Publication
The Face
British music, fashion and style magazine founded by Nick Logan in 1980, whose original 1980–2004 run became a defining visual record of successive youth cultures before the title was relaunched in 2019.
Overview
The Face
The Face combined music, fashion, photography and graphic design in a format that helped establish the modern style magazine. Its original run gave unusual creative freedom to designers, photographers and stylists, including Neville Brody, Corinne Day and many others, and documented shifts from post-punk and New Romantic culture through club, rave, Britpop and beyond. The publication closed in 2004 and returned in 2019.
Why it matters
For TMR, The Face is a foundational reference point for British visual culture: a publication in which magazine design, fashion photography, music and youth identity repeatedly changed one another.
Associated people
Nick LoganFounder and original editor
Neville BrodyInfluential art director, 1981–1986
Coverage
The Material Record
124 objects
TMR holdings represented across 1980–2026.
TMR-000299The Face No. 1May 1980★ 9.7 / 10TMR-000298The Face No. 2June 19808.9 / 10TMR-000297The Face No. 3July 19808.9 / 10TMR-000296The Face No. 4August 1980★ 9 / 10TMR-000295The Face No. 5September 19808.8 / 10TMR-000294The Face No. 6October 19808.8 / 10TMR-000293The Face No. 8December 1980★ 9 / 10TMR-000292The Face No. 9January 19818.8 / 10TMR-000291The Face No. 10February 1981★ 9.1 / 10TMR-000290The Face No. 11March 19818.8 / 10TMR-000289The Face No. 12April 1981★ 9 / 10TMR-000288The Face No. 13May 19818.9 / 10TMR-000286The Face No. 14June 19818.8 / 10TMR-000285The Face No. 15July 1981★ 9.1 / 10TMR-000284The Face No. 16August 19818.8 / 10TMR-000283The Face No. 17September 1981★ 9 / 10TMR-000282The Face No. 18October 1981★ 9 / 10TMR-000281The Face No. 19November 19818.9 / 10TMR-000280The Face No. 20December 19818.9 / 10TMR-000279The Face No. 21January 19828.9 / 10TMR-000278The Face No. 22February 1982★ 9.2 / 10TMR-000277The Face No. 23March 1982★ 9.1 / 10TMR-000275The Face No. 24April 19828.8 / 10TMR-000276The Face No. 25May 19828.8 / 10TMR-000274The Face No. 26June 19828.5 / 10TMR-000273The Face No. 27July 19828.8 / 10TMR-000272The Face No. 28August 1982★ 9.3 / 10TMR-000271The Face No. 29September 1982★ 9 / 10TMR-000270The Face No. 30October 1982★ 9 / 10TMR-000269The Face No. 31November 1982★ 9 / 10TMR-000268The Face No. 32December 19828.8 / 10TMR-000267The Face No. 33January 1983★ 9.1 / 10TMR-000266The Face No. 34February 1983★ 9.2 / 10TMR-000265The Face No. 35March 19838.5 / 10TMR-000264The Face No. 36April 1983★ 9 / 10TMR-000263The Face No. 37May 19838.8 / 10TMR-000262The Face No. 38June 19838.8 / 10TMR-000261The Face No. 39July 19838.8 / 10TMR-000260The Face No. 40August 1983★ 9 / 10TMR-000259The Face No. 41September 19838.8 / 10TMR-000258The Face No. 43November 19838.8 / 10TMR-000256The Face No. 44December 19838.8 / 10TMR-000255The Face No. 45January 1984★ 9.4 / 10TMR-000254The Face No. 46February 19848.8 / 10TMR-000253The Face No. 47March 1984★ 9 / 10TMR-000252The Face No. 48April 1984★ 9 / 10TMR-000003The Face No. 49May 1984★ 9.3 / 10TMR-000251The Face No. 50June 19848.9 / 10TMR-000250The Face No. 51July 19848.8 / 10TMR-000249The Face No. 52August 1984★ 9 / 10TMR-000248The Face No. 53September 19848.8 / 10TMR-000247The Face No. 54October 19848.8 / 10TMR-000246The Face No. 56December 19848.9 / 10TMR-000245The Face No. 58February 1985★ 9 / 10TMR-000244The Face No. 59March 1985★ 9.4 / 10TMR-000243The Face No. 60April 19858.7 / 10TMR-000242The Face