The Secret History of Kate Bush: (And the Strange Art of Pop) (AND THE STRANGE ART ON POP)

Fred Vermorel

Biographies & Memoirs

Omnibus Press

Vivienne Westwood was born the "Queen of punk rock". Her fashions first scandalized and then fascinated the world. Today, she is rated as one of the world's most influential fashion designers. She has never lost her power to shock. From her models parading bare breasted down Paris catwalks to her notorious "look no knickers!" pose inside the gates of Buckingham Palace, her characteristically anarchic outrageousness is one of the reasons she is probably the most talked-about designer on both sides of the Atlantic. But little is known about this essentially private woman who conceals herself behind enigmatic and aloof remarks. This biography describes her childhood and early years - the Tintwhistle schoolgirl brought up in poverty by a mother who foraged in dustbins to feed her family - and traces her progress from diffident schoolteacher to situationist couturier of the Sex and Seditionaries boutiques to the formidable creative designer she is today. It relates the inside story of her stormy and bizarre relationship with Malcom McLaren - to whom she was first introduced by the author. It recounts her subsequent solo triumph as well as the casualties of her relentless drive to succeed. It also analyses the dynamics of her witty and erotic creativity and her impact on the fashion industry.

Fashion & perversity: A life of Vivienne Westwood and the sixties laid bare

London: Bloomsbury, 1996

The story of one of fashion's most shocking and outrageous personalities. It recounts Westwood's humble beginnings and involvement in the punk movement while also giving an insight into the personal relationships and creative impulses of this influential designer.

Fashion and Perversity

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

Fans relate their fantasies about pop stars. Published in the 1980s, the stars might be dated (Japan, Bowie, Adam Ant, The Police) but the sentiments are fresh and vital. Unjudgemental, touching, and of course, incredibly funny.

Starlust: The Secret Life of Fans (A Comet Book)

Arts & Photography

Judy Vermorel

Music

W.H.Allen

This is a new format version of a cult classic. This is the nearest The Sex Pistols got to telling their own story, and was first put together at the height of the punk rock explosion. The authors had unique and continuous access to all the band, to their families and friends, to manager Malcolm McLaren and all the members of McLaren's Glitterbest organisation. The story is told in these people's own words - as it happened, and includes explosive extracts from the Sex Pistols own secret diary. It contains background notes and an exclusive biography of McLaren, and has a complete discography.

The "Sex Pistols"

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