Nobody defines British clubland fashion- crossover style like Pam Hogg. Arriving fresh out of art school in late 1970s punk London, she has ridden every wave of club culture since — her Newburgh Street shop in Soho was a hub of 1980s cool. She describes herself as an artist encompassing music, video and fashion — “I don’t like to confine myself” — but her connectivity to subculture shares much with Leigh Bowery’s life-as-performance art. She has never enjoyed huge success (she says DJing keeps the wolf from the door, and she still takes the bus), but that hardly diminishes her cool.
Hogg’s designs — she is best known for her catsuits — have a cult following among stylists such as Katy England, and Kylie, Siouxsie Sioux and Debbie Harry are all fans. A riot of net, PVC and metallic, sequined and wet-look Lycra, the suits are meticulously tailored from more than 50 pieces. They sculpt, rather than cling — “I hate clothes that are made to make you look sexy,” she says.
Immediately after the show, Hogg went to a Peaches (the electroclash queen, not the Geldof) gig at the Double Club. “I was exhausted, but I got a call saying Tilda Swinton wanted me at her table. I wore the Liquid Metal catsuit, and the first person I bump into is Kate Moss, who is, like, ‘That’s amazing, why don’t I have one?’
For years there have been whispers: “Pam’s back doing fashion.” Now it’s for real.
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