’s high-seas fantasies. Both boast an imperfect glamour that resonates in a time when many are feeling shipwrecked by the pandemic. A little bit of swashbuckling bravado might be just what we need to keep up the fight.
Westwood and McClaren showed Pirates about six months before the wedding of the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer, and a few months after Adam Ant had hired Malcolm McLaren for a post-punk rebranding. In a 1981 interview the musician recalled that McLaren was then fascinated with the 1980 moviewhile Westwood’s focus was on 18th-century dandies and Indigenous Americans. All of these influences came together in a new look for Ant—and in the Pirates collection.
“I’m sick of this new Puritanism there’s been in England since ’76. I think the kids, too, are sick of being thought of as ‘We’re all in the gutter together,’ dressing only in black and gray, being the Blank Generation,” Ant told journalist Michael Watts. “I like a bit of color, a bit of flash, a bit of honor, a bit of dash.” The pop star wasn’t alone in wanting to move on from safety pins and T-shirts.
In a 1981 piece critic Richard Buckley noted the shift from punk’s “anti-fashion and antiheroes” stance to a more “pro” and lighthearted mood. “The New Order, as it is sometimes called,” he wrote, “reveres fashion and embraces a new set of heroes. Extreme styles, outrageous proportions, and makeup for men and women are all used to strike a new attitude.” And there were plenty of clubs in which to do so.
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Why am I suddenly feeling the need for a little Adam Ant?🤔
Love it!!!
Okay somehow this collection has to make it to the next adamaofficial tour!
Stand and Deliver!
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