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SUMMARY:Bonington Vitrines #27: Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to be dedicating the final Vitrines instalment of our 2024/25 season to archive material\, information and clothing that documents the dynamism of the independent fashion scene of Nottingham in the 1980s. \n\n\n\nIn the years following Beeston-born Sir Paul Smith’s ascendency from a 3x3m store on Byard Lane in 1974 – to bases in London\, Paris and Tokyo – many local fashion brands were established\, including several by graduates from ‘Trent Poly’\, who bucked the moving-to-London trend by committing themselves to the city and starting a new generation of independent labels. Homegrown brands such as G Force\, Olto\, Vaughan & Franks\, Katsu and Cocky’s Shed were a just a few… \n\n\n\nThese brands combined talent\, style discernment\, DIY attitudes and cheap rents to start labels\, open shops\, and form global influence and connection. At one point the city even gained its own style pages in the form of Déspatch\, Relay and Débris magazines\, providing content as broad ranging as fashion editorial featuring local and international designers\, montages of nights at The Garage\, and signposting visitors to the shops and studios that were physically and ideologically a long way from the High Street. \n\n\n\nThe fashion scene that developed placed equal importance on both studio and social time\, building a network of close-knit creatives who collaborated and supported one another. This community incapsulated many of the same qualities that gave rise to other significant\, and perhaps more well-known cultural communities such as the city’s music\, cinema and contemporary art scenes.  \n\n\n\nThe aim of this presentation is to celebrate and help establish a legacy for this important period within the city’s [sub]cultural history. An open call for materials will run in the lead-up and during the exhibition\, allowing anyone to submit related materials that will join the exhibition and evolving noticeboard. \n\n\n\nAccompanying the exhibition is a suite of specially commissioned essays by independent scholar Ian Trowell. Ian has also provided curatorial consultancy and research to this project\, having interviewed several of the key protagonists of that era. Ian writes on subjects including UK subcultures\, music\, fashion\, popular culture\, art and media. His book Throbbing Gristle: An Endless Discontent was published by Intellect Books in 2023. \n\n\n\nThis exhibition has been co-curated with Dr Katherine Townsend\, a researcher\, educator\, practitioner and Professor in Fashion and Textile Practice in the Fashion\, Textiles and Knitwear department in the School of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University. \n\n\n\n			\n\n				\n					\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				'Psalms' archive material\n			\n				\n				Sue Turton archive material\n			\n				\n				G Force archive material\n			\n				\n				G Force archive material\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Karl Fox / 'Olto' archive material\n			\n				\n				'Olto' archive material\n			\n				\n				'Cocky's Shed' archive material\n			\n				\n				'Cocky's Shed' archive material\n			\n				\n				Photos from The Garage nightclub\n			\n				\n				Photos from The Garage nightclub\n			\n				\n				Photos from The Garage nightclub\n			\n				\n				Déspatch magazines\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				'Public Hair' enlarged advert\n			\n				\n				'The Garage' enlarged advert\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Outfit by 'Olto'\n			\n				\n				Outfit by 'Cocky's Shed'\n			\n				\n				Outfit by 'G Force'\n			\n				\n\n			\n			\n				\n					\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				'Psalms' archive material\n			\n				\n				Sue Turton archive material\n			\n				\n				G Force archive material\n			\n				\n				G Force archive material\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Karl Fox / 'Olto' archive material\n			\n				\n				'Olto' archive material\n			\n				\n				'Cocky's Shed' archive material\n			\n				\n				'Cocky's Shed' archive material\n			\n				\n				Photos from The Garage nightclub\n			\n				\n				Photos from The Garage nightclub\n			\n				\n				Photos from The Garage nightclub\n			\n				\n				Déspatch magazines\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				'Public Hair' enlarged advert\n			\n				\n				'The Garage' enlarged advert\n			\n				\n				Installation View – Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s\n			\n				\n				Outfit by 'Olto'\n			\n				\n				Outfit by 'Cocky's Shed'\n			\n				\n				Outfit by 'G Force'\n			\n				\n\n				\n					\n				\n				\n					\n				\n			\n		\n\n\nIan Trowell’s essays \n\n\n\n\nRead online here.\n\n\n\nDownload PDF\, designed by Jess Harris here (accompanying image poster can be downloaded here.\n\n\n\n\nPress \n\n\n\n\ni-D: The Forgotten Scene That Put Nottingham on the Map by Adam Murray\n\n\n\nThe Notts Edit: How Nottingham designers made an impact on ‘80s fashion across the world by Eve Smallman\n\n\n\nLeftLion: Nottingham’s 80s fashion scene in the spotlight at Bonington Gallery by Addie Kenogbon-Harley\n\n\n\n\nOther \n\n\n\n\nRecording of Tom Godfrey & Kath Townsend discussing the exhibition as part of the NCACE Cultural Knowledge Exchange Festival. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: ‘Clockwork Orange’ collection by Olto (now One-BC). Photo by Paul Edmondson\, circa 1984.
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