Roger K. Burton Explained

Roger Kenneth Burton is a British creative entrepreneur.[1]

In 1978, he was approached to provide mod clothing for the 1978 film Quadrophenia.[2] [3] Burton sits on the jury board of BAFTA.[4]

In 1978 he designed the New Romantic clothing store PX for Stephane Raynor and Helen Robinson.[5] [6] In 1979 he designed Worlds End (formerly punk fashion shop Sex) for Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren and in 1981 Nostalgia of Mud, also for Westwood and McLaren.[7] [8]

In 1978, Burton founded The Contemporary Wardrobe Collection.[9] The collection houses over 20,000 items amassed through Burton’s career. It is used as a resource for fashion and film stylists, designers and museums around the world. In 2018 Burton published a reference book, Rebel Threads,[10] which features over a thousand examples of rare vintage clothing from the collection. The book traces how distinct streetstyle was originally put together and worn by the predominantly teenage subcultures emerging between the 1940s and 1980s[11] [12]

Burton founded the Grade II listed not for profit Horse Hospital arts venue in 1992.[13] The Horse Hospital programme has focused on showcasing countercultural histories and outsider or emerging artists[14] [15] The space opened with Vive Le Punk!, a retrospective of Vivienne Westwood's punk designs in 1993.[16] Subsequently, the venue has hosted a variety of artists and performers including Anita Pallenberg,[17] Alejandro Jodorowsky, Mark Leckey, Lydia Lunch and others[18]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barrett . Helen . The costume collector who dressed Bowie and The Specials . . 10 April 2024.
  2. Book: Sklar . Monica . Punk Style . 2013 . Bloomsbury . 9781472557339 . 10 April 2024.
  3. Book: Kennett . Frances . The Collector's Book of Twentieth-century Fashion . 1983 . Unknown Publisher . 9780246119278 . 10 April 2024.
  4. Web site: Full Members of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts . . 10 April 2024.
  5. Book: Gorman . Paul . The Look: Adventures in Rock & Pop Fashion . 2006 . Adelita . 9780955201707 . 10 April 2024.
  6. Book: Rock . Sheila . 80s Sound and Vision . 2022 . Frances Lincoln . 9780711278776 . 10 April 2024.
  7. Book: Mulvagh . Jane . Vivienne Westwood: An Unfashionable Life . 2013 . Harper Collins Publishers . 9780007515127 . 10 April 2024.
  8. Book: Bromberg . Craig . The Wicked Ways of Malcolm McLaren . 1989 . Perennial Library . 9780060962043 . 10 April 2024.
  9. Web site: About – The Contemporary Wardrobe . The Contemporary Wardrobe . 10 April 2024.
  10. Web site: Elms . Robert . The Blockheads and Roger K. Burton . . 14 June 2023.
  11. Web site: Veal Carroll . Bridget . Collaborator Profile- Roger K. Burton . The London Leatherman . 26 October 2023 . 10 April 2024.
  12. Piñeros . Benjamin . Five perfect Christmas gifts for the Mod in your life . . 14 June 2023.
  13. Web site: About – The Horse Hospital . . 10 April 2024.
  14. Web site: The Horse Hospital . . 14 June 2023.
  15. Web site: Hudson . Kat . Why Countercultural Arts Spaces Must be Preserved . . 4 March 2021 . 10 April 2024.
  16. Web site: Vive Le Punk . Exhibiting Fashion . 11 February 1993 . 14 June 2023.
  17. Web site: Hodgkinson . Will . Anita Pallenberg: more rock'n'roll than the Stones . . 14 June 2023.
  18. Web site: Sangster-Adams . Guy . The Home of UK Counterculture is Facing Closure . Huck. 10 April 2024.

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