Acme Boy - The Birth Of Punk & Anti-Fashion 1975-1985 Book

Acme Boy - The Birth Of Punk. Anti-Fashion 1975-1985 and other twisted true stories from pre-internet subculture by Phil Strongman.

The inside story of Acme Attractions and Boy:

From market stall to global brand: from Big Sleaze to Punk, Mod, Rockabilly, Dub, Tow-Tone, New Romanticism, Hard Times, Rap, King's Road, Kensington Market, Soho.

Acme BOY is the amazing inside story of 'street couture' shops Acme Attractions, BOY, and the birth of British Punk and anti-fashion, told by author, designer, and filmmaker Phil Strongman. From the early days of the Sex Pistols and The Clash to Malcolm McLaren, Vivienne Westwood, John Krivine, Don Letts and more, Strongman shows how a tiny King’s Road shop helped ignite the cultural movements that reshaped music, clothes, and youth culture across the world. Featuring rare and unseen artwork, ephemera and pictures - including many by photo legends Ray Stevenson and Sheila Rock - Acme BOY is an intriguing, amusing and shocking personal document of the scene that outraged Britain and changed global style forever. 

NB Advance copies of Acme BOY have already received rave reviews: 
'Brilliant, a fantastic history - Cathi Unsworth (author Defying Gravity: Jordan's Story, Season of the Witch: The Book of Goth),
‘Great book, factual but fun’ - Navaz Batliwalla (author The New Garconne, Face Values) 

200 pages 163mmx203mm