Blitz kids

“Sad to hear about Steve Strange, the guy was ahead of his time. Pictured here in 1981 #RipSteve”

The New Romantics/Peacock Punk/The Blitz Kids. London clubs. From THE BOOK WITH NO NAME (1981) By Ian Birch & Pearce Marchband. (minkshmink)

“Would you let yourself in?”

Early 1980's Boy George Blitz kids

I love how creative & insightful Boy George is! He takes things & gives 'em his own personal Stamp! :)

Lauren Cochrane: The legacy of 80s fashion is not just clothes but hip style magazines too. Blitz, an arty mag dedicated to the misfits of clubland, is being remembered with a new book and events at the ICA in London

Photographer Derek Ridgers who documented the rise of the Blitz kids and the New Romantic scene in London in the late 70s and early 80s, guides us through his pictures

Then: Visage were a synthpop pop band most associated with the New Romantic Movement (Duran Duran, ABC) of the early 80s and the famed Blitz Club (the inspiration and set location for the musical, …

In 1978, Boy George, Marilyn and Steve Strange were all regulars at a tiny London club. Tim Lewis speaks to one regular ahead of an exhibition of her photographs

For something that came and went in the space of two years (and which some even claim never even happened at all), New Romantic's influence was decidedly far-reaching. It spawned some of the 80s most famous pop stars, from Boy George to Spandau Ballet, and launched some of the decade's most remembered trends; sharps suits, flamboyant makeup and power silhouettes. The original New Romantic movement though was ephemeral, difficult to define and the product of an amalgamation of influences…