Jordan, the face of punk: `The things I wore made people apoplectic`
(The Guardian Culture News)

She was the rubber-knickered peroxide bombshell who put the sex into the Pistols. Now she´s written a memoir of her years causing outrage at the heart of punk There´s a photograph of Jordan Mooney, standing outside the clothes shop Sex, that perfectly encapsulates her extraordinary impact. Sex was Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood´s London boutique, which sold their designs along with fetishwear. It is also where in-house band the Sex Pistols were incubated.Jordan was more than a shop assistant: she was the embodiment of the Sex aesthetic. In the picture, she´s rocking a peroxide beehive, with a leotard, fishnet stockings and a sulky bombshell attitude - stopping a passing businessman in his tracks. The look on his face says it all: in 1976, the sight of someone like Jordan was astonishing. Continue reading...