No. 61May 19858.8 / 10TMR-000240The Face No. 63July 19858.3 / 10TMR-000239The Face No. 64August 19858.5 / 10TMR-000238The Face No. 65September 1985★ 9.1 / 10TMR-000237The Face No. 66October 19858.8 / 10TMR-000236The Face No. 68December 19858.5 / 10TMR-000287The Face No. 69January 1986★ 9 / 10TMR-000235The Face No. 71March 1986★ 9 / 10TMR-000234The Face No. 72April 1986★ 9 / 10TMR-000233The Face No. 73May 19868.5 / 10TMR-000232The Face No. 75July 19868.8 / 10TMR-000231The Face No. 76August 19868.2 / 10TMR-000230The Face No. 77September 1986★ 9 / 10TMR-000229The Face No. 79November 19868.5 / 10TMR-000228The Face No. 81January 19878.7 / 10TMR-000227The Face No. 82February 19878.8 / 10TMR-000023The Face No. 83March 19878.8 / 10TMR-000719The Face No. 85May 1987★ 9.1 / 10TMR-000528The Face No. 88August 19878.8 / 10TMR-001007The Face No. 91November 1987 (original issue cover date)★ 9.5 / 10TMR-001006The Face No. 92December 1987 (original printed cover date)★ 9.3 / 10TMR-000300The Face No. 100September 1988★ 9.1 / 10TMR-000399The Face Vol. 2 No. 1October 1988★ 9.1 / 10TMR-001005The Face Vol. 2 No. 2November 1988 (cover date, verified on original)★ 9.6 / 10TMR-000538The Face Vol. 2 No. 4January 1989★ 9 / 10TMR-000543The Face Vol. 2 No. 5February 1989★ 9.2 / 10TMR-000545The Face Vol. 2 No. 6March 1989★ 9.1 / 10TMR-000541The Face Vol. 2 No. 7April 1989★ 9.3 / 10TMR-000546The Face Vol. 2 No. 8May 1989★ 9.1 / 10TMR-000547The Face Vol. 2 No. 9June 1989★ 9.3 / 10TMR-000542The Face Vol. 2 No. 10July 1989★ 9.1 / 10TMR-000539The Face Vol. 2 No. 11August 1989★ 9.1 / 10TMR-000544The Face Vol. 2 No. 12September 1989★ 9.1 / 10TMR-000540The Face Vol. 2 No. 13October 1989★ 9.3 / 10TMR-000537The Face Vol. 2 No. 14November 1989★ 9.2 / 10TMR-000548The Face Vol. 2 No. 15December 1989★ 9.2 / 10TMR-000512The Face Vol. 2 No. 17February 1990★ 9.3 / 10TMR-000526The Face Vol. 2 No. 35August 1991★ 9.1 / 10TMR-000400The Face Vol. 2 No. 46July 19928.7 / 10TMR-000402The Face Vol. 2 No. 47August 1992★ 9 / 10TMR-000401The Face Vol. 2 No. 48September 1992★ 9 / 10TMR-000731The Face Vol. 2 No. 55April 1993★ 9.2 / 10TMR-000024The Face Vol. 2 No. 69June 1994★ 9.1 / 10TMR-000734The Face Vol. 2 No. 76January 19958.9 / 10TMR-000735The Face Vol. 2 No. 77February 1995★ 9.3 / 10TMR-000027The Face Vol. 2 No. 78March 19958.4 / 10TMR-000732The Face Vol. 2 No. 79April 1995★ 9.2 / 10TMR-000028The Face Vol. 2 No. 80May 19958.8 / 10TMR-000737The Face Vol. 3 No. 20September 1998★ 9.1 / 10TMR-000736The Face Vol. 3 No. 23December 1998★ 9.3 / 10TMR-000301The Face Vol. 3 No. 42July 20008.8 / 10TMR-000033The Face Vol. 3 No. 46November 20008.2 / 10TMR-000029The Face Vol. 3 No. 56September 20017.8 / 10TMR-000025The Face Vol. 3 No. 59December 20018 / 10TMR-000030The Face Vol. 3 No. 62March 20027.8 / 10TMR-000019The Face Vol. 3 No. 66July 20028.4 / 10TMR-000031The Face Vol. 3 No. 67August 20028.5 / 10TMR-000026The Face Vol. 3 No. 71December 20027.8 / 10TMR-000303The Face Vol. 3 No. 75April 20038.2 / 10TMR-000034The Face Vol. 3 No. 79August 20037.8 / 10TMR-000304The Face Vol. 3 No. 80September 20038.2 / 10TMR-000020The Face Vol. 3 No. 82November 20037.8 / 10TMR-000021The Face Vol. 3 No. 83December 20037.8 / 10TMR-000302The Face Vol. 3 No. 87April 20048.7 / 10TMR-000022The Face Vol. 3 No. 88May 2004★ 9 / 10TMR-000032The Face Vol. 4 Issue 001Autumn 2019★ 9 / 10TMR-000035The Face Vol. 4 Issue 019Summer 20248 / 10TMR-000632The Face Vol. 4 Issue 026Spring 2026 (True Whitaker cover release listed as 2 March 2026)★ 9.1 / 10
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