A Retrospective: The Face (1980 - 2004)

[blueorchid]

I'm curious, who's the model in Melt Down?

 

[muglerette]

the model is esther canadas...the guy i don know....

 

[testinofan]

is Cedric Jimenez

 

[GinAndTonic]

THE FACE
January 1997



Blue Peter
Photographed by David Sims


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[leeloo]

I remember these all so well! I still have all the 1997 issues... but now they are on the other side of the world. THanks GinandTonic for the scans.... xxx

 

[GinAndTonic]

THE FACE
November 1996



C*ck Of The North
Photographd by Schoerner




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[GinAndTonic]

THE FACE
November 1996

McQueen Of England
Photographed by Nick Knight




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[testinofan]

Thankssssssssssssssssssss gin and tonic amazingggggg

 

[GinAndTonic]

THE FACE
November 1996

South Side
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh



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[GinAndTonic]

THE FACE
November 1996

Sun Spots
Photographed by Schoerner



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[testinofan]

Wooow

 

[mikel]

THE FACE

November 1996​

South Side
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh​

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Love this ed. Thanks for posting.

 

[chalk_love]

shehabhamad blog

 

[sethii]

From BBC Radio 4

30 years after it was launched, Robert Elms investigates the origins and influence of The Face, the 'style bible' of the 80s. The magazine was at the forefront of a remarkable change in the visual landscape of Britain in the 1980s: from Sunday newspaper supplements, to television ads, to ordinary high street shop fronts.

Until 1980 music magazines were black and white broadsheet papers like the NME and Melody Maker. Then in the summer of 1980 The Face changed all that. Started by the former NME and Smash Hits editor Nick Logan, it brought a flash of colour to the magazine industry, mixing pop, politics, photography, fashion and style, all tied together by the iconic design of art director Neville Brody.

The Face advocated that music didn't matter unless everyone looked good. With the innovative marriage of fashion and music, 'the best dressed magazine' quickly became the arbiter of style and cool in 1980s England.

At its most successful The Face was at the forefront of every major youth movement and was pivotal in launching the career of models Kate Moss and photgrapher Juergen Teller. Taking stock, publisher Nick Logan and Neville Brody reveal what they believe to be the lasting impact of The Face on style and design.

The producer is Barney Rowntree, and this is a Somethin Else production for BBC Radio 4.

Listen here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s7dvt

 

[GinAndTonic]

THE FACE
December 1995



The Out There Brother
Photographed by David LaChapelle




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[GinAndTonic]

THE FACE
December 1995

Performance
Photographed by Steven Klein


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[testinofan]

WOOW Gin And tonic you are AMAZING very great editorials your contribution rock!!

 

[Drusilla_]

*sigh* this thread brings back so many memories...

I wasn't allowed to buy fashion magazines when I was younger, cause my mum didn't like the nudity (as if I cared)! But I remember the December 1995 issue (Leo on the cover), and had to have it at any cost- I was 11 at the time. Somehow I scraped my birthday and Christmas money together and got it, and stayed really happy with it for many years- until I went to college and my mum threw out all my mags. But even then, the fashion was always so brilliant, and I ended up learning about loads of bands and designers I would never have known anything about, staying in the middle of nowhere like I was.

Thank you to all the lovely people scanning for this thread- our fashion memories would be fading without you .

 

[marmoset]

Oh wow GinAndTonic you're amazing!
I'm a bit too young too have enjoyed The Face whilst it was still around but I've always been interested in it. I love the fact that it combines culture, music, fashion, film... without being at all pretentious like some magazines might. And I also love the fact that it was British! To add the that I've never seen such unique and varied editorials in any other magazines, they're truly inspiring.
Also does anybody have any of the covers from 2004? I've looked but I only found the last one...

 

[GinAndTonic]

THE FACE
November 1995



Mad For It
Photographed by Peter Robathan



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I love the fact that it combines culture, music, fashion, film... without being at all pretentious like some magazines might

That's exactly why I love this magazine so much. It wasn't pretentious at all and talked about great things.