{{Short description|Scottish fashion designer (1951–2025)}} {{Use British English|date=November 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Pam Hogg | birth_name = Pamela Elizabeth Hogg | birth_date = {{Birth date|1951|1|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland | death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|11|26|1951|1|4|df=y}} | death_place = London, England | alma_mater = Glasgow School of Art<br>Royal College of Art (MA) | occupation = {{Hlist|Fashion designer|musician}} | years_active = {{Circa|1970s}}–2023 | awards = 2013 Scottish Fashion Awards Creative Excellence Award | website = {{URL|www.pamhogg.com}} }}
'''Pamela Elizabeth Hogg''' (4 January 1951 – 26 November 2025) was a Scottish fashion designer who launched her first fashion collection in 1981. Also a musician who played in several bands, she created clothes for Ian Astbury,<ref name=":0" /> Paula Yates, Marie Helvin,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Ruth |date=29 July 2012 |title=Interview: Pam Hogg, designer |url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/interview-pam-hogg-designer-1616099 |access-date=7 December 2025 |website=The Scotsman}}</ref> Siouxsie Sioux and Debbie Harry.<ref name="vogue obit" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Green |first=Penelope |date=6 December 2025 |title=Pam Hogg, Iconoclastic Scottish Designer, Dies at 74 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/style/pam-hogg-dead.html |access-date=6 December 2025 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Pamela Elizabeth Hogg was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, on 4 January 1951.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |last1=Jonze|first1=Tim|title=Pam Hogg: 'Just don't call me normal'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/aug/21/pam-hogg-just-dont-call-me-normal-interview-fashion-designer|access-date=19 June 2021|work=The Guardian|date=21 August 2018}}</ref><ref name=":1" />{{Efn|Hogg never disclosed her age or date of birth publicly. There are conflicting reports about her date of birth:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shilling |first=Jane |date=30 November 2025 |title=Why should a woman reveal her age? |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/30/why-should-a-woman-reveal-her-age/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 December 2025 |website=Daily Telegraph}}</ref> 1951,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results/2134030388692ee9f09de07|title=Results for Pamela Hogg|access-date=2 December 2025|website=Scotland's People}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41371075?seq=1|title=Industrial Design Bursaries, 1972 Competition|date=May 1973|journal=Journal of the Royal Society of Arts|issue=5202|volume=121|via=JSTOR|page=343|url-access=limited|access-date=30 November 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoste |first=Elliot |date=26 November 2025 |title=Legendary fashion designer Pam Hogg has died |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/69155/1/fashion-designer-pam-hogg-has-died |access-date=4 December 2025 |website=Dazed}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 November 2025 |title=Fashion rebel Pam Hogg has passed away |url=https://hungermag.com/fashion/fashion-rebel-pam-hogg-has-passed-away |access-date=4 December 2025 |website=Hunger Magazine}}</ref> 1959,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pam Hogg – Person |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp139606/pam-hogg |access-date=7 December 2025 |website=National Portrait Gallery}}</ref> 4 January 1959,<ref name=Tel/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Mark |date=29 November 2025 |title=Groundbreaking designer whose ‘identity and inspiration’ came from Glasgow dies |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/25658443.tributes-pam-hogg---groundbreaking-designer-inspired-glasgow/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 December 2025 |website=The Herald}}</ref> {{circa|1959}},<ref name="guardian obit" /> 1958 or 1959,<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 November 2025 |title=Pam Hogg obituary: iconoclastic Scottish fashion designer |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/pam-hogg-obituary-iconoclastic-scottish-fashion-designer-vmhkmwqgt |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 December 2025 |website=The Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shepherd |first=Fiona |date=6 December 2025 |title=Scotsman Obituaries: Pam Hogg, Scottish designer who dressed everyone from Debbie Harry to Princess Diana |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/scotsman-obituaries-pam-hogg-scottish-designer-who-dressed-everyone-from-debbie-harry-to-princess-diana-5429726 |access-date=7 December 2025 |website=The Scotsman}}</ref> or 1951.