Scottish designer Pam Hogg, a key counterculture determine in Nineteen Eighties London, has died, her household introduced in an announcement on Wednesday that paid tribute to “a glorious life lived and loved.”
“Pamela’s creative spirit and body of work touched the lives of many people of all ages and she leaves a magnificent legacy that will continue to inspire, bring joy and challenge us to live beyond the confines of convention,” stated the assertion. “Pamela will continue to live in our hearts and minds.”
Hogg was a real multi-hyphenate. She studied superb artwork and printed textiles on the Glasgow School of Art earlier than incomes a grasp’s on the Royal College of Art in London, and described herself on Instagram as: “Fashion designer / musician / filmmaker / mischief maker / Doctor of letters n broken hearts.”
Her early steps in trend had been impressed by the outré de facto gown code at London’s legendary Blitz Club, the place she discovered herself in the identical orbit as BodyMap’s Stevie Stewart, Stephen Jones and Leigh Bowery.
Hogg launched her first trend assortment, Psychedelic Jungle, in 1981, channeling the New Wave scene of the time. She bought her designs on the Hyper Hyper stall in London’s Kensington Market earlier than being picked up by the likes of Harrods and Harvey Nichols, and opening her first standalone boutique off Carnaby Street in London’s Soho.
Her latex catsuits grew to become her most well-known signature, worn by everybody from Siouxsie Sioux and Debbie Harry to Kylie Minogue and Lady Gaga. But she was maybe equally well-known for her personal trademark punk-futurist look.
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