The Face No. 51
No Swim Swam! — Morrissey / Taking Hip Hop to Moscow
July 1984 issue of The Face, No. 51, with a fashion cover photographed by Jamie Morgan. The contents document an unusually broad cross-section of mid-1980s culture, including 'Taking hip hop to Moscow', a Morrissey Face Interview, Philip Sallon, Tom Verlaine, recession reportage, The Cramps, Daryl Hannah, Elvis Costello and James Truman.
Read the catalogue note →- Publication
- The Face
- Condition
- Very Good
- Completeness
- Complete — all pages present.
- Date
- July 1984
Catalogue note
July 1984 issue of The Face, No. 51, with a fashion cover photographed by Jamie Morgan. The contents document an unusually broad cross-section of mid-1980s culture, including 'Taking hip hop to Moscow', a Morrissey Face Interview, Philip Sallon, Tom Verlaine, recession reportage, The Cramps, Daryl Hannah, Elvis Costello and James Truman. Nick Logan is listed as publisher/editor, Paul Rambali as assistant editor and Neville Brody as designer. The surviving Hyper Hyper rear advertisement preserves the contemporary London fashion-retail context around the magazine.
Why this object matters
Taking Hip Hop to Moscow, Philip Sallon and the Morgan fashion imagery make a distinctive original account of cultural circulation. The complete issue retains outstanding 8.8 significance beyond the value of its celebrity interview alone.
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Archive Importance: 8.8 / 10.
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