A second edition (ho ho!) of PiL button badge goodness for you to savour – enjoy!
^ Public Image Ltd ‘Mirror’ design button badge
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Button badge goodness: Public Image Ltd [Part 2]
Saturday, March 14th, 2020Button badge goodness: Public Image Ltd [Part 1]
Friday, February 14th, 2020Who could tire of the humble button badge? A staple adornment of the era, these badges in Part 1 all hail from 1980/81, when I first took to the charms of Public Image Ltd. ‘Flowers of Romance’ the focus of the first few, pretty sure these are likely to be ‘Better Badges’ designs, though couldn’t say for sure – anyone?
^ Public Image Ltd – Flowers of Romance button badge from 1981 – design 1
Button badge goodness: More Siouxsie and the Banshees
Saturday, December 14th, 2019Once again, 8 years on from the last such helping, further new wave button badge goodness to tide over the festive season… this time around, in true ghosts of Christmas past fashion, some more vintage goodies from Siouxsie and the Banshees’ imperial period of 1981-82. And as before, these are from back in the day, not later reprints.
^ Siouxsie and the Banshees ‘A Kiss In The Dreamhouse’ era badge
Button badge goodness: Cocteau Twins
Thursday, March 28th, 2019These badges all date from 10 December 1984, which – no coincidence – is when I saw Cocteau Twins play live at Edinburgh Playhouse. These were all on sale at the merchandise stall, along with a T-shirt design I bought but has long ago passed on to T-shirt heaven, through wear and tear.
^ Cocteau Twins 1984 badge set 1
There were two separate sets of 1″ button badges available, along with a more expensive enamel/metal badge, which was particularly beautiful.
^ Cocteau Twins 1984 enamel/metal badge
I used to have the accompanying paper merchandise stall flyer that documented all the available merch along with prices, but it seems to have disappeared over the years. If I come across it again I’ll scan it and post it here for reference. (more…)
Button Badge Goodness: Gary Numan (Part 1)
Sunday, June 14th, 2015Fair warning, there could be several posts in this series, as being a fan of all things Gary Numan since 1979, I have a LOT of these little things. So, here are just a few to get started with, but a nice little selection of vintage cold wave, icy synthesizer cool lapel adornment they are too, I’m sure you’ll agree…
^ Gary Numan metal lap badge with 1979 ‘Touring Principle’ era live shot