Barry Kamen, artist and poster boy for Buffalo, a collective who defined the look of 80s youth culture, has passed away aged 52. News of his death broke on social media, with people rushing to pay their respects.
One of eight children, Barry was of mixed Burmese, Irish, Dutch and English heritage (something he described as “a total product of colonialism”) and grew up in Harlow, Essex. In his late teens, he met the Ray Petri (the father of Buffalo) while working at a clothes shop in Covent Garden – where he would come in regularly to borrow clothes for shoots. Barry and his brother Nick became the stylist’s model muses soon afterwards.
Kamen – who worked with Ray Petri and Madonna – has died, aged 59
May 05, 2021
Nick Kamen, the model and musician, who is best known for his association with Buffalo – a collective who set the agenda in fashion in the 1980s – has died aged 59.
One of eight children, Ivor Neville Kamen was born in 1962 in Harlow, Essex. He and his siblings were of mixed Burmese, Irish, Dutch and English heritage – something one of his brothers, Barry, once described as “a total product of colonialism”. In his teens, Kamen was introduced to Ray Petri – the creator of Buffalo – through Barry and quickly, the pair became the stylist’s model muses, appearing in many of his shoots throughout the 80s. Perhaps the most famous of these was for