, Midge Ure. Picture © by Sheila Rockhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/visage_header.gifvisage_header2011-01-09T13:27:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/04/17/1978-%e2%9e%a4-midge-stakes-his-claim-as-the-weathervane-of-synth-pop-who-helped-shape-the-british-new-wave/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/vis80ftogrey.jpgVis80,FtoGreyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/vis78-ressmu.jpgvis78-re,ss,muVisage Mk 1: Egan, Strange and Ure in 1978 searching for sounds and styleshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/uvox81wcmnubccc-getty.jpgUVox81,wc,mnu,bc,cc-gettyThe day job: in 1979 Midge Ure (moustachioed) resurrected the name of Ultravox along with Billy Currie, Chris Cross and Warren Cann. © Getty2011-01-09T05:11:24+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/01/10/1978-%e2%9e%a4-to-the-edge-and-back-with-the-lovely-julia/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/px80febjfint-mb.jpgPX80feb,JF,int-mbPX moves into Endell Street in Feb 1980: New Romantic satin gowns, Fauntleroy collars – and Julia. Photographed © by Martin Bradinghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/px80febjuliaext-mb.jpgPX80feb,Juliaext-mbNouvelle vague, Feb 1980: Julia outside PX, designer Helen Robinson’s home of New Romantic fashion. Photographed © by Martin Brading2013-05-19T20:16:44+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2011/01/03/%e2%9e%a4-discover-ubu-while-christopher-walken-takes-flight-to-fatboy-slim/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/walken01weapon.jpgWalken01,WeaponWeapon of Choice: director Spike Jonze, music Fatboy Slim, image © Panopticon2011-01-02T23:28:48+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/12/10/%e2%9e%a4-whatta-they-like-essex-reality-stars-shake-their-vajazzles-in-the-face-of-hollywood/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/essexmasjl-newmag.jpgEssexmas,J,L-newmagEssexmas special: Jessica Wright and Lydia Bright in the nativity scene © New! magazinehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/essexlola.jpgEssex,LolaLola, the Essex girl group: Lauren, Jess, Amba & Linzi being groomed for pop success2010-12-28T04:48:49+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/12/24/a-jolly-festive-tree-by-andrew-logan/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/logan92mytree.jpgLogan92,MyTreeMy Tree “The Coffee Pot” Glasshouse © by Andrew Logan Dec 25, 19922010-12-25T15:06:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/12/01/%e2%9e%a4-this-5m-iphone-has-to-be-a-spoof-yes-that%e2%80%99s-7-8m-or-e6m-or-52m-chinese-yuan-or-245m-russian-rubles/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/iphone4diamondrose.jpgiPhone4DiamondRose iPhone 4 Diamond Rose, with 500-plus diamonds2010-12-18T04:39:21+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/12/08/1980-%e2%9e%a4-the-lennon-we-knew-unfulfilled-talent-with-a-genius-for-making-friends-the-world-over/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/auntmimi.jpgAuntMimihttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/rc81jlbiog.jpgRC81,JLbioghttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/beatles65help.jpgbeatles65Helphttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/beatles64hdnfr.jpgbeatles64,HDN,frBeatlemania: the band on the run from fans and police in Dick Lester’s 1964 film A Hard Day’s Nighthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/macdrevolutionhead-jp.jpgMacD,RevolutionHead.jphttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/jl80yoko-signed-tannen.jpgJL80,Yoko-signed TannenThe last pictures: Allan Tannenbaum photographed John Lennon and Yoko Ono throughout November 1980, the month before the murder. The couple were emerging from a self-imposed five-year seclusion to prepare for the release of Double Fantasy, Lennon’s final albumhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/jl80timenwk.jpgJL80,Time,Nwkhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/jl80dmrpple.jpgJL80,DMr,Pplehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/beatles65lhrtoaustriamar13.jpgBeatles65,LHRtoAustriaMar13Typical Beatlemania: the band fly out from Heathrow bound for Austria and public vantage points are abrim with fans. Picture from Gettyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/beatleslife6784.jpgBeatles,Life67,842010-12-17T12:53:04+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/04/29/%e2%9e%a4-kemp-%e2%80%98sets-a-new-standard-for-rock-memoirs%e2%80%99/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/gk10pbackbig.jpgGK10,pback,big2010-12-11T16:28:16+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/11/22/%e2%9e%a4-if-paradise-point-aren%e2%80%99t-the-pop-tip-for-2011-you-decide-who-is/2010-12-07T18:29:25+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/12/06/1980-%e2%9e%a4-the-week-the-swinging-80s-clicked-into-gear/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dec80eddykate.jpgDec80,Eddy,Katehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dec80adamdb.jpgDec80,Adam,DB2010-12-07T15:50:33+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/11/26/%e2%9e%a4-rottweiler-dawkins-croons-his-way-into-our-hearts-and-minds/2010-11-26T17:40:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/11/17/%e2%9e%a4-how-roman-kemp-helped-his-dad-martin-to-pick-up-the-bass-again/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pp10fireworkcam.jpgPP10Firework,Camhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/wham85pepsi-shirlie.jpgWham85,Pepsi & ShirlieMusical family: Roman Kemp’s mum Shirlie (right) in her