<ref name=":1" />}} After studying Fine Arts and Printed Textiles at the Glasgow School of Art, Hogg won the Newbury Medal of Distinction, the Frank Warner Memorial Medal, the Leverhulme Scholarship and the Royal Society of Arts Bursary, and subsequently went on to gain a Master of Arts degree at the Royal College of Art in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/brand/pam-hogg|title=Pam Hogg news and features|website=British Vogue|access-date=26 March 2019|archive-date=29 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129163615/https://www.vogue.co.uk/brand/pam-hogg|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Pam Hogg|url=http://edinburghinternationalfashionfestival.com/eiff_people/pam-hogg/|publisher=Edinburgh International Fashion Festival|date=August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814025201/http://edinburghinternationalfashionfestival.com/eiff_people/pam-hogg/|archive-date=14 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==Music career== Hogg joined her first band, Rubbish, at the end of the 1970s; they regularly supported The Pogues during their early days.<ref name="thestylecon.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.thestylecon.com/2014/01/27/pam-hogg-fing-awesome/ |title=Pam Hogg is F***ing Awesome |The Style Con |access-date=6 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806010215/http://www.thestylecon.com/2014/01/27/pam-hogg-fing-awesome/ |archive-date=6 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sleek-mag.com/special-features/2012/11/pam-hogg-on-life-after-clubbing/ |title=Pam Hogg on Life after Clubbing |work=Sleek mag |access-date=6 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213141656/http://www.sleek-mag.com/special-features/2012/11/pam-hogg-on-life-after-clubbing/ |archive-date=13 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
She had a minor hit with Britain's first acid house band, The Garden of Eden, with Kiss FM DJ Steve Jackson, vocalist Angela McCluskey and record producer Mark Tinley.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://marktinley.co.uk/garden-of-eden/ |title=Garden of Eden - Mark Tinley |access-date=6 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412175444/http://marktinley.co.uk/garden-of-eden/ |archive-date=12 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
After concentrating on fashion design during the 1980s, she shifted focus back to music after a brief appearance on stage in Nashville with industrial noise band Pigface in 1990 reaffirmed her love of performing.<ref name=":0">{{cite interview |last=Hogg |first=Pam |date=2023-05-11 |title=PAM HOGG for FRENCH FRIES #6 |url=https://frenchfries-mag.com/interview/2023/5/11/pam-hogg-for-french-fries-6 |interviewer-last=Torres |interviewer-first=Agnese |work=French Fries Magazine |access-date=2025-11-26}}</ref> Unexpectedly landing the support act with Debbie Harry in 1993, she formed a new band, Doll, in five days, and in 1994 with the band firmly established, opened for the post punk band The Raincoats.<ref name="thestylecon.com"/>
In 2003, Hogg was approached by Jarvis Cocker collaborator Jason Buckle to form a "Cramps like band" which would become known as Hoggdoll. Using his swamplike Rockabilly sounds as a backdrop, she wrote and recorded 6 tracks in as many weeks and built up an international underground following.<ref>{{cite web|last=Davies|first=Dean Mayo|url=http://www.anothermag.com/current/view/1899/Pam_Hogg|title=Pam Hogg|date=16 April 2012|website=Anothermag.com|access-date=11 September 2014}}</ref> Her song "Honeyland" was included on the 2006 ''Girlmonster'' compilation by Berlin-based Art Riot band Chicks on Speed.
