a very special night in london’s west soho - pam hogg opens a temporary store on the same street, 20 years after she opened her first, just off carnaby street, loaded with: hogg-couture, catsuits, kitten suits, bodies, skintight dresses, hot crockery - she wanted to give me some plates but i want her archive crown - and archive pieces - i spotted some rare tattoo tops
roisin murphy and much-loved pam hogg
bobby gillespie wouldn’t miss coming to support his close pal pam
peaches geldof twittering away
pam’s archive crown
greg krelenstein’s in town for the hogan party tomorrow night - he’s doing the music for the party we’re doing for horacio silva in new york on saturday
anouk lepere
pippa brooks
phoebe arnold
sylvia farago has just landed a hot role at burberry
tolulah couldn’t believe i’d seen her in the new dustin hoffman movie ‘last chance harvey’ as it’s not out yet but i saw it on plane to singapore
maureen paley was buzzing about the new banks violette exhibition that just opened at team in new york
emma elwick - beckett her new whippet arrives next week - she sent me pics - i’m not really into dogs, but he’s supercute
princess julia
serena rees and her partner former basist with the clash paul simenon
pam hogg joined her first band ‘rubbish’ at the end of the seventies regularly supporting the pogues in their infancy - mid eighties, still fuelled by the excitement and freedom of punk and the blitz, she infiltrated the elitist ranks of the conventional fashion world with her self-taught wild brand of outrageous creations, establishing a highly respected fashion career and continued success with her internationally renowned shop in the heart of london’s soho - her solo show at the kelvingrove art gallery in 1990 was the first fashion design exhibition to be held in the grand glasgow museum
landing the support act with debbie harry in 1993, she formed new band ‘doll’ in five days, and in 1994 with the band firmly established, opened for the post punk band the raincoats - between 1999 and 2001 her continued love of designing and making clothes resulted in two catwalk collections and her first fashion film “accelerator” starring anita pallenberg, bobby gillespie and patti palladin - she also clinched cameo roles from daryl hanna, david soul and primal scream towards the end of 2002, having discovered a latent talent for scriptwriting and directing
in 2003 she was approached by jarvis cocker collaborator, jason buckle to form a “cramps like band” which would become known as hoggdoll - using his swamp like rockabilly sounds as a backdrop she wrote and recorded 6 tracks in as many weeks and built up an underground following across the globe - her unexpectedly tender song ‘honeyland’ touched a nerve and eventually surfaced on the berlin based art riot band chicks on speed ‘girlmonster’ compilation in 2006 - inspired by siouxsie sioux’s japanese concept, she designed the costumes for the ice queen of punk’s 2004 world tour ‘dreamshow’
in 2006, the spanish curator xavier arakistain invited pam to exhibit in the art exhibition “switch on the power” alongside yoko ono, leigh bowery, warhol and kraftwerk - this allowed her to return to the video medium, producing and directing two promos incorporating her clothes and music - she cast a host of friends including siouxsie sioux and alison mosshart from the kills to appear alongside her in the new twin collections inspired by shiny metals and reflective surfaces - this resulted in the videos ‘opal eyes’ and ‘electricman’ and her inevitable return to fashion
www.myspace.com/killerhogg
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