glory days beside Pepsi with Wham!https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mk07romansleuth-dhogan.jpgMK07,Roman,sleuth-DHoganOn the town: Roman and Martin Kemp a couple of years back. Photograph © Dave Hogan2010-11-20T14:31:33+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/11/14/1918-%e2%9e%a4-war-the-20th-century-way-to-build-a-new-world/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/rousseau09apoll.jpgRousseau09ApollMuse Inspiring the Poet (1909): Henri Rousseau’s painting of French poet Guillaume Apollinaire and Marie Laurencin (Art Museum of Basle)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/shap81hughes.jpgShap81,HughesRobert Hughes (1981): detail from portrait of the critic by Sylvia Shap (Smithsonian Institute)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/nash18newworld.jpgNash18,newworldWe Are Making a New World, 1918: war artist Paul Nash’s ironic vision of the Western Front (Imperial War Museum, London)2010-11-18T11:22:32+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/06/26/2010-%e2%9e%a4-spandau-ballet-turn-east-for-their-final-furlong/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/sb19nmktaud-dj.jpgSB19,Nmkt,aud-djSmart girls enjoying a last glimpse of the Ballet boys at Newmarkethttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/sb10nmktlong-dj.jpgSB10NMkt,long-djSpandau onstage last night at Newmarket’s July racecourse. Photographs © by Shapersofthe80s2010-11-16T00:02:26+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/11/10/%e2%9e%a4-status-update-queenliz2-goes-live-on-facebook-though-her-maj-will-not-be-abused/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/hmq10beharry.jpgHMQ10,BeharryHere We are today: meeting Lance Corporal Johnson Beharry, holder of the Victoria Cross (VC), Britain’s highest award for gallantry https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/tbm10coxmichelle.jpgTBM10,Cox,MichelleStars of TBM at Facebook: Brian Cox, TV meteor and professor of particle physics at the University of Manchester, displays his OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) following an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in October when the Queen honoured him for services to science. A Facebook comment asked: “What about his achievements as keyboard player for D:Ream?” The actress Vicki Michelle, best known for her role as the saucy French waitress Yvette in the BBC comedy series ’Allo, ’Allo (1982-92), won the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for charitable services. Her catchphrase when being clinched in the kitchen was: “Ooooooh, René.” © Press Associationhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/hmqatpc110.jpgHMQatPC110Fully connected: No of course it’s not Her Maj, just one of her impersonators. Photograph © by Mark Bourdillon2010-11-14T15:17:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/11/12/%e2%9e%a4-the-princess-known-as-julia-becomes-an-art-object-for-sale/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/prammabag.jpgPrammabagAn exclusive edition of canvas bags with leather details, £120, by Stefania Pramma
 is available through Studio Voltaire online https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/voltjuliapramma.jpgVolt,Julia,PrammaOne of Ben Ashton’s unique Princess Julia hand-painted plates on sale at the House of Voltaire pop-up shop, while an exclusive edition of canvas bags with leather details, £120, by Stefania Pramma
 is available through Studio Voltaire online https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/voltbag.jpgVolt,bagAn exclusive edition of canvas bags with leather details, £120, by Stefania Pramma
 is available through Studio Voltaire online https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ashton-julia.jpgAshton-JuliaOne of Ben Ashton’s unique Princess Julia hand-painted plates on sale at the House of Voltaire pop-up shop. Image courtesy of Simon Oldfield Galleryhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/volt-juliapramma.jpgVolt-Julia,PrammaOne of Ben Ashton’s unique Princess Julia hand-painted plates on sale at the House of Voltaire pop-up shop, while an exclusive edition of canvas bags with leather details, £120, by Stefania Pramma
 is available through Studio Voltaire online https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/voltcroxclunie.jpgVolt,Crox,ClunieAt the pop-up House of Voltaire: unique works donated by painters such as Joel Croxson, left, and silkscreened 100% cotton T-shirts by Clunie Reid2010-11-13T14:21:12+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/04/30/2010-%e2%9e%a4-index-of-posts-for-march-april/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/indxmar10mclgeo.jpgIndxMar10,McL,GeoMcLaren departs this world ... O’Dowd demands a place in the spotlight2010-11-11T18:31:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/11/08/2011-%e2%9e%a4-pulp-the-britpop-comeback-everyone%e2%80%99s-been-waiting-for-hooray/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pulp80.jpgPulp802010-11-08T15:18:43+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/11/02/%e2%9e%a4-was-this-band-with-no-past-truly-wafted-here-from-paradise/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/faceclub2010.gifFaceclub2010https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pp10racj.jpgPP10,RACJParadise Point: Roman, Adam, Cameron and Johnniehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/kempfacescombo.jpgKempfaces,comboStrange, I’ve seen that face before ... the one on the right’s called Roman, and he somehow reminds me of