Skip to Main Content

The Punk Life of The Slits' Viv Albertine

Album

From shopping with Vivienne Westwood to running with the likes of The Sex Pistol’s Sid Vicious and The Clash’s Mick Jones, Viv Albertine takes readers on a journey through her life.

Justin Jones

Published Dec. 9 2014 4:45AM EST

galleries/2014/12/09/the-punk-life-of-the-slits-viv-albertine/141208-viv-albertine-09_lqcnrn — Courtesy Carolina Ambida

galleries/2014/12/09/the-punk-life-of-the-slits-viv-albertine/141208-viv-albertine-03_bhh3ox — Viv Albertine with Sid Vicious, 1977.
Courtesy Viv Albertine

galleries/2014/12/09/the-punk-life-of-the-slits-viv-albertine/141208-viv-albertine-04_mqbsv6 — Viv Albertine dressed in a "Tits" tee shirt from Malcom McLauren and Vivenne Westwood's fetish-inspired fashion boutique, Sex.

Courtesy Ray Stevenson

galleries/2014/12/09/the-punk-life-of-the-slits-viv-albertine/141208-viv-albertine-05_x4u8fl — Viv Albertine with Gibson at Stowaway Club, June 1978.
Courtesy David Smitham

galleries/2014/12/09/the-punk-life-of-the-slits-viv-albertine/141208-viv-albertine-07_acoqhg — Albertine at age 16.
Courtesy David Corio

galleries/2014/12/09/the-punk-life-of-the-slits-viv-albertine/141208-viv-albertine-08_wmaakw — Viv Albertine at Hastings Studio.
Courtesy Carolina Ambida

galleries/2014/12/09/the-punk-life-of-the-slits-viv-albertine/141208-viv-albertine-09_hg982h — Viv Albertine with her guitar.

Courtesy Carolina Ambida

galleries/2014/12/09/the-punk-life-of-the-slits-viv-albertine/141208-viv-albertine-10_wpo1kx — Viv Albertine on tour.

Courtesy Michael Putland

galleries/2014/12/09/the-punk-life-of-the-slits-viv-albertine/141208-viv-albertine-11_oyg7kp — Promo shot for Viv Albertine.

Courtesy Carolina Ambida

galleries/2014/12/09/the-punk-life-of-the-slits-viv-albertine/141208-viv-albertine-12_rlyty8 — Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys is now available from Faber and Faber.

Justin Jones

Justin Jones

Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.