Nancy Spungen Style Inspiration

Nancy Spungen was a famous punk icon and groupie. She is best known as the girlfriend of the Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious. Nancy was born in 1958 and she was a troubled girl from early childhood. She was even diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 15. Her mother, Deborah Spungen, talks about Nancy’s life in the biography of her daughter “And I don’t want to live this life,” published in 1983. Nancy died tragically in 1978. Everyone thinks it was Sid