her2010-11-07T14:50:55+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/11/03/%e2%9e%a4-why-lady-gaga-%e2%80%9cgets-it%e2%80%9d-pixie-lott-doesn%e2%80%99t-and-the-jury-is-out-on-rihanna/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pixielott10.jpgPixieLott10Uh Oh, doesn’t get it: Pixie Lott, chart-topping pop princesshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/gaga2010britwinner.jpgGaga2010,BritwinnerGets it: Lady Gaga, winner at the 2010 Brit Awards2010-11-06T00:34:18+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/10/31/2010-%e2%9e%a4-index-of-posts-for-october/2010-11-03T18:08:12+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/10/26/%e2%9e%a4-cool-21st-century-branding-for-channel-4-but-when-will-it-junk-those-clunky-bladerunner-idents/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/c4ident2010.jpgC4ident20102010-11-02T16:16:25+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/10/25/%e2%9e%a4-a-step-up-in-the-world-for-graffitist-eine-thanks-to-potus-and-lady-friends-who-shop-in-high-places/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/hindmarchloottote.jpgHindmarch,LootToteHindmarch Loot tote bag in canvas, decorated by Eine, aka Ben Flynn, £145. It is claimed that “Eine is doing for letters of the alphabet what Banksy did for rats and smiley policemen”https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/einealphabet-street.jpgEine,alphabet-streetAlphabet City, Middlesex Street, just up from Petticoat Lane, London’s famed Sunday market: artist Eine spent months persuading shop owners to allow him to spraypaint their shutters. Photograph by Steve Cottonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/eine21st_century_city.jpgEine,21st_Century_City21st Century City by Eine: spray paint and black gloss on canvas, 39x27 inches. © Eine Signs, London2010-11-02T02:03:11+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/10/28/%e2%9e%a4-final-spin-confirmed-for-the-technics-1200-the-dj%e2%80%99s-top-turntable/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/technicssl-1210arm.jpgTechnics,sl-1210,armTone-arm of the SL-1200 series: high-precision bearingshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/technicssl-1200mk6.jpgTechnics,SL-1200MK6Last of its analogue line: the Technics SL-1200MK6 boasts robust hand-built construction, servo quartz direct drive, high torque and acoustic insulation, plus the universal S-shaped tone-arm for better tracking of the vinyl groove. Since its release in 1978, the MK2 has become the turntable of choice for DJing and scratching2010-11-01T18:18:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/10/28/%e2%9e%a4-classics-of-80s-graffiti-revived-by-campaigning-collective-in-new-york/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/graffitijoan-nyt.jpggraffiti,Joan-nytWith Joan of Arc at a warehouse along a Brooklyn canal, the graffiti collective Slavery is paying homage to a 1980 work that read “Hand of Doom”. © Robert Wright for The New York Times2010-11-01T16:32:50+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/10/22/%e2%9e%a4-miss-parkin-regrets-that-she-said-no-to-cary-and-cant-wait-to-meet-orson-lee-and-walter/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/molly61-timbers.jpgMolly61-TimbersIn her heyday: Molly aged 29 at her first art exhibition. Photographed © by John Timbershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/mollywoodcover.jpgMollywood,coverhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/mollyp10-barringtondlr.jpgMollyP10-BarringtonDLRMolly Parkin at her book launch with Barrington De La Roche. Photograph by Inesa and Barrington De La Roche © Dark Theatre2010-10-30T17:03:17+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/09/20/%e2%9e%a4-anna-declares-mcqueen-a-pioneer-of-dreams-and-drama/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/bjork10mcqueen.jpgBjork10,McQueenBjork performing Gloomy Sundayhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/mcqueen.jpgmcqueenAlexander McQueen: enfant terrible of the runway https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/mcqservice10awha-es.jpgMcQservice10,aw,ha-esDoyennes attending St Paul’s Cathedral for the McQueen ceremony: Vogue editor Anna Wintour and Telegraph Media Group fashion director Hilary Alexander. Photographs © Glenn Copus/PA/Getty2010-10-30T02:59:51+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/09/27/%e2%9e%a4-egan-on-bowie%e2%80%99s-legacy-%e2%80%98it%e2%80%99s-not-rocket-science-and-it-is-music%e2%80%99/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/regan80atblitz.jpgREgan80,atBlitzRusty Egan at the Blitz, 1980: rare pic of him spinning the discshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/db76manwhofell.jpgDB76,ManwhoFellBowie as The Man Who Fell to Earth, a 1976 film by Nicolas Roeg, based on the Walter Tevis novel about a humanoid alien who crash-lands on Earth. © Rex 