Bella Freud

But you said you were a punk.

And what was the appeal of punk for you?

I know, because those clubs, I mean, there was the Blitz and there was the Embassy Club and the Vortex.

That was where I went.

And they were like finishing schools in those days.

And what kind of bad manners got you somewhere or not?

and now how hard it is for young people because we're so kind of with it, the parent, you know, we're so understanding and accommodating.

So, but punk was a real separator.

and um new romanticism was i was thinking it was a bit like the royal enclosure in a way because there are so many codes and was it was it good preparation for dressing such different people as lady diana and lady gaga i love this idea that blitz was like the royal enclosure

Well, I suppose those are all these areas.

Gosh, really?

Because Steve Strange was one of the first people that I didn't, I didn't get hardly, I may have been to the Blitz once or twice, but I got into being a soul girl for some reason.

And, but I remember he was one of the first people to get into money in a way.

And suddenly there were all these, you go somewhere, like in the vortex, there was no

cool place there the whole thing was just a pit and it was you were all equal in that pit but around steve strange there was a cult of somehow you may be allowed in or not that was yes kind of nerve-wracking and not particularly enjoyable no i mean when i think when

I love Ginny Hall.

Yeah.

It's quite fun, really, isn't it?

So once I wrote this poem, my father actually ended up writing most of it.

It was called Fashion Sense.