WhenLondon Fashion Weekset up shop in 1984 in Kensingtons Commonwealth Institute car park, Katharine Hamnett was intrigued.
For the Saint Martins School of Art alumni, it was very much about performance.
Why do you buy clothes?
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You think they are going to make you happy, so its about making moments of happiness.
London Fashion Weeks debut marked a big year for Hamnett personally.
Her father wanted to live until 1984 to see if it would be like the George Orwell novel.
Wham! adopted Hamnett’s slogan tees as their popstar uniform.
We were complete amateurs!
adopted Hamnetts slogan tees as their popstar uniform.
Katharine wasnt going to attend why should we share a warm glass of white wine with that murderess?
Katharine Hamnett was awarded the inaugural Designer of the Year Award in 1984.
Katharine Hamnett was awarded the inaugural Designer of the Year Award in 1984.
Oh at last, a true original!
exclaimed Thatcher to Hamnett, who had mini-cabbed her way West in her ink-splattered work clothes.
Thatcher reportedly “squawked like a chicken” upon seeing Hamnett’s nuclear missile protest message.
Politics is about first-rate charm, reflects Katharine.
I almost felt sorry for her while revealing the T-shirt.
I am a scientist and I dont know what causes acid rain.
Hamnett remembers her shows always being “wild”.
Thatcher reportedly squawked like a chicken upon seeing Hamnetts nuclear missile protest message.
Headlines have suggested Hamnetts Pershing moment was the most used photograph in 84.
We have to put pressure on elected representatives, were watching them lose control of our democracy.
Hamnett remembers her shows always being wild.
London Fashion Week could still use a little more of her no-holds-barred processes and certainly that government recognition.
