Jezebel: Sex Pistols

See 20-Year-Old Sid Vicious' List of Reasons Why Nancy's the Best

Madeleine Davies — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:40:00 EST

At 20-years-old, Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious wrote out a list extolling the finest qualities of his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. The note, scrawled in messy handwriting, seems so normal for a young person in love for the first time, making the couple's inevitable fate all the more heartbreaking. More »

Retailer Apologizes For Featuring Holocaust-Themed Jacket

Irin Carmon — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:30:00 EDT

A day after we pointed out that an online fashion retailer, BuyDefinition, was selling a jacket named "Belsen was a gas," the company is apologizing and saying they'll pull the item. More »

And Now American Apparel Is Being Sued By Its Investors

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:38:00 EDT

American Apparel can add an investor lawsuit to its list of troubles. They allege that Dov Charney has misled them and mismanaged the company. [PRLog]
Meanwhile, analysts predict the overextended chain will close many of its unprofitable, redundant stores. [Crain's]

Nevermind The Bollocks

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:50:00 EDT

[Los Angeles, March 14. Image via x17.]

Who Killed Nancy? Not Sid, Documentary Claims

Hortense Smith — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:30:00 EST

A new documentary claims that Sid Vicious may not be responsible for the death of his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, who was found stabbed to death on the bathroom floor of the couple's hotel room. More »

Awesome Aussie Grandmas Perform Sex Pistols Song

Margaret Hartmann — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:40:00 EDT

In the video above, a group of Australian women over the age of 80 perform the 1977 song "God Save the Queen" by The Sex Pistols, which was originally titled "No Future" and banned by the BBC. It's part of artist Christoph Büchel's exhibit "no future" at the Sydney Biennale 2008. The ladies were given an open gallery space and told to rehearse the song whenever they wanted. Modern art would probably be a lot more exciting if every gallery featured a group of grannies performing punk rock. More »

Formerly Punk & Currently Quirky Vivienne Westwood: "Why Don't People Tear Their Own Clothes?"

Jennifer — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:00:00 EDT

You've gotta love Vivienne Westwood. The 66-year-old British fashion designer is sorta insane, but she sorta knows it, so it's all good. She hates expensive shit, yet continues to sell it (a girl's gotta eat?) and is basically single-handedly credited with creating punk. When Sabine Durrant of the Telegraph interviewed Westwood recently, Viv informed her: "I can't think without my glasses." Glad to see someone else suffers the same problem! Everything that trickles out of her mouth is somehow amazing and perversely awe-inspiring. She's kind of a big dork: "Every time I have to look up a word in the dictionary I'm delighted." And of her early days as a pre-school teacher, she says:"My sympathies were with the kids. I could understand why they were naughty." And wait until you hear what she says about punk now: More »

What Do Mary-Kate, Ashley, Ralph Lauren, And Nike Have In Common? Not Enough Money, Apparently!

Jennifer — Thu, 31 May 2007 10:20:42 EDT

The Olsen twins are launching a new clothing line, not to be confused with their other two clothing lines. Called Elizabeth and James and named after the other two Olsen siblings, it's a joint venture with the parent company of Seven For All Mankind jeans with a fascinating theme: The "clash between masculinity and femininity." Is that like when you've been starving yourself so long you don't have to buy tampons anymore? [WWD, sub req'd]