From King’s Road to King’s Cross: The Story of Punk Clothing
01 JUN
6-8 Stable Street, King's Cross
The mid 1970s witnessed the birth and blossoming of Punk culture. A heady mix of rebellion, politics and a DIY aesthetic. Expressed not only in music but also fashion, Punk found a home in Chelsea’s King’s Road with various incarnations of Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren’s clothing stores: Let It Rock (1971), Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die (1972) SEX (1974) Seditionaries (1976) and finally the World’s End (1980). Punk style borrowed from previous trends, such as teddy boys and biker gangs, and developed new provocative ones, such as the bondage trousers and printed graphic t-shirts developed under the SEX label. But Punk was not confined to Chelsea.
