Dubai, UAE, June 13, 2016: Coinciding with the start of London Collections Men, Paul Smith and the British Fashion Council celebrated the 40th anniversary of punk by hosting an exhibition of photography by Derek Ridgers. Paul Smith No. 9 Albemarle Street hosted the official launch event of the ninth edition of London Collections Men. Guests from across the industry including Dylan Jones, Editor-in-Chief of GQ Magazine, Caroline Rush and Sarah Mower of the British Fashion Council and Suzy Menkes of Vogue were welcomed to Paul Smith’s Mayfair outpost to view an exhibition of photography by the world’s preeminent documenter of punk culture, Derek Ridgers. Guests drank Perrier-Jouët champagne and enjoyed a DJ set by the celebrated founder of Radical People magazine, Reba Maybury, who played a mixture of
music from the era. Reba chose to wear Paul Smith SS16 Look 36 brush stroke linen kaftan dress for the evening. The exhibited photography is taken from ‘Punk London 1977’ a new book of Derek Ridgers’ work published by Carpet Bombing Culture and launching to coincide with the exhibition. Ridgers’ work offers a raw and honest account of the 70’s punk scene. Copies of the book will be available from No. 9 Albemarle Street for the duration of the event priced £14.95. Additionally, Derek has teamed-up with Paul Smith to create a limited edition T-shirt featuring one of Derek’s original punk subjects (picture aboved). 150
t-shirts are available exclusively via paulsmith.co.uk and Paul Smith No. 9 Albemarle Street priced £80. Derek Ridgers, ‘Punk London 1977’ will be open at Paul Smith No. 9 Albemarle Street, London, W1S 4BL from Friday 10th June ot Monday 13th June. The
exhibition has been made possible with the support of Canon (UK) Ltd. Canon is a world-leading innovator of imaging solutions. Paul Smith is Britain’s foremost designer. He is renowned for his creative spirit, which combines tradition and modernity. Famous for its clothing and accessories collections, Paul Smith specialises in an inventive use of traditional craftsmanship and cutting-edge design to create beautifully made, desirable, modern pieces. Paul Smith is a tastemaker – a leader of British and international design trends. With an enthusiasm for eclectic cultural references and idiosyncratic combinations of pattern and colour, applied with understatement, Paul Smith expresses a truly contemporary aesthetic. Derek Ridgers is an English photographer with a career spanning over thirty years. He is best known for his photography of music, film and club/street culture – photographing people such as James Brown, The Spice Girls, Clint Eastwood and Johnny Depp – as well as politicians (Tony Blair), gangsters (‘Mad’ Frankie Fraser), artists (Julian Schnabel), writers (Martin Amis), fashion designers (Vivien Westwood) and sports people (Tiger Woods). Ridgers has also photographed British social scenes such as skinhead, fetish, club, punk and New Romantics. Ridgers has worked for Time Out, The Sunday Telegraph, NME, The Face, Loaded, The Independent on Sunday, The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday Times, The Independent, GQ, GQ Style, Melody Maker and Sounds. The British Fashion Council (BFC) was set up in 1983 to promote British fashion internationally and co-ordinate this promotion through fashion weeks, exhibitions and showcasing events. The BFC now supports designers beginning at college level and extending to talent identification, business support and showcasing schemes to help British designer businesses develop their profiles and business globally and promote British fashion and its influential
role in Britain and London. The BFC Colleges Council offers support to students through its Foundation, BA and MA scholarships, links with industry through design competitions and Graduate Preview Day. Talent identification and business support schemes include the BFC Fashion Film sponsored by River Island; BFC Rock Vault; BFC Headonism; BFC/GQ Designer Menswear Fund supported by Vertu; BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund; NEWGEN sponsored by TOPSHOP and NEWGEN MEN sponsored by TOPMAN. The British Fashion Council supports Boden’s Future British initiative. Showcasing initiatives and events include London Fashion Week, London Collections Men, LONDON show ROOMS, the BFC Fashion Arts Foundation, International Fashion Showcase, London Fashion Weekend and the annual celebration of excellence in the fashion industry: The Fashion Awards. Punk.London - Always more than a musical genre, punk allowed a generation to express themselves without deference, to invent without fear, and to create without boundaries. 40 years on, and some of the most cutting edge cultural organisations and businesses in London have come together to celebrate punk in all its ragged glory. A year long programme of gigs, exhibitions and films will look back at the excitement and energy of the movement’s genesis, and at punk as an on-going catalyst that continues to inspire, refuse categorisation and spark creativity around the world.
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