Ray Petri 1948–1989
Subject / model: Ray Petri
A memorial entry, not a claim of newly commissioned styling.
TMR-000540Magazine object
The Face Vol. 2 No. 13
October 1989 · The Fashion Heroes · Stéphane Sednaoui · Vivienne Westwood / Jean-Paul Gaultier / Thierry Mugler / Azzedine Alaïa / Martine Sitbon
October 1989★ Gold Star object
October 1989 issue of The Face built around Stéphane Sednaoui's ambitious Fashion Heroes cover story, a 26-page collage-driven project featuring five major designers and blending fashion photography with superhero/pop-art visual language. The issue additionally preserves a contemporaneous Ray Petri memorial, a Nick Kent Guns N' Roses interview and Part 5 of the original The Face serialisation of Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean's Signal to Noise.
Read the catalogue note →- Publication
- The Face
- Condition
- Very Good appearance from supplied views.
- Completeness
- Main magazine appears intact in the supplied views but has not been page-by-page collated. No separate premium, supplement or free gift has been established from the available evidence.
- Date
- October 1989
Object record
Catalogue note
October 1989 issue of The Face built around Stéphane Sednaoui's ambitious Fashion Heroes cover story, a 26-page collage-driven project featuring five major designers and blending fashion photography with superhero/pop-art visual language. The issue additionally preserves a contemporaneous Ray Petri memorial, a Nick Kent Guns N' Roses interview and Part 5 of the original The Face serialisation of Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean's Signal to Noise.
Why this object matters
Sednaoui’s extensive Fashion Heroes collage project and original Signal to Noise instalment make an exceptional cross-disciplinary publication object. Retain Gold at 9.3, moderating the former 9.6 while preserving its substantial design argument.
Evidence limits: Main magazine appears intact in the supplied views but has not been page-by-page collated. No separate premium, supplement or free gift has been established from the available evidence.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 9.3 / 10 · Gold Star.
This is a curatorial judgement, not a measurement accurate to one tenth or a market valuation. Read the explanation and its evidence limits together.
How Archive Importance is assessed →Inside this issue
11 selected entries checked against the photographed contents and credits. This is a partial index; page numbers are printed references, not a physical collation.
View the source photograph ↗ · Reviewed 2026-09-11
Guns N’ Roses
Writing: Nick Kent
The London Novel
Writing: John Williams
Lost in The Abyss
Roxanne Shanté
Writing: Ian McCann · Subject / model: Roxanne Shanté
Muriel Gray
Writing: Denis Campbell · Subject / model: Muriel Gray
Kym Mazelle
Shakespear’s Sister
The Fashion Heroes
Photography: Stéphane Sednaoui
The accompanying editorial supplies the page span and describes the collage and computer manipulation.
Life During Wartime
Writing: Sean O’Hagan · Photography: Steve Pyke
Signal to Noise — Part 5: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Creation: Neil Gaiman · Creation: Dave McKean
Research around this object
- Finding Signal to Noise inside The Face — Four contents pages provide a route into a graphic narrative published among fashion, music and club culture.
- Signal to Noise: from Prelude to Conclusion — A seven-issue reading sequence through The Face, June–December 1989, with printed page references and evidence limits.
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Recorded contributions · 5
- Ray PetriMemorial subjectSource verified
The October 1989 contents page lists a tribute to Ray Petri on p. 10. This records him as the subject of a memorial, rather than the stylist of the Fashion Heroes cover. The Face, October 1989 — photographed contents
Find other objects with this contribution → - Nick KentWritingSource verified
Guns N’ Roses (p. 36). Contents page — The Face Vol. 2 No. 13
Find other objects with this contribution → - Stéphane SednaouiPhotographySource verified
The Fashion Heroes (p. 84–109). The accompanying editorial supplies the page span and describes the collage and computer manipulation. Contents page — The Face Vol. 2 No. 13
Find other objects with this contribution → - Neil GaimanCreationSource verified
Signal to Noise — Part 5: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (p. 136). Contents page — The Face Vol. 2 No. 13
Find other objects with this contribution → - Dave McKeanCreationSource verified
Signal to Noise — Part 5: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (p. 136). Contents page — The Face Vol. 2 No. 13
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