The Face No. 23
Kim Wilde in The Face Interview / ABC / Kraftwerk / Steve Strange
March 1982 issue of The Face, No. 23, with Kim Wilde on the cover and in an extended interview. The contents also document Steve Strange, ABC, Throbbing Gristle/Psychic Television, Gerry Cooney, Pauline Black, Kraftwerk, Malcolm Garrett and Ray Lowry, demonstrating the magazine's widening mix of pop, club culture, fashion, design and visual culture.
Read the catalogue note →- Publication
- The Face
- Condition
- Very Good−
- Completeness
- Complete — all pages present.
- Date
- March 1982
Catalogue note
March 1982 issue of The Face, No. 23, with Kim Wilde on the cover and in an extended interview. The contents also document Steve Strange, ABC, Throbbing Gristle/Psychic Television, Gerry Cooney, Pauline Black, Kraftwerk, Malcolm Garrett and Ray Lowry, demonstrating the magazine's widening mix of pop, club culture, fashion, design and visual culture. The rear cover is a contemporary Orange Juice advertisement for You Can't Hide Your Love Forever, whose UK album-chart run began in March 1982. The exact Kim Wilde portrait from this issue was later selected by the National Portrait Gallery for The Face Magazine: Culture Shift, giving this copy unusually strong institutional relevance.
Why this object matters
The documented exhibition-selected Kim Wilde portrait sits alongside Kraftwerk, Malcolm Garrett and Psychic Television coverage. That identifiable photographic and design context supports retaining Gold at 9.1 for the original issue.
Evidence limits: No new physical inspection or collation was performed. Copy-specific conclusions remain limited to the retained catalogue and accession evidence.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 9.1 / 10 · Gold Star.
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