Steve Strange (1959 – 2015) was one of the most influential figures in the London club circuit that launched the New Romantic movement of the early 1980s, and a pop star with his own band. Strange was also the flamboyant host of a string of nightclubs that powerfully influenced the London fashion and music scenes in the aftermath of punk. In 1979, Strange formed the band Visage and it was the intervention of David Bowie that put them on the map. Bowie recruited Strange to appear in his video for Ashes to Ashes, which hugely boosted Strange’s profile when the song went to No.1 in 1980. The same year, Visage released their career defining song Fade to Grey, and enjoyed international success with their debut album.

Stephen Jones OBE (born 1957) is one of Britain’s leading milliners. Jones and Steve Strange were part of the ‘Blitz Kids’ set, who frequented the weekly Blitz Club in the late 1970s and early 80s. Jones created many of the hats worn by Strange on and off stage throughout his career.