2010-10-30T02:50:22+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/10/27/%e2%9e%a4-a-second-squadron-of-high-octane-british-artists-zaps-the-saatchi-space/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ban2perfectapparition.jpgBAN2,Perfect,Apparitionhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ban2rudolfportrait19.jpgBAN2,Rudolf,Portrait19https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ban2leccafollowers.jpgBAN2,Lecca,Followershttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ban2johnsonsister.jpgBAN2,Johnson,Sisterhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ban2hulusiexstacyalmondblossom3.jpgBAN2,Hulusi,ExstacyAlmondBlossom3https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ban2hudsonallmyexes.jpgBAN2,Hudson,AllMyExeshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ban2hardycell.jpgBAN2,Hardy,Cellhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ban2hamiltonpiano.jpgBAN2,Hamilton,PianoLessonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ban2farmerswarm.jpgBAN2,Farmer,Swarm(detail)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ban2evansblack.jpgBAN2,EvansBlack2010-10-29T08:52:44+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/06/30/2010-%e2%9e%a4-index-of-posts-for-june/2010-10-26T23:05:27+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/06/30/%e2%9e%a4-uk-web-stats-that-show-why-you-find-shopping-online-such-a-chore-in-your-lunch-hour/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ukom-usage-time.pngUKOM-Usage-Time2010-10-26T23:01:17+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/10/26/%e2%9e%a4-facebook-may-well-have-become-a-mother-but-one-frontman-needs-to-doublecheck-his-maths/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ukweb-audience2010.jpgUKweb-audience2010Source: UKOM/Nielsenhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/facebooklogo.jpgfacebooklogo2010-10-26T21:48:13+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/10/14/2011-%e2%9e%a4-sade-comes-home-to-tour-uk-but-even-a-cheap-seat-will-cost-you-158/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sade10rear.jpgSade10,rear2010-10-23T01:34:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/09/30/2010-%e2%9e%a4-index-of-posts-for-sept/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/miners84orgcharge-jsdr.jpgMiners84,OrgCharge-JS,DRRevisiting June 1984: Striking miners start to run as the police line opens to let mounted officers charge the mass picket at Orgreave Coking Plant, South Yorkshire. Photographed © by John Sturrock/Report Digitalhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/orgreave84miners.jpgOrgreave84,minersRevisiting June 1984: Striking miners taunt riot police at Orgreave Coking Plant, South Yorkshire. Picture: PA https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/frampton08-e1565045655223.jpgFrampton,08Peter Frampton today: Bowie’s best friend at school2010-10-21T15:29:30+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/09/20/the-1980s-%e2%9e%a4-a-new-history-of-that-most-turbulent-of-decades/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/miners84orgreave-jhdr.jpgMiners84,Orgreave-JH,DRMounted police attack striking miners picketing the Orgreave Coking Plant, South Yorkshire. Photographed © by John Harris/Report Digital. The 1984-85 miners’ strike became a bitter industrial dispute and symbolic class struggle that saw picketing miners pitched against police officers, and colleagues — so-called scabs — who chose to return to work. The National Union of Mineworkers was protesting at the government’s plans for pit closures but the year-long strike proved a terrible defeat for the miners and for the coal industry. In 1984 there had been 170 coal mines open in the UK. By 2004 fewer than a dozen mines remained. The British trade union movement has never recovered.https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/miners84llanwern.jpgMiners84,LlanwernPolice and pickets fight at Llanwern in south Wales, July 1984: The 1984-85 miners’ strike became a bitter industrial dispute and symbolic class struggle that saw picketing miners pitched against police officers, and colleagues — so-called scabs — who chose to return to work. The National Union of Mineworkers was protesting at the government’s plans for pit closures but proved a terrible defeat for the miners and for the coal industry. In 1984 there had been 170 coal mines open in the UK. By 2004 fewer than a dozen mines were still open. The British trade union movement has never recovered.https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/thatchergreen-spit.jpgThatcher,green-SpitSpitting Image's suited version of prime minister Margaret Thatcher2010-10-13T02:07:47+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/08/31/2010-%e2%9e%a4-index-of-posts-for-july-aug/2010-10-05T01:34:39+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/10/04/1976-%e2%9e%a4-when-iain-met-stephen-london-traffic-stopped-and-st-martin%e2%80%99s-stood-still/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/joneswebb7677.jpgJones,Webb76,77Side-knotted scarf versus thin school tie: despite their differences in 1976, Jones and Webb became firm friends at St Martin’s2010-10-04T19:19:24+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/09/30/%e2%9e%a4-in-the-face-of-cowell-x-culture-polhemus-discovers-the-style-supermarket-afresh/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/sturridge10ptheola-ps.jpgSturridge10,P,theola-psA lifetime later: Paul Sturridge with daughter Theola beneath the photo of him in his “hard times” guise. Photograph © by Paul Sturridgehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/okonkwo10theola-ps.jpgOkonkwo10,Theola-psAt the book launch: cover stars, the Okonkwo twins with Theola Sturridge. Photograph © by Paul Sturridgehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/rockabillies84-tp.jpgDirtbox Rockabillies, Kings Road, London 1980sThe no-socks “hard times” style promulgated by the itinerant Dirtbox club-nights: The ever-photogenic Paul Sturridge caught in 1984 with Dale and Susan Cammack plus his Volvo Amazon outside the Chelsea Potter. From the Street Style exhibition at the V&A, photographed © by Ted Polhemushttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/polhemushippie.jpgPolhemus,hippiePolhemus as 70s hippie — inspiration for Starsky and Hutch, or his idea of