Pop faces of the early 1980s
Pop faces of the early 1980s
Oh, the eye shadow, hair gel and strange trousers – the turn of the 80s was all about the New Romantics. I remember in 1981 going to something that called itself a ‘futurist’ party. Seemed to involve a lot of guys in sixteen pleat Bowie trousers – which you could buy in the NME classified …
New Romantic style leaders of 1980
NME at its most pretentious – 1981
Spandau Ballet – all about the trousers
Steve Strange of Visage and the night club Blitz started out with a punk band he formed called the Moors Murderers and a single Free Hindley
New Romantics from 1979 to 1981
The fashion for 16 pleat trousers called Bowies in around 1981