The Face Vol. 2 No. 46
July 1992 — Shakespears Sister / “girls on top” — Siobhan Fahey & Marcella Detroit by Thomas Krygier
The Face Vol. 2 No.
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- The Face
- Condition
- Very Good− / Good+ magazine condition from supplied photographs.
- Completeness
- Complete under the standing TMR magazine completeness rule; all pages/components are assumed present unless the owner states otherwise. No missing supplement or issued extra has been reported.
- Date
- July 1992
Catalogue note
The Face Vol. 2 No. 46, July 1992, places Shakespears Sister — Siobhan Fahey and Marcella Detroit — on a striking double portrait photographed by Thomas Krygier beneath the cover line “girls on top.” The issue lands at the duo’s commercial peak in the year that “Stay” spent eight consecutive weeks at No. 1 in the UK. Its cover also signals the magazine’s characteristic early-1990s collision of pop, fashion and nightlife: Shakespears Sister, “Pussy power on the dancefloor,” Anna Sui, and a summer-clubs survey of Britain and Europe. The rear carries a period Gordon’s & Tonic advertisement.
Why this object matters
The Shakespears Sister portrait and dancefloor/summer-club material provide outstanding 1992 music and gender-context evidence. The specific package supports 8.7; chart success alone does not place it immediately below Gold.
Evidence limits: Complete under the standing TMR magazine completeness rule; all pages/components are assumed present unless the owner states otherwise. No missing supplement or issued extra has been reported.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.7 / 10.
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