irony?https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/polhemus10book.jpgPolhemus10,bookStreet cred: Janette Beckman’s cover shot of the rude-boy twins, Chuka & Dubem Okonkwo, shot for The Face in London 1980. Right, two 50s fans at the Viva Las Vegas Festival, USA 2006. Photograph © Tim Scott/PYMCA2010-10-02T13:44:46+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/09/28/six-things-some-people-might-not-know-about-bowie/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/rave68frampton.jpgrave68,framptonBowie’s best friend: Herd guitarist Peter Frampton, hailed by Rave as the Face of ’68https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/nme10sep29.jpegNME10,Sep29https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/bowiebites-rex.jpgBowiebites-RexZiggy shocker: Bowie goes down on Mick Ronson's guitar in 1972https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/bowie73-pa.jpgBowie73-PABowie in 1973: record-company presentation for his bumper chart success2010-10-02T13:34:03+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/09/30/1925-2010-%e2%9e%a4-tony-curtis-%e2%80%94-for-ever-hot/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/curtis59hot.jpgCurtis59,hotGlorious pastiche: Curtis in his other role as a Cary Grant lookalike in Some Like It Hothttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/monroetcjlhot.jpgMonroe,TC,JL,hotBilly Wilder’s Some Like It Hot, 1959: Marilyn Monroe as Sugar, Tony Curtis as Josephine and Jack Lemmon as Daphne 2010-09-30T16:34:28+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/09/21/%e2%9e%a4-slashed-wallinger%e2%80%99s-knife-demonstrates-a-25-cut-on-a-turner-masterpiece/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/temerairecuts.jpgtemerairecutsReckless by Mark Wallinger. Thanks to Jed Butterfield and Bob Pain at Omni Colour www.omnicolour.com and Nicholas Penny at the National Gallery2010-09-21T15:16:22+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/09/13/2010-%e2%9e%a4-robinson-takes-the-cowell-shilling-%e2%80%94-so-whose-bum-is-on-the-throne-at-popjustice/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/mazpeterr.jpgMaz,PeterR"Senior editor" of X magazine: no, not the Peter Robinson who dresses as Marilyn, the other Peter Robinsonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/factorkellycomb.jpgFactor,KellycombFrom the makers of The X Factor: a new magazine, edited by the man who toyed with Kelly Clarkson like a cat with a mouse2010-09-17T19:22:29+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/09/12/2010-%e2%9e%a4-egghead-versus-bimbo-paglia-demolishes-gaga/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/paglia.jpgpagliaPaglia the hurricanehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/gaga09.jpggaga09Lady Gaga in performance: does she mark the end of the sexual revolution?https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/gaga0509combo.jpgGaga05,09comboStefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta: as herself on MTV's Boiling Points in 2005, and as Lady Gaga last year, but without make-up 2010-09-14T19:37:24+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/08/12/%e2%9e%a4-a-big-wink-to-i-d-on-its-30th-birthday/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/nk8510comb.jpgNK85,10combNick Knight, separated by 25 years: captured by yours truly during his first shoot for i-D, titled People of the 80s, on the magazine’s fifth anniversary ... right, this year’s self-portrait as one of the world’s leading fashion photographers, taken for 30th anniversary issue which he also art directs. Photographs © Shapersofthe80s and Nick Knighthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/idcollage.jpgidcollageLaunched September 1980: who'd have guessed that 72 covers later the magazine would have arrived almost at the end of the decade?2010-09-10T22:50:05+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/09/07/2010-%e2%9e%a4-the-xx-steal-away-with-the-mercury-music-prize-a-quiet-storm-for-uncertain-times/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/xxbox.jpgxx,boxThe ubiquitous X is on all merchandising, here a lightbox for £150https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/xxislandsvid.jpgxxIslandsvidArch and absorbing: The xx's video for Islands. Image © Young Turks Recordshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/xx10mercprize.jpgxx10,MercPrizeTongue-tied winners The xx tonight: Jamie Smith, Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim © BBC2010-09-08T16:12:26+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/03/08/%e2%9e%a4-albums-that-defined-the-new-80s-funk/2010-08-22T03:28:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/07/02/2010-%e2%9e%a4-vince-clarke-on-how-to-make-the-perfect-pop-song/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/vince10-mbtv.jpgVince10-MBtv“Something from nothing”: Clarke’s term for the alchemy that makes music. Picture © Motherboard.tv2010-09-03T16:24:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/06/22/1984-%e2%9e%a4-2010-rip-big-frank-and-little-frank-you%e2%80%99ll-be-missed-you-know-you-will-you-really-will/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/chrissievey.jpgChrisSieveyChris Sievey, aka Frankhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/franktribcombo.jpgFrank,tribcomboOfficial unofficial World Cup song launch: Frank at The Salutation pub in Manchester last month. Right, Nick Hilditch’s concept for a statue in Albert Square, pointing to Timperleyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/frankalbums.jpgFrank,albumsFind the complete Sidebottom discography