Flashback - Patrick Nagel 'The Tomorrow Show', Playboy, 1980

It simply just doesn't get more 80s Americana than Patrick Nagel!

During it's heyday period, Playboy regularly commissioned Nagel along with illustrators Mel Odom and George Stavrinos, amongst others. Rarely seen, here Nagel illustrates menswear predicted looks by designers for the decade that was to follow.

Issue 4

Decoy 4 is now available, with exclusive new works from myself and five of whom I consider to be the strongest illustrators in the business, and I'm so incredibly grateful and honoured to have them onboard. As you can see from this preview, the issue is focused on London Collections: Men SS13, the first season that London secured an official slot on the menswear calendar, each illustrator focusing on various designers. Limited to just 500 copies, numbered and signed, Decoy has transitioned from newspaper to a magazine format for the new issue.

Available HERE.

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Christopher Shannon SS13, by Richard Gray.

Matthew Bell in Matthew Miller SS13, by Richard Kilroy.

Meadham Kirchoff SS13, by Artaksiniya. 

Lou Dalton SS13, by Ricardo Fumanal.

Agi & Sam SS13, by Tara Dougans.

Jonathan Saunders SS13, by Judith Van Den Hoek.

Patrick Nagel, the ultimate influential illustrator of the 80s?

**Before I begin, I have to point out that I've included a lot of hard to find rare, commerical and Playboy illustrations by Nagel. A simple google search will bring you his most popular works in a matter of milliseconds, so I though it would be nice to pool together a big mix of lesser seen works, alongside one or two more iconic pieces**






The first thing ANYONE usually thinks when seeing Nagel's work, before even thinking of 'illustration', is simply "EIGHTIES"
While this would be considered by the less mindful to be a negative aspect, it shows just how much Nagel's style impacted the visual language of the era. If you go round east london you will see "fakel" illustrations (rip-offs) used in every other nail and hair bar. It has become completely synonymous with the high impact o.t.t glamour of that decade. Nagel is also the German translation for "nails", whether that has something to do with it too perhaps, I'm not sure.

More after the jump . . . .