In part 2 of our interview with PhD candidate Casci Ritchie we discuss that Trench, punk periods, Prince becoming Prince, Lovesexy and a purple fashion legacy. Don't miss it.
03/03/24 • 36 min
INTRO
2mins - The Dirty Mind era, the Prince persona begins to form, riding the New Wave...and that Trench Coat!
3mins - The 1979 period and working with costume designers...
7mins30s - The second punk period: Slave and the 1990s
10mins - Veils and Masking - the Exodus Has Begun...
11mins30s - Count The Days, style signifiers and finely tuned 'unconventional tailoring' in the new millennium
15mins30s - Art Official Age, moving away from tailored garments with age...and softer fabrics, kinder to the body
18mins - Memories of Lovesexy posters in Virgin Megastore in Edinburgh
20mins - Casci's sartorial take Lovesexy...and Prince's working wardrobe department at Paisley Park
21mins30s - "Prince in Polka Dots is just perfection..."
23mins - Working with very well known designers?
25mins - First concert costing £31.21 pence... getting the Mega Bus down from Galashiels to the O2 and 'getting my first tattoo in Camden'
31mins - Legacy as a fashion icon, 'his influence is all encompassing', and Prince's passing...crying with Mum and blaring his music on the double-decker bus.
33mins - Prince's influence on other artists and fans around the world.
34mins - Thank You
How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!
The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.
LINKS
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Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.
#prince4ever #love4oneanother
INTRO
2mins - The Dirty Mind era, the Prince persona begins to form, riding the New Wave...and that Trench Coat!
3mins - The 1979 period and working with costume designers...
7mins30s - The second punk period: Slave and the 1990s
10mins - Veils and Masking - the Exodus Has Begun...
11mins30s - Count The Days, style signifiers and finely tuned 'unconventional tailoring' in the new millennium
15mins30s - Art Official Age, moving away from tailored garments with age...and softer fabrics, kinder to the body
18mins - Memories of Lovesexy posters in Virgin Megastore in Edinburgh
20mins - Casci's sartorial take Lovesexy...and Prince's working wardrobe department at Paisley Park
21mins30s - "Prince in Polka Dots is just perfection..."
23mins - Working with very well known designers?
25mins - First concert costing £31.21 pence... getting the Mega Bus down from Galashiels to the O2 and 'getting my first tattoo in Camden'
31mins - Legacy as a fashion icon, 'his influence is all encompassing', and Prince's passing...crying with Mum and blaring his music on the double-decker bus.
33mins - Prince's influence on other artists and fans around the world.
34mins - Thank You
How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!
The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.
LINKS
Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.
Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.
#prince4ever #love4oneanother
Previous Episode
Casci Ritchie is a PhD candidate and associate lecturer studying Prince, fashion, and fandom at Northumbria University. So how did this come to be a life's work? Join us to find out more...just don't ask about the Chocolate Box inside Paisley Park.
INTRO
2mins - First memories of Prince, and standing next to the TV...feeling the static from Gett Off! Listening to Prince's Hits cassette in the Green Mondeo.
4mins - Born in the year of Lovesexy!
5mins - When did you realise that Prince's work could become a lifetime pursuit? "First and foremost I'm a fan...". Obsessed with John Waters, Pee Wee Herman and Bette Davis too. 'Eccentric, creative and fabulous people'.
6mins - Seeing Purple Rain at 14 and getting into fashion. "Prince was always on my mood board."
7mins30s - Studying Prince for years as an independent researcher alongside work...'when you do a PhD it's just the beginning of your research.'
9mins30s - 'The idea of Prince & Fashion, with a focus on the labour aspect and fan culture as well...'
11mins30s - What's going on with the Prince of the late 1970s? Casci unpacks the different sartorial elements. 'Very typical of a young adult finding themselves...through dress.'
14mins - Prince's experiments in fashion, thrift stores, borrowing, wearing women's clothing...
17mins - 'Becoming Prince': The Beautiful Ones book, and understanding elements of Prince's early imagination and dress-sense. The influence of his parents, musicians in North Minneapolis...and getting dressed to the 9s in the 1970s.
22mins - Heroes and influences...
23mins - Make Up.
26mins - World Building...'in a world called Fantasy'
30mins - Prince's female kinship. 'He surrounded himself with incredible women...and loved female energy.' Sly Stone's fashion, and James Brown's performances...expressing sexuality and sensuality. 'He liked the way particular fabrics felt on his body...'
How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!
The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.
LINKS
Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.
Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.
#prince4ever #love4oneanother
Next Episode
As his first Manager, Owen Husney remembers Prince Rogers Nelson. "This was 1976. He was just a guy from North Minneapolis...he took the bus to my house, that's the Prince I loved."
INTRO
2mins20s - Life experiences, in preparation for meeting Prince, working with stars and the need to avoid being a fan.
8mins - Is there anything you couldn't protect Prince from? No entourage, before the layers of fame and celebrity. 'He took the bus to my house...that's the Prince I loved.'
11mins - 'He was just a guy from North Minneapolis....I knew he was vulnerable.'
13mins - Courting controversy early on, and being able to deliver the goods.
14mins - PT Barnum, Colonel Tom Parker...and The Beatles on Ed Sullivan. 'Prince understood that...'
17mins30s - Did Prince have a neurodivergent condition?
20mins - "I saw that fire in his eyes..."
22mins30s - What moments did you like in Prince's later career? "For me it began with Dirty Mind, because he was taking chances..."
25mins30s - Owen's honest assessment of Prince's first album For You
29mins - Absorbing information from everyone around him.
How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!
The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.
LINKS
Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.
Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.
#prince4ever #love4oneanother
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