at Frank’s interweb site https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/franksheader.jpgFranksheaderhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/frankvickycurrie.jpgFrank,Vicky,CurrieSidebottom the broadcaster: Frank meets Vicky at Cheshire FM . . . and interviews MP Edwina Currie for Granada TV2010-07-09T12:18:37+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/06/25/2010-%e2%9e%a4-is-it-goodbye-or-merely-au-revoir-spandau%e2%80%99s-questions-questions-give-us-no-answers/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/sbc80hvn-dj1.jpgSBC80,Hvn-djLondon’s Heaven club, Dec 29, 1980: the tenth of Spandau Ballet’s selected dates, as they were known in those days to avoid the rockist words “gig” and “tour”. Note Gary Kemp, far left, on synth. Photograph © by Shapersofthe80s2010-06-25T13:32:24+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/06/14/1980-%e2%9e%a4-can-birthday-boy-george-tell-his-boudica-from-his-britannia/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/boudbritcombo.jpgBoud,BritcomboCeltic battleaxe Boudica or Roman goddess Britannia: which would you rather be?https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/geo80m-robert-gordon.jpgGeo80,M-Robert GordonAnother day, another premiere: Marilyn and George on the town as Boadicea in 1980. Picture © by Robert Gordonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/geo80jc-ar.jpgGeo80,JC-arQueen or figurehead? George-before-the-Boy at Steve Strange’s 1980 Circle Line party with Jayne Chilkes. Photographed © by Andy Rosen2010-06-21T12:34:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/06/05/2010-%e2%9e%a4-duffy-the-man-who-shot-aladdin-sane/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/duffy80bowiereject.jpgDuffy80,BowierejectBowie by Duffy, 1980: not chosen for Scary Monsters and published only once, in a blog last Septemberhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/db80scary-duffy1.jpgDB80Scary-DuffyDuffy’s shoot for Bowie’s Scary Monsters album, 1980https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/duffyvoguecombo.jpgDuffy,VoguecomboIn May 2003, Vogue magazine paid tribute to Bowie by dressing up Kate Moss in some of his original costumes. A nod to the above Duffy photo graced its cover, which Vogue’s editor Alexandra Shulman said was his favourite cover of all time (see Iconic Photos, below). Right, the photographer Duffy at his lightboxhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/db79lodger-duffy.jpgDB79,lodger-DuffyBowie’s Lodger album, 1979: “The cover for Lodger was a collaboration between David, the photographer Duffy, and myself. I loved the resolution to the problem of David being photographed falling. Shooting him from above, on a specially made table built to match the falling form. The table was designed to be completely obscured by David’s body” - artist Derek Boshierhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dbsane-duffy.jpgDB,Sane-DuffyBrian Duffy shot three album covers for Bowie, here Aladdin Sane 2010-06-09T10:20:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/06/03/2010-%e2%9e%a4-manc-agog-at-gaga%e2%80%99s-monster-ball-tour/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/gagatour10-men.jpggagatour10-MenGaga and her merry men: Has she just killed Madonna? 2010-06-03T21:29:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/06/02/2010-%e2%9e%a4-after-queen-quits-who-can-save-emi-%e2%80%93-private-equity-boss-or-creative-maverick/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/queenradiokatecombo.jpgQueen,Radio,Kate,comboMade by EMI: Freddie Mercury, Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, Kate Bushhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/handsmarotmcgeecomb.jpgHands,Marot,McGeecombPrivate equity boss Guy Hands … and the creatives Marc Marot, and Alan McGee, Svengali behind Oasis2010-06-04T10:39:27+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/05/24/2010-%e2%9e%a4-rich-kid-steve-new-aka-stella-nova-dies-at-50/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/rk78snewtotp.jpgRK78,SNew,Totphttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/rk78snewrevolver.jpgRK78,SNew,Revolverhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/richkids78lcp-currid.jpgRichKids78,LCP-Currid2010-09-30T22:46:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/01/08/2010-%e2%9e%a4-%e2%80%98missing-link%e2%80%99-kids-roar-back-to-life/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/richkids78lp.jpgrichkids78MMMarching Men: Rich Kids’ single, 1978https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/rkids77colour1.jpgRKids77,colourTell-tale signs: Rich Kids began pushing pop in new directions in 1978, first with their name and their lyrics, reinforced with colourful 60s-style clothes and moptop haircuts – just look at Rusty’s barnet https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/rkids10jan7-gks1.jpgRKids10,Jan7-gksLast bow: Rich Kids and friends at the Academy. Mobile pic © by Graham K Smithhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/rkids10jan7-dj.jpgRKids10,Jan7-djRich Kids, rich memories: Gary Kemp joins Glen Matlock, left, with Midge Ure and Steve New to the right. Rusty Egan on drums is masked by the bright lights. Ropey mobile pic © by Shapersofthe80s2010-05-24T23:38:40+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/05/17/2010-%e2%9e%a4-%e2%80%98a-triumph%e2%80%99-%e2%80%93-boy-george%e2%80%99s-verdict-before-transmission-of-his-worried-biopic-but-then/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/watb10ssgeo-bbc.jpgWatb10,SS,Geo-bbcThe fictionalised Steve Strange