Clare Thom, Boy George, Michele Clapton, 1980

It was about rebellion, creativity, originality, being yourself and having a damn good time doing it. ~ Graham Smith.

I always love photos from this era because it shows our modern day ding-dong hipsters they ain’t doing nothing new. Yeah, we’ve already been there and done that. And better, too. These images come from photographer’s Graham Smith’s lovely coffee table book of London clublife, We Can be Heroes: Punks, Poseurs, Peacocks and People of a Particular Persuasion. There’s over 320 pages of fashion eye candy from that time and place.

Everyone was a cog in this stylishly bizarre, wobbling wheel, rolling into uncharted territories. ~ Graham Smith

Stephen Linard and Michele Clapton on their way to see Spandau Ballet, 1980
 

Boy George (not Daniel Ash from Bauhaus) and Jeremy Healy, who was soon to form Haysi Fantazee, 1980
 

Chris Sullivan. The Blitz, 1980
 
More after the jump…