• KEANAN DUFFTY

    Award-winning British Fashion Designer & Musician

    Keanan Duffty by Anthony Friend

    Keanan Duffty is an award-winning British fashion designer, musician and author of Rebel Rebel:Anti-Style (Rizzoli, 2009). Duffty graduated from Central Saint Martin's in London with a Bachelor of Arts degree in fashion and is a member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. In 2007 Duffty collaborated with David Bowie to create a Bowie inspired men's fashion collection for Target. Duffty curated the fashion segment for the 2016 CFDA Awards tribute to Bowie, featuring Tilda Swinton and Michael C. Hall, with costumes by Kansai Yamamoto and Donatella Versace.

     

    Keanan Duffty established his eponymous fashion label in 1999 and has worked as Design Director and guest designer with Aveda, Ben Sherman, Dr. Martens, Gola, Gwen Stefani's LAMB, Reebok and Moods of Norway and as contributing Fashion Editor at SOMA Magazine. From 2012 to 2015 Duffty was Senior Director of Fashion Merchandising at Academy of Art University in San Francisco. In June 2016 Keanan Duffty was named by John Varvatos as senior design director of JV Star USA.

    Duffty can be heard covering Katy Perry, Lana Del Rey, Joy Division and Primal Scream on his most recent album “Total Dragon Pop” with Earl Slick producing and playing guitars. Duffty's music catalogue, including the albums "Killers In Glitter," with contributions from Glen Matlock and Clem Burke and ”Watersport: 30th Anniversary Edition” are available on iTunes, Spotify, Rhapsody, SoundCloud and most streaming services.

    Keanan Duffty by Nigel Barker

  • Style Icons

    Malcolm McLaren speaks with Keanan about his views on fashion and involvement in the early days of the punk rock movement.

    80's Flashback

    Keanan Duffty's 1980's Flashback

    Rebel Rebel

    Tracing the roots of rebel style to the music scene, this book explores how fashionable music and "anti-fashion" icons have inspired fashion.

  • FASHION

    Keanan Duffty Collections

  • Keanan Duffty Talks David Bowie's Fashion Legacy

    Designer and musician Keanan Duffty learned a lot from his fashion collaboration for Target department stores in 2006 with rock legend and fashion icon David Bowie.

    Keanan Duffty, Bowie and Fashion Inspiration

    In fashion, few were (and still are) as inspiring as David Bowie, who will posthumously receive the Board of Director’s Tribute at the 2016 CFDA Fashion Awards in June.

    Women's Wear Daily

    "David Bowie offered me the opportunity of a lifetime - a chance to collaborate on a men’s collection inspired by the Thin White Duke, Ziggy Stardust and The Man Who Fell To Earth." -Keanan Duffty

    Los Angeles Times

    "When we first met, he was wearing a pair of suede shoes, ill-fitting jeans and a Tommy Hilfiger T-shirt and said something to the effect of: 'I'm not particularly interested in fashion,' and I was actually quite enlightened by that." - Keanan Duffty

    San Francisco Chronicle

    “I wouldn’t have become a designer if I hadn’t had David Bowie’s music and performances as a guiding light as a kid. I think that will be true of a lot of people. You can try and emulate him but he always moved on. No one will ever be Bowie.” - Keanan Duffty

  • MUSIC, FASHION & CULTURE

    Interviews by Keanan Duffty

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    TOTAL DRAGON POP 

    Keanan Duffty Covers Katy Perry, Lana Del Rey, Primal Scream & More

  • PRESS

    Vogue, GQ, People, The Wall Street Journal & More