and George O’Dowd: Marc Warren and Douglas Booth eyeball each other outside the Blitz club in the TV biopic Worried About the Boy, 2010 © BBC2010-05-21T15:42:10+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/03/14/2010-%e2%9e%a4-barcelona-spandau-wow-lifelong-fans-in-their-other-spiritual-home/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/bcn10phil-dj.jpgBCN10,Phil-djPhil’s Royal Stewart tartanhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/sb10bcnaud1-dj.jpgSB10bcn,aud1-djhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/sb10bcngsbd8537-dj.jpgSB10bcn,g,s,b,d8537-djNormski keeps his cool backstage while meeting the BCN media: scribbler and musician German, photographer Bianca and schmoozer Dennis. Picture © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/gillray-smokingclub.jpgHU039828Gillray’s Smoking Club © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIShttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/sb10bcnthscots8534-dj.jpgSB10BCN,TH,Scots8534-djGlasgow meets London: four Scottish pals of Spandau made a kilted weekend of it in Barcelona, here posing with Tony Hadley and his mum Josie. At rear, Phil and Michael, at front Big Stu taking a nap and Stevie. Picture © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/sb10bcnjkgang8524-dj.jpgSB10BCN,JKgang8524-djThe Keeble gang: backstage at Barcelona Flea and John Keeble pose for picture with their pals. Picture © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/bcnsb10sngrab92k-dj.jpgBCNSB10sngrab92k-djSteve Norman doppelgangers in BCN: live in yer face at front of stage and caught on the video backdrop. Pictured © by Shapersofthe80shttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/sb10bcnthcatch3.jpgSB10bcnTHcatch35-6-7, Tone reveals a large and lovely Double-D garment of ladies’ apparel. On inspecting the inside, he finds a very personal message that makes him laugh out loud. (Pix grabbed from a YouTube video by LilyChains)https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/sb10bcnthcatch2.jpgSB10bcnTHcatch24, Tone continues singing as he shakes out two items from the surprise bundle ...https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/sb10bcnthcatch1.jpgSB10bcnTHcatch11-2-3, incoming missile! Spandau’s Tony Hadley sings of communication letting him down, when a superbly aimed billet doux from an unseen hand in the Barcelona audience lands on target. The vocalist doesn’t even flinch, but makes a deft one-handed catch ...2010-05-13T16:37:17+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/03/18/2010-%e2%9e%a4-a-giant-dies-charlie-gillett-the-man-who-defined-rock%e2%80%99n%e2%80%99roll-and-world-music/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/cghonky-tonk.jpgcg,honky tonkhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/worldmusicteam.jpgWorldMusicTeamReunited in 2007: the World Music creation gang. Picture by Judith Burrowshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/cglondonlive.jpgCG,LondonLiveCharlie (right) with fRoots contributor Paul Fisher guesting, in London Live’s studios 2001. Picture by Philip Ryallshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/gfbeneking.jpgGF,benekingCharlie with Ben E King in 1972. Picture by Doug McKenziehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/cgsoundcity1971ed.jpgCG,SoundCity,1971edhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/cgrlond1972.jpgCG,RLond1972Charlie Gillett at BBC Radio London: he presented the influential Honky Tonk from 1972 until 19782010-05-13T16:36:14+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/seismic-shifts/2010-a-giant-dies-charlie-gillett/2024-10-07T02:43:02+00:00weekly0.6https://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/04/24/2010-%e2%9e%a4-in-australia-spandau-make-jason-feel-like-a-kid-again-one-true-pop-fan-reviews-their-show/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/jasonb10sb.jpgJasonB10,SBApplying his New Romantic face: Jason prepares for an evening with Spandau2010-05-13T16:12:00+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2009/10/14/2009-%e2%9e%a4-onstage-spandau%e2%80%99s-hadley-and-kemp-finally-get-huggy/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sb09ldn21octtg48-ps.jpgSB09,Ldn21oct,t,g48-psMoment of trust: Hadley and Kemp shake hands after their duet at the O2 Arena in London. Picture © by Paul Simperhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sb09dubpridefluff-mira.jpgSB09Dub,Pridefluff-miraMoment of trust: In Dublin Hadley and Kemp agree to restart the duet after a couple of nervous chords. From video by 131mirafiorisporthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sb09dubbowgrab-eagle34.jpgSB09dub,bowgrab-eagle34Spandau reunited, Dublin 2009: grabbed at YouTube from fan vid by Irisheaglesfanhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sb09dubgk-brianrasic32.jpgSB09dub,GK-BrianRasic32Gary Kemp in Dublin: “can still whack out a tune”, said the Irish Times. Picture © by Brian Rasichttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sb09dubbow-mirafiori.jpgSB09dub,bow-mirafioriSpandau reunited, Dublin 2009: grabbed from fan vid by 131mirafiorisporthttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sb09dub1701live-dj84.jpgSB09dub1701,live-dj84Spandau in Dublin: “remarkable scenes of jubilation”, said The Times. Picture © by Shapersofthe80s.comhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sb09dub1515lars-dj85.jpgSB09Dub1515,Lars-dj85Sound check at Dublin’s O2: Spandau Ballet on stage together for the first time in two decades. At centre, production manager Lars Brograard. Picture © by