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Bowie Style
Bowie Style | Mark Paytress
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This visual examination of a celebrated, multifaceted career documents the impact of David Bowie's 20th century fashion and culture, brilliantly capturing his spatial odyssey from dedicated follower to supreme arbiter of rock chic. With a staggering range of photographs representing everything from Bowie's humble Brixton beginnings to the classy pop icon he was to become, Bowie Style shows a changing glamour gallery of Bowies down the years.
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Leftcoastzen
Bowie Style | Mark Paytress
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More of the mural .Phoenix Az.

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Leftcoastzen
Bowie Style | Mark Paytress
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Gotta post them all .It has caused some debate,on the wall of a home owner .The fence borders a commercial building and 7th St.In the Coronado historic district which has always been a little more “arty”

TrishB 👍🏻😘 6y
batsy These are fab 6y
Leftcoastzen @batsy Glad you like them ! Brightens up the place. 6y
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Bowie Style | Mark Paytress
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“What I said was Britain was ready for another Hitler, which is quite a different thing to saying it needs another Hitler. I stand by that opinion - in fact I was ahead of my time in voicing it. There are in Britain right now parallels with the rise of the Nazi Party in pre-war Germany. A demoralised nation whose empire had disintegrated." Two years later, Margaret Thatcher was elected.
- Quoting David Bowie from 1977”

Weaponxgirl 😭 6y
Bookwomble @Weaponxgirl I can't help but think that, as a nation, we're even more demoralised by austerity and inequality, with a greater feeling of disintegration of our social systems and our place in the world than when David spoke in 1977, with a consequent lurch even further to the right. Still, "Keep Calm..."! 6y
Weaponxgirl I completely agree and I think things have been made worse by have a inefficient opposition party for too long that hasn't stood by its values (ie standing by unions and explaining why they are a good thing) the right gives you simple enemies and solutions and people have been drawn to it since nobody has been looking out for the little guy. 6y
Bookwomble @Weaponxgirl Yep, and yep. Still, Labour's the only viable alternative, I think. 6y
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Bowie Style | Mark Paytress
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A glossy album-style book with lots (LOTS!) of Bowie photos from his childhood through to the late 1990s. Paytress is a very good writer and I enjoyed his text - the lyric-laced photo captions were fun. An excellent potted history of Bowie's cultural significance for the period covered.

My only gripe is the format of the book, which is arranged as a chronological examination of Bowie's changing styles, interspersed with "features" about... ??

Bookwomble ...significant subjects, such as collaborations with other artists, influences on Bowie's music and stage shows, etc. These are often plonked unceremoniously within the flow of the main text, often out of context with it, and on one occasion the flow is just cut off, with no continuation after the feature. But that's just nit-picking - it's still a great book for the Bowie fan and/or fashionista (only one of which I can claim title to). 👨‍🎤 6y
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Just because a day with David Bowie in it is a better day 💖👨‍🎤⚡💖

TrishB Always Bowie day in our house. Hubby is a Bowie obsessive! 6y
CoffeeNBooks Yes, yes it is. I 💙 David Bowie. 🎶 6y
Bookwomble @TrishB Me, too 😊 I have my iPod on shuffle and he randomly came up (live version of Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed), though he'll have a tendency to do that given I've got thirty of his albums on there! 😁 6y
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Bookwomble @CoffeeNBooks You 💙 well xx 6y
TrishB He always manages to get mentioned/played at some point in the day! 6y
Weaponxgirl He was one of the few celebrity deaths that got a reaction other than that's sad from me. I love Bowie so much! 6y
Leftcoastzen You are absolutely right!❤️👏🙌❤️ 6y
Leftcoastzen Oh ,don‘t lean on me man ‘cause you can‘t afford the ticket.... 6y
Bookwomble @TrishB 🎶Fill Your Heart🎶 6y
Bookwomble @Weaponxgirl The two public figures l've cried for are Neil Armstrong and David, as it felt like parts of my childhood had died, too. I'm still grieving for David, which may sound a bit weird, but he and his music are entwined in my life in complex emotional ways. 6y
Bookwomble @Leftcoastzen Yes I am! 😁👍🏼👨‍🎤 ...🎶Back from Suffragette City 🎶 6y
TrishB Hubby still grieving too, he would understand totally! 6y
Weaponxgirl @Bookwomble nope, I still mourn for David too. The other one for me was Carrie fisher, those two inspired me so much and have meant so much to me for years. 6y
Bookwomble @TrishB Give him a hug from me 💖 @Weaponxgirl If you'll allow me, you may have your virtual hug directly 😊💖 6y
Weaponxgirl @Bookwomble gladly 😊 I will even return it. 6y
Bookwomble @Weaponxgirl ❤😊❤ See how much better today has become because of David! 6y
TrishB Consider it done 😁 6y
Weaponxgirl @Bookwomble it is! ❤️ well played! 6y
Eggs ❤️❤️Bowie 6y
Bookwomble @Eggs 💖💖Indeed 😊 6y
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