The cinema was for sure the clubber’s spot during the fashionist evening.
The pictures show legendary nights such as Kash Point, Nag Nag Nag, Trash, Anti-Social, All You Can Eat, Durrr, Smash & Grab, Boombox, Circus, secretsundaze and Caligula reporting a generation of clubbers ( called the cool kids) who embraced the rapidly expanding world of digital technology and social networking and emerged as a hybrid mix ‘n’ match style tribe, both in terms of music, fashion and cultural beliefs.
The rule is to express yourself with colors, make-ups, heels, outfits and amazing jackets and accessories.
Antony Price, curator of the London College of Fashion and one of the events’ organizer and supporters says the pictures encapsulates the feelings and creativity that the London scene fostered through images taken by the fashion photographers, also clubbers and trend setters.
According to him the images is a document of the vivid, bold, daring and flamboyant characters that made the scene so unique and turned London into the world’s premier example of cutting-edge fashion, music and street-style crossover.
The Launch had a public mixed of fashion students, photographers, djs, party animals and the Shoreditch crew which normally goes to places. Many of people could see themselves or some friends at the pictures, being able to remember some of the great nights that doesn’t happen any longer. The funky , cool and sexy images represented the approach of the art to the music and fashion a part of a mix of some androgynous, vintage, geek, punk, grunge and clubbers styles which you can see on the east London’s streets and party scene.
The exhibition in its own is a picture of a generation of people molded by the strong music and fashion culture of London and its clubs. Also reflects all the freedom’s aspiration in a sexual, physiologic and sociological way experimented by the cool kids along the past 10 years of clubbing nights in a nearly obscene context.
The boldness of the images, the make-up and color remind a bit of the 90's of the film "Party Monster" once that scene portrayed at the movie still exists at the present moment of the new century at the London's clubs. But the scene now a part of the same obsession for the fashion got the digital technology on the top making the movement even faster in spreading your tendencies around the world.
Was a great opportunity to meet some of the work of the fashion photographers such as Billa Baldwin, Ellis Scott, Matthew Brindle/Thom Will (MEGAMEGAMEGA.com), Christopher James (weknowwhatyoudidlastnight.com), Rory DCS, James Unsworth, Alex Warren, Rai Royal, Wade Fletcher and Mr Hartnett/Suzy Del Campo/David Swindells (PYMCA).
After the gallery session and the drinks reception for a selection of people invited, the public could enjoy a bit of the Warboy’s set, one of the producer of the Caligula night, which happens every Fridays at the Bassing house club at Shoreditch.
On the right side the dj and producer of the Caligula night, Jimmy Warboy.
For those who couldn’t make it for the Launch the photos will be exposed at the mezzanine of the Cinema till 2nd October having a symposium afternoon on the 22th September with Ted Polhemus, David Swindells.
More details visit the Rich Mix website:
richmix.org.uk
As i was working organizing the event i could take pictures of some of the people that have been there!
Check it out some faces and styles!
The dark hair, red lipstick together with the jeans and leather is always a key for the rock'n roll style.
The piercings and tattoos is always present in the shoreditch's boys look.
The Mickey Mouse's print jumper brought something fun and irreverent to the outfit together with the colored shorts. Purple and blue goes very well.
The white t-shirt with jeans is always great.
The vintage style is still a very strong tendency with the stripe shirt and the geek frame glasses.
Some people took the idea of dressing up a little bit more serious and i loved it!
A Clean and minimalist look can be elegant too.
The punk is another style found on the streets of Shoreditch. The caps, hoods, piercings, dark colors and the black eye liner remind a bit of the Sex Pistols' time.
The casual is cool too. On the right one of the photographers, Ellis Scott.
The 3 sexy ones.
the super short dress is a sexy option for the clubbing nights and with the leather belt gets a bit more style. The long hair in this case make the look even sexier.
Colors, different prints, colors and colors again. The superimposition of prints is super in.
The freak outfit brought a bit of the Tokyo clubbing kids' style to the London's gallery.
So the art is cool and the cool is art too! I guess...
