Tuesday 26 June 2012

Thursday 14 June 2012

Late Seventies Roller Disco


Vita Miezitis and Bill Bernstein's Brilliant Night Dancin'- an indespensable guide to New York nightlife in the late seventies. Aside of covering

Tuesday 12 June 2012

Haruko Wanibuchi and Kansai Yamamoto


Former Avedon Assistant Tad Wakamatsu's 1970 book 'Ipy Girl Ipy' is, as everybody knows, amazing. Also amazing is that Kansai Yamamoto did the costumes. These images are from First and Last, which is kind of a retrospective celebration of the original book, with lots of outtakes, interviews and texts. As the original Ipy Girl was a nude book, there wasn't so much in terms of clothing, so this is the first time Yamamoto's full designs have been seen. Enjoy!

Thursday 7 June 2012

Stars of the new wave no.1 - Judy Frankland

Blitz Kid Judith Frankland's graduate collection from 1980, seen here in Viz magazine. You can catch up with her current activities here: the swell life

Scenes by David Bailey / March 1969



Definitely one of his more surreal pieces of work..