==Fashion career== Hogg launched her first fashion collection in 1981 at the age of 30. Along with Bodymap, she was part of a new wave of designers who emerged in London at the beginning of the 1980s. She first sold her designs at Hyper Hyper at Kensington Market and later from her own shop in the West End, always refusing to "sell out" to the mainstream fashion industry. Her collections bore names such as ''Psychedelic Jungle'' (1981), ''Warrior Queen'' (1989), ''Best Dressed Chicken in Town'', ''And God Created Woman'' and ''Wild Wild Women of the West''.<ref name="Vintage Fashion Guild">{{cite web|title=Hogg, Pam|url=http://vintagefashionguild.org/label-resource/hogg-pam/|publisher=Vintage Fashion Guild|access-date=11 September 2014}}</ref>
Her solo show at the Kelvingrove Art Galleries in 1990 was the first fashion design exhibition to be held there and was well attended.<ref>{{cite news|last=Alexander|first=Hilary|title=Pam Hogg: designer with a difference|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG4541107/Pam-Hogg-designer-with-a-difference.html|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=6 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Battista|first=Anna|title=Fundraising With Pam Hogg|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/6011/1/fundraising-with-pam-hogg|year=2010|website=Dazeddigital.com|access-date=11 September 2014}}</ref> In 1991, Terry Wogan introduced her on his TV show as "one of the most original, inventive, creative designers in Britain", adding, "She has reached what is called Cult Status".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://meetthedesigner.co.uk/2011/11/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-fierce-pam-hogg/|title=Meet The Designer: 5 things you didn't know about the fierce Pam Hogg|website=Meet the Designer|access-date=26 March 2019|date=19 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090916/http://meetthedesigner.co.uk/2011/11/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-fierce-pam-hogg/|archive-date=27 March 2019|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
Returning to fashion in 1999, she had two catwalk collections and her first fashion film, ''Accelerator'' starring Anita Pallenberg, Bobby Gillespie and Patti Palladin. In the early 2000s, she branched into script writing and directing and towards the end of 2002 she clinched cameo roles with Daryl Hannah, David Soul and Primal Scream.<ref name="2000's">{{cite web |title=Pam Hogg |url=https://www.famousfashiondesigners.info/pam-hogg |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904053143/https://www.famousfashiondesigners.info/pam-hogg |archive-date=4 September 2014 |access-date=2 December 2025 |website=Famous Fashion Designers}}</ref>
She designed the costumes for Siouxsie Sioux{{'s}} 2004 ''Dreamshow'' world tour.<ref name="vogue obit">{{Cite web |last=Cafolla |first=Anna |last2=Mohammed |first2=Hikmat |date=26 November 2025 |title=Pam Hogg, Pioneering British Designer and Counterculture Icon, Has Died |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/pam-hogg-obituary |access-date=27 November 2025 |website=Vogue}}</ref>
In 2006, the Spanish curator {{ill|Xabier Arakistain|es}} invited Hogg to exhibit in the travelling art exhibition ''Switch on the Power'' alongside Yoko Ono, Leigh Bowery, Andy Warhol and Kraftwerk. This allowed her to return to the video medium, producing and directing two promos incorporating her clothes and music. She cast a host of friends including Siouxsie Sioux and Alison Mosshart from the Kills to appear alongside her in the new twin collections inspired by shiny metals and reflective surfaces. The resulting videos "Opel Eyes" and "Electricman" were viewed by a whole new unexpected audience via YouTube and Myspace as well as at the exhibition. This direct access and exposure regenerated a newfound interest in Hogg's work.<ref>{{cite web|title=Who's Who: Pam Hogg|work=UK Vogue|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/spy/biographies/pam-hogg-biography|date=11 May 2011}}</ref>
In 2007, Kylie Minogue appeared in Hogg's black mesh metal-studded cat suit in her "2 Hearts" video,<ref name=Tel/> and Siouxsie Sioux wore numerous distinctive Pam Hogg signature cat suits throughout her 2008 tour.<ref name=frankel />
