Punk stylist and art director Judy Blame dies aged 58

The highly influential punk stylist, accessories designer and art director Judy Blame has passed away aged 58.

A renowned figure on the London club scene in the 80s, Blame was an outlandish dresser and polymathic art-maverick who worked with musicians and designers to create iconic looks. He styled the look for Björk’s 1993 album Debut, Massive Attack’s fake Rolex image during their Blue Lines period and worked with the likes of Boy George and Neneh Cherry. Consulting for fashion brands and designers, he worked with Comme des Garçons, Marc Jacobs, John Galliano, Moschino and others.

He was also known as one of the founding members of Dalston’s House of Beauty and Culture, an avant-garde boutique located on Stamford Road from 1986 to 1989 that saw a radical collective of creatives form a style that went against the grain of mass culture and consumption.

In 2016, ICA hosted a retrospective exhibition on the visionary. Entitled Never Again, it featured his jewellery, photomontages, mixed media sculptures.

Tributes have poured in from Goldie, Nick Knight, Boy George and more. Read them below.

RIP Judy Blame. Another great one gone, you will be missed.

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