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Who's Afraid of Kathy Acker?

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During the 70s and 80s, bisexual former stripper and groundbreaking author Kathy Acker penned a series of post-punk rewrites of classics such as Great Expectations, Huckleberry Finn and Don Quixote, with added abortion, rape, incest, pornography, graphic violence, terrorism and feminism.

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    Ellis Scott

  • Art Direction

    Edward Quarmby

  • Styling

    Mischa Notcutt

  • Hair

    Makita Naka using bumble and bumble

  • Make-Up

    Nadine Elias using MAC

  • Casting and Stylist's Assistant

    Scarlett Valentine

  • Models

    Hirschy and Robbie at Select, Lewis, Claire, Billie, Keiran

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Photo Credits

Page Left: Diesel jeans.

Humanoid-lover Thivai from Empire of the Senseless, based on William Gibson’s Neuromancer.

Page Right: Atsuko Kudo bra, vintage top.

The autobiographical murderer the Black Tarantula from Portrait of an Eye. 
Page Left: Alpha 60 vest, adidas trousers, vintage hat, Converse shoes.

Sancho Panza from Don Quixote, based on the Cervantes classic.

Page Right: Stolen Girlfriends Club jacket, Vivienne Westwood top, Nike 6.0 jumper, vintage top from Beyond Retro, Atsuko Kudo suspender belt, American Apparel bloomers.

Miss Havisham from Great Expectations, based on the Charles Dickens tale. 
Page Left: American Apparel vest and trousers from Beyond Retro.

Janey Smith, the sex addict in love with her father, from Blood and Guts in High School, based on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter.

Page Right: American Apparel T-shirt, vintage Diesel dress, coat from Beyond Retro, vintage jewelry.

Ange, the time-travelling pirate prostitute, from Pussy, King of the Pirates. 

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