The Rise of the Stylist

Defines a unique period in British youth culture and lifestyle publishing, drawing on oral history, editorial analysis and existing fashion and subcultural theory to chart the emergence of the stylist in the 1980s, an ultimately postmodern role that became key to the production of fashion image.

Philip Clarke is course leader of the Fashion Communication pathways at Central Saint Martins, London, UK. His teaching and research interests centre on visual communication and image-making in the field of fashion, focusing on the role of the stylist. Philip has authored chapters in Architecture Filmmaking (2020) eds. Troiani & Campbell, and Fashion Stylists: History, Meaning and Practice (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020) ed. Lynge-Jorlén.

Introduction 1. Histories of Styling: Connoisseurship, consumption and subculture 2. Style Culture and the London Scene 3. Style press and the fashion image: 1980-1985 4. Styling as Statement: Bricolage, art and politics 5. New Man, New Woman, New style: 1985-1990 6. The Rise of the Stylist: Legacy, status and hierarchy Conclusion Interviews: Caroline Baker Mitzi Lorenz David Bradshaw References Index