The National Portrait Gallery has launched an exhibition titled "The Face Magazine: Culture Shift" to celebrate the influential lifestyle publication, The Face, which ran from 1980 to 2004. Featuring iconic images of celebrities like Kate Moss and David Bowie, the exhibition showcases the magazine's significant impact on youth culture across three decades. Former assistant editor Ekow Eshun emphasizes The Face's role in shaping society's visual sophistication, combining fashion trends with deeper cultural contexts. Relaunched in 2019, The Face remains a pivotal reference in style culture.
This was a time before the internet, before social media. Magazines could be incredibly influential. The Face is probably the most influential magazine when it came to style culture.
I think Britain as a society became more visually sophisticated, was able to enjoy music, style, fashion, movies with more depth, with more insight - as a consequence of the thinking inside The Face.
I grew up reading The Face cover to cover as a teenager in suburban London, reading the work of different journalists.
The Face was probably the most influential magazine when it came to style culture.
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