Pam Hogg A/W 1989 'Warrior Queen' Castellated Hem Red Set

Pam Hogg A/W 1989 'Warrior Queen' Castellated Hem Red Set

As documented on the runway. Top has a flattering deep scoop neck, gather puffed shoulder panelled into a slim fit sleeve.

Skirt is panelled vertically with castellated hem.

A very rare and special piece of both Scottish and British fashion history.

'In the autumn-winter of 1989-90, Pam Hogg presented her first full runway show combining references to Joan of Arc with Hell's Angels and go-go dancers, dubbed the "Warrior Queen" collection. It was typical of her work; shiny corsets were worn with jersey separates with puffed shoulder and elbow sections that referred to slashed 15th-century styles and seemingly castellated cutout hems, and leather crowns-cum-helmets providing a nocturnal urban armour.' Pam Hogg can be seen wearing pieces from this collection on her cover of ID magazine in 1989.

Size S

Made in England

Measurements 

Top

Across bust when lying flat 40cm un-stretched 

Sleeve length 58cm

Length 43cm

Skirt 

Across waist when lying flat 31cm un-stretched. 

Across hips 40cm un-stretched. 

Length 41cm. 

Horizontal stretch approx 6cm.

Condition, Very good!  One tiny faint dark mark on back of top please refer to image. 

'Drawing on influences as diverse as sportswear, S&M rubber wear and 15th-century armour, Pam Hogg produced distinctive club wear with a punk feel. Exploring similar routes to those charted by Vivienne Westwood, she developed her own niche in the London fashion scene, while vehemently retaining elements of her native Scotland in her designs.

Riding the wave of British talent which swept to the forefront in the mid-1980s, Hogg represented the coming together of popular culture and fashion. She used rock music as a constant source of visual ideas, to create strong images for womenswear in PVC and studded leather. In a sense her clothes reflected her own lifestyle, her aspirations to pop stardom, which sometimes took precedence over her designing, and her enthusiastic involvement in London clubland. 

Hogg's work was infused with the desire to create fashion as a series of costumes, first for the early 1980s New Romantic nightlife, with heady silver-printed velvets which drew upon her training in textiles, and later, as she began to establish a more coherent and distinctive look, in sporty stretch jersey with leather.'

Reference images are stills from Pam Hogg's A/W 1989 'Warrior Queen' runway presentation, the full video of which can be found on youtube.

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