PRESENTATION OUTLINE
The Blitz Kids were a group of young people who frequented the Blitz night club in London's Covent Gardens in the 1980's. At the club, the body of creative minds created ideas that would move and change the world of art, music and fashion. They were credited with launching the "New Romantic" subcultural movement. The New Romantics had created a huge creative partnership, where fashion played off performance and music reacted to fashion. Bodymap was a favorite clothing line of the club goers. Leigh Bowery, Boy George and Scarlett Cannon(right), frequently modeled and wore Bodymap clothing.
Bodymap was Founded by David Holah and Stevie Stewart in 1982. The Blitz Kid designers used layering, clashing and combining of prints to reinterpret the human form and distort the size and proportion of the body. Stretch fabrics and unexpected holes were used to explore parts of the body. The stripes and cutaway shapes exaggerated and celebrated the bodies movement. Bodymap's designs reflected the freedom of sexuality and liberation that fashion brought to the new romantics. The urban street and the catwalk became one. What was created in the streets and clubs were now in fashion.
Piece d'Anarchive's Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear collection features black and-white graphic prints, drop-crotch leggings, oversize checked silk trousers, and androgynous style that emulates Bodymap in the 80's.
Katherine Hamnett's slogan tees were worn by the club kids of the 80's. Boy George,George Micheal and many other stylish Blitz Kids wore her trademark controversial, political shirts.
Dolce &Gabbana's D&G line, celebrates the 1980's club kids street style. Their F/W 2011 collection references Bodymap's designs in the black and white graphic colors and oversized knits. It also has the graphic text that emulates Hamnett's style.
Katharine Hamnett was one of the most well known designers of the 80's. The black block letters on bright colored slogan shirts harken back to the 1980's. The oversized sweaters, pencil skirts, and print leggings in Bodymap style, define the waist, hips, and upper legs.
