He was at the forefront of the Swinging Sixties “Youthquake”, capturing images of some of the era’s biggest stars. Now, 50 years on, David Bailey is bringing a new cast of Londoners into the spotlight.
GQ magazine has asked Bailey to choose some of the capital’s most exciting fashion figures and photograph them for “The London Issue”.
Bailey and Jean Shrimpton’s 1962 “Young Idea Goes West” photoshoot for US Vogue heralded the start of that era’s British Invasion. Over the rest of the decade he shot stars such as The Beatles and Mick Jagger.
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Among his leaders of this decade’s “Youthquake” are Cora Corré, 17, daughter of Agent Provocateur founders Rees and Joe Corré; club night founder Glyn Famous; stylist James Jeanette and Charlie Casely-Hayford, who founded menswear brand Casely-Hayford at the age of 22 with his father, designer Joe Casely-Hayford.
See the full shoot in the autumn/winter issue of GQ Style on sale Thursday.
