That is because Tommy Nutter's name went down a rabbit hole. In the 1970's Tommy was the king of mens fashion. His designs were worn by Elton John, the Stones, David Bowie, David Hockney and more. Mick and Bianca Jagger got married both wearing Tommy Nutter outfits.
Remember the Abbey Road album cover? Course you do. All but George are wearing Tommy Nutter. Remember Jack Nicholson as The Joker in Batman? Yeah, designed by Tommy.
Tommy the tailor/designer shook up Savile Row, shook up fashion. And then? After his death in 1992 not much was heard of Tommy, apart from an exhibition of his work at the Fashion and Textile Museum in 2011.
All is now put right in Lance Richardson's wonderful new biography of Tommy, published May 10th 2018, take the ISBN 9781784741242 to your local bookshop and dive in to the 1970's and how Tommy Nutter dressed it amidst the gloom and doom usually associated with the 70's....Tommy lit it up!
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