"Pam Hogg, the fashion designer who brought together fashion and music on the catwalk in the 1980s, has died aged 66, her family have said. Hogg, whose bold, futuristic designs were worn by stars including Rihanna, Kate Moss and Blondie's Debbie Harry, died surrounded by the loving care of cherished friends and family, her family posted on Instagram. We wish to thank all the staff of St Joseph's hospice, Hackney for the beautiful support they provided for Pamela in her final days, they added."
"It was here, as part of the club scene, that she began designing proper: initially making notice-me outfits to guarantee her entry into Steve Strange's Blitz club, then moving to the catwalk in 1981. By 1989, i-D magazine called her the most consistently inventive British fashion designer (alongside Vivienne Westwood). Hogg, it wrote, has been described as 100% party girl' and has designed the clothes to match. Other party girls wore her clothes: Paula Yates, Debbie Harry and Siouxsie Sioux."
"She became a personality in her own right, with her shock of blond hair, quiff, red lipstick and winged eyeliner her trademark look. She appeared on the front of i-D in 1989, and on the Wogan Show in 1990 the day after her birthday party. I was off my head, she told the Guardian in 2018. I was wearing my black PVC leggings and Terry Wogan remarked that they looked uncomfortable. So my immediate reaction was: Are they?' and I sat on his lap."
Pam Hogg died aged 66, surrounded by friends and family and cared for at St Joseph's hospice, Hackney. She was born in Paisley near Glasgow and began making clothes at age six. She studied painting and printed textiles at the Glasgow School of Art and later at the Royal College of Art in London. She moved from club-scene outfits to the catwalk in 1981 and earned recognition by 1989 as an inventive British designer. Her bold, futuristic designs were worn by Rihanna, Kate Moss, Debbie Harry, Paula Yates and Siouxsie Sioux. She cultivated a striking personal look and later fronted the band Doll as fashion shifted in the 1990s.
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