Shapersofthe80s.comhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sb09-hellquoteid-iom40.jpgSB09-Hellquote,id-iom40Hadley’s hell quote poster by id-iom Londonhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sb09dub1713thgkdownstg-dj50k.jpgSB09Dub1713,th,gk,downstg-dj50k Dublin, October 2009: An audience of 9,000 witnessed Hadley and Kemp together again in Spandau Ballet’s comeback concert. Picture © by Shapersofthe80s.comhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sb09dub1711thgkvid-dj70k.jpgSB09Dub1711,th,gk,vid-dj70kAcoustic duet: Hadley and Kemp together again at Spandau Ballet’s comeback concert in Dublin. Picture © by Shapersofthe80s2010-05-13T15:49:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/04/09/2010-%e2%9e%a4-mclaren-%e2%80%93-svengali-of-pistols-and-punk-remembered-by-those-who-knew-him/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/sw80-nm.jpgSW80-nmSimon Withers in 1980. Photographed © by Neil Matthewshttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/vivjoec19nov08.jpgViv,JoeC,19nov08Mother and son: Vivienne Westwood and Joe Corre in 2008https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/mclgruen.jpgMcL,GruenMalcolm McLaren in 1977: Sex Pistols manager and punk’s Svengalihttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/vivmcl1971.jpgViv,McL1971Vivienne in her new spiky dyed-blonde hair and the newly graduated Malcolm in summer 1971 when he changed his name from Edwards to McLaren... They became home-makers and business partners in their first retail outlet done out as a 1950s Teddy Boy’s suburban sitting-room in Paradise Garage at 430 King’s Road, Chelsea. They named it Let It Rock and a great British subcultural saga had begun as they took over the shop, which evolved into Too Fast To Live Too Young To Die, SEX, Seditionaries, and in 1980 into Worlds End which is still there today2010-05-08T13:53:02+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/04/22/2010-%e2%9e%a4-punk-glitterati-see-mclaren-noisily-to-his-grave/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/mclfuneralmmj-rl.jpgMcLfuneral,MM,J-rlSeeing Malcolm off: At the church club deejay Mark Moore met up with McLaren’s punk protégé Jordan, the platinum-blonde who appeared in Sex Pistols shows and starred in the movie Jubilee. Today she works as a veterinary nurse. Photograph © by Richard Lawhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/mclfuneral-camdenap.jpgMcLfuneral, Camden,APBlack horses, black plumes, black-toppered pall-bearers: In Camden, a tattooed punk honours the hearse carrying McLaren while sporting a God Save the Queen souvenir from his hero’s Jubilee collection of 1977. Picture by AP 2010-04-27T11:37:34+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/04/13/2010-%e2%9e%a4-sci-fi%e2%80%99s-coolest-number-6-finds-gandalf-in-charge-and-relocated-to-93-6-2-oh/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/homermenace.jpgHomer,menacehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/pris67mcgmck.jpgPris67,Mcg,McKNo 6 v No 2: McGoohan and McKern locked in a power strugglehttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/pris67mckern.jpgPris67,McKernhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/pris67trial1.jpgPris67trialhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/pris67rover.jpgPris67,Roverhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/pris10mcg.jpgPris10,McGhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/pris10vill.jpgPris10,villhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/pris67logo.jpgPris67,logo2010-05-16T14:01:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/03/29/2010-%e2%9e%a4-uh-oh-a2a-is-back-and-we%e2%80%99re-about-to-be-quattroed-in-hd/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/a2a08bz.jpgA2A08,BzNot the Blitz, 2008: Ashes to Ashes recreates the legendary 80s venue where not one clubber can dance the dance. © BBChttps://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/a2a10hamster.jpgA2A10,hamsterHunt to Hammond: “You seriously think I would let a man who looks like a gerbil drive my car?” © BBC2010-04-05T22:44:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/02/23/2010-%e2%9e%a4-rusty-decrees-who%e2%80%99s-in-who%e2%80%99s-out-and-what%e2%80%99s-up/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/re2007.jpgRE2007Egan today: “slower and warmer”2010-02-24T00:05:08+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/01/28/2010-%e2%9e%a4-omm-goes-out-celebrating-all-our-heritages/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ambrosecampbell-d2006.jpgambrosecampbell, d2006Ambrose Campbell: bandleader who died in 2006https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/omm10csns.jpgOMM farewell partySo farewell, then, OMM: editor Caspar Llewellyn Smith with Neil Spencer, iconic ex-editor of the NME, at the wake for the “anything goes” music mag (right). Main photograph © by Shapersofthe80s https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ommjan10-finalissue.jpgOMMjan10-finalissue2010-02-21T04:46:52+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2009/05/07/1981-%e2%9e%a4-fourratt%e2%80%99s-six-golden-rules-for-the-hottest-club-of-all/https://shapersofthe80s.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ny81rpjf-dj32.jpgNY81,rp,jf-dj32Rudolf and Fourratt: promoters who breathed new life into the Studio. Picture © by Shapersofthe80s2010-01-29T07:20:23+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.com/2009/09/09/1980-%e2%9e%a4-how-the-rhythm-of-the-pop-charts-changed/2009-10-28T06:38:42+00:00monthlyhttps://shapersofthe80s.comdaily1.02026-03-08T16:58:01+00:00