In October 2008, the prestigious fashion store Browns of South Molton Street was the first to stock the new Hogg-Couture collection. She was further asked to dress their windows for Halloween, an honour rarely given to one designer.<ref name=frankel>{{cite news|last=Frankel|first=Susannah|title=Spirit of the Eighties: Cult designer Pam Hogg is back in the spotlight|newspaper=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/spirit-of-the-eighties-cult-designer-pam-hogg-is-back-in-the-spotlight-1622651.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/spirit-of-the-eighties-cult-designer-pam-hogg-is-back-in-the-spotlight-1622651.html |archive-date=24 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|date=16 February 2009}}</ref> Hogg's collections were subsequently worn by a new generation of celebrities including Lady Gaga, Jessie J, Kelly Rowland, Tyra Banks, Alice Dellal, Jamie Winstone, Björk, Rihanna, Daisy Lowe, Lily Allen, Peaches Geldof, Naomi Campbell and Claudia Schiffer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Caludai Schiffer and Pam Hogg|url=http://coolspotters.com/models/claudia-schiffer/and/brands/pam-hogg#medium-1065466|website=Coolspotters|access-date=7 March 2016|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090242/http://coolspotters.com/models/claudia-schiffer/and/brands/pam-hogg#medium-1065466|url-status=dead}}</ref> In February 2011, Kate Moss, the day after London Fashion Week, wore a Hogg black leather dress to the NME Awards on the same night as Alison Mosshart, wearing a Pam Hogg fur coat, picked up the prize for Hottest Woman.<ref>{{cite web|title=Designer biography for Pam Hogg|url=http://toniandguy.com/fashion-week/designer-biography/11/310|website=Toniandguy.com|access-date=11 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910200159/http://toniandguy.com/fashion-week/designer-biography/11/310|archive-date=10 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
A wedding dress designed by Hogg for Lady Mary Charteris in 2012 is held by the Victoria and Albert Museum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Designing for the bride |url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/wedding-dress-1775-2014/pam-hogg |access-date=11 September 2014 |publisher=Victoria and Albert Museum}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Wedding dress |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1266747/wedding-dress-pam-hogg/ |access-date=3 December 2025 |website=Victoria and Albert Museum}}</ref>
In April 2013, Hogg was honoured during "BritWeek" in Los Angeles for her achievements. As part of an art installation featuring British artists from Los Angeles and London, Opfashart, she was given a fashion show; models included Lady Victoria Hervey.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Booth |last2=Tschorn |first2=Adam |date=29 April 2013 |title=Brit Week event honors fashion designer Pam Hogg |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/fashion/alltherage/la-ar-brit-week-event-honors-fashion-designer-pam-hogg-20130429-story.html}}</ref> In October the same year she won the Creative Excellence prize from the Scottish Council.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2013 |title=Christopher Kane lands top fashion prize |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13126626.christopher-kane-lands-top-fashion-prize/ |access-date=27 November 2025 |work=The Herald}}</ref>
Hogg designed the Britannia trophy statuettes for the 2016 Brit Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/news/pam-hogg-revealed-as-brits-statue-designer|title=Pam Hogg revealed as BRITs Trophy Designer|publisher=BRIT Awards|date=29 November 2015|access-date=9 January 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201523/http://www.brits.co.uk/news/pam-hogg-revealed-as-brits-statue-designer|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==Death== Hogg died from pancreatic cancer at a hospice in Hackney, London, on 26 November 2025, at the age of 74.<ref name=Tel>{{Cite news|title=Pam Hogg, fashion designer whose bold, extravagant pieces were worn by rock royalty|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/11/27/pam-hogg-fashion-designer-rock-royalty-died-obituary/|work=Daily Telegraph |type=obituary|date=27 November 2025|access-date=27 November 2025|issn=0307-1235|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=McIntosh |first1=Steven |title=Scottish fashion designer Pam Hogg dies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm28v743mpyo |website=BBC News |access-date=26 November 2025 |date=26 November 2025}}</ref><ref name="guardian obit">{{cite news |title=Pam Hogg, fashion designer with a rock'n'roll spirit, dies at 66 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025/nov/26/pam-hogg-fashion-designer-obituary |access-date=26 November 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=26 November 2025|first1=Lauren|last1=Cochrane|first2=Nadeem|last2=Badshah}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0389715}} * {{NPG name|id=139606}} * {{discogs artist|Pam Hogg}}
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