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Find out more. Search our clips and full stories by entering a keyword, e. A night out at the Gemini Ian remembers plucking up the courage to visit the Gemini, a gay club in Huddersfield in the s, and the fashions he saw inside. Share this story IAN: Yeah. I mean he was, he was more scared than I was of even going to the club.

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You could see when we were sort of walking up there his whole body language, he was, he was, he was literally shaking — and he was looking down at the floor and everything. But I do remember there were some of the classic stereotypes there, there was a leather man with a huge moustache, a walrus moustache — in fact a lot of people had big moustaches then, it was very much the fashion in the early eighties, clones they were called and a lot of them — the classic clone look was close cropped hair, big moustache, check shirt, jeans, black shoes and often whites — white socks, but I think I was just a general thing I think everyone wore white socks then.

I didn't look like that. Gay had huddersfield extremely long blonde fringe, just sorta covering one eye so it came down and I think my fringe came down to me chin, and then the side bit was cropped really close. Bar had another pair of striped trousers worn as a scarf, which had borrowed from one of my friends at me hall of residence […] Straights always saw you as a bit of an oddity to look at — especially me, because I was in my full New Romantic gear still.

I wouldn't wear makeup in the, out in the countryside but… I would sometimes at the club. IAN: Yeah, well. If we're feeling really extravagant it would be like three lines of eyeliner extending out from the eyebrows, the corner of the eye, and just one in between as well. And sometimes I'd be wearing blue lipstick as well.

They've got a lot to answer for those girls. Johanne and Suzanne, they used to have sort of make up a bit like that, also so did Alf Moyet from Yazoo. Go to the full story. More like this. Search for:.