Fashion Museum exhibition charts how shortlived Taboo and its founder, Leigh Bowery, inspired decade’s fashion
With ITV’s drama Joan and the bubble skirt back on the catwalks, the 80s is once again having a moment. A new exhibition at London’s Fashion Museum, Outlaws: Fashion Renegades of 80s London, takes a different look – by going deep into the creative explosion on the dancefloors of the decade.
It focuses on Taboo, a London club that lasted barely a year but was pivotal in the careers of people including singer Boy George, designers John Galliano and Katherine Hamnett, choreographer Michael Clark and performance artist Leigh Bowery, who started the club in 1985.
Continue reading… Fashion Museum exhibition charts how shortlived Taboo and its founder, Leigh Bowery, inspired decade’s fashion With ITV’s drama Joan and the bubble skirt back on the catwalks, the 80s is once again having a moment. A new exhibition at London’s Fashion Museum, Outlaws: Fashion Renegades of 80s London, takes a different look – by going deep into the creative explosion on the dancefloors of the decade.It focuses on Taboo, a London club that lasted barely a year but was pivotal in the careers of people including singer Boy George, designers John Galliano and Katherine Hamnett, choreographer Michael Clark and performance artist Leigh Bowery, who started the club in 1985. Continue reading… Fashion, Life and style, Culture, London, Exhibitions, Art and design, UK news, Leigh Bowery
