New Romantics: The Look

Photos, some colour.

After punk, pop culture wanted to dazzle again. Fashion and style were the means and the New Romantics took them to the limit.
But the New Romantic movement was more than just a reaction against the anti-glamour of punk... and the music was only part of the story.
The clubs and cabarets, the clothes, the glitter, the make-up, the hair, the fashion, the attitude and the style all made up The Look -ant The Look was everything.
"The New Romantics" explores the varied roots of the movement, using interviews with the stars and tracing a range of influence from David Bowie to the movie "Cabaret" and the Berlin of the 30s. Dave Rimmer assesses the style and impact of the bands who drove this media friendly, club-based 80s style movement that mixed music with fashion, entrepreneurialism and art.

Includes separate sections on: The Myth of Berlin - Futurism - The Influence of Drag
And the bands: Kraftwert - Depeche Mode - Soft Cell - Spandau Ballet

CONTENIDO

Introduction: a time of transition
Chapter one: Bowie night
- Roxy music
- Fashion
Chapter two: Punk to Billy's
- Loise's
- PX
Chapter three: The myth of Berlin
- Kraftwerk
- DAF
Chapter four: Triumph of the look
- Alternative Miss World
Chapter Five: Drag
- Gina X
- Quentin Crisp
- Leigh Bowery
Chapter six: Futurism
- Rusty Egan Playlist
- Visage
Chapter seven: In the provinces
- Duran Duran
- Soft Cell
- Depeche Mode
Chapter eight: The new funk
- Spandau Ballet
Epilogue: The legacy
- Sources
- Acknowledgments