Judy Blame

Judy Blame is a stylist, jeweller, designer and art director.

Born in 1960 in Leatherhead, Surrey, Blame grew up in Spain and Devon.[1] He ran away to London aged 17.[2]

Whilst active on the club scene in London, Judy Blame assumed his current name. "Judy" was a nickname given to him by the designer Antony Price, and the surname "Blame" was suggested by Scarlett, another friend.[2] Blame has said he deliberately assumed a female name in order to confuse people.[3] When asked his birth name, Blame has refused to answer.[4]

Along with Scarlett (Scarlett Cannon, a hairdresser), Blame ran a club night called "Cha-Chas" at the London nightclub Heaven.[2][5]

Blame's punk aesthetic as art director and stylist helped define magazines such as The Face and i-D throughout the 80s and 90s.[3] During the mid-1980s, along with designers John Moore and Christopher Nemeth, Blame was part of a collective called "The House of Beauty and Culture".[2]

Blame's work, which is often on a large scale, uses a wide range of scrap metal and found objects to create statement pieces.[2][6] During the 1980s he worked closely with the stylist Ray Petri, who was a significant figure on the London club scene of the 1980s,[5] and also collaborated with Leigh Bowery.[6] Blame designs were worn by Duran Duran and The Transmitters.[6] Blame also worked as a stylist for Neneh Cherry, Boy George, Björk and Kylie Minogue.[7]

Among the designers Blame has collaborated with are John Galliano, Richard Nicoll, and Louis Vuitton.[3] For Rei Kawakubo at Comme des Garçons Blame designed a male accessories line.[2][8] In 2005, he was selling his work through Kawakubo's Dover Street Market, and had also provided designs for Gareth Pugh.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Staff writer. "Designers: Judy Blame". Fashion Model Directory. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Webb, Iain (9 January 2005). "Never Mind the Bling-Bling". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Judy Blame". i-Directory. i-D Online. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Hyland, Véronique (23 January 2015). "Judy Blame Is the Unofficial Muse of Men’s Fashion Week". The Cut. New York Media LLC. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  5. 1 2 Cole, Shaun (2013). "New Styles New Sounds: Clubbing, Music and Fashion in 1980s London". In Stanfill, Sonnet. 80s fashion: from club to catwalk. London: V&A Pub. pp. 39–41. ISBN 9781851777259.
  6. 1 2 3 Milford-Cottam, Daniel (2013). "Accessory: Judy Blame". In Stanfill, Sonnet. 80s fashion: from club to catwalk. London: V&A Pub. p. 49. ISBN 9781851777259.
  7. 1 2 Jamieson, Ruth (14 November 2005). "Fashion junkie: Judy Blame". The Telegraph. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Judy Blame's profile at SHOWstudio". SHOWstudio. Retrieved 18 January 2016.

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