The Face No. 68
China's Top Model
December 1985 issue of The Face, No. 68, built around a striking red-and-black 'China's Top Model' cover and a feature package ranging across Duran Duran, China, John Galliano, Swing Out Sister, the Womacks, Morris Day, Susan Tully and Doug E. Fresh. The issue sits firmly in The Face's influential mid-1980s Neville Brody period, when editorial design, fashion, music and youth-culture reporting were fused into a distinctive visual language.
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- The Face
- Condition
- Good / Good+ from supplied photographs
- Completeness
- Complete — all pages present.
- Date
- December 1985
Catalogue note
December 1985 issue of The Face, No. 68, built around a striking red-and-black 'China's Top Model' cover and a feature package ranging across Duran Duran, China, John Galliano, Swing Out Sister, the Womacks, Morris Day, Susan Tully and Doug E. Fresh. The issue sits firmly in The Face's influential mid-1980s Neville Brody period, when editorial design, fashion, music and youth-culture reporting were fused into a distinctive visual language.
Why this object matters
The red-and-black China cover and Galliano/Doug E. Fresh coverage provide outstanding design and period-cultural evidence. A Brody-era attribution alone does not make every issue a near-Gold landmark; 8.5 fits the documented package.
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Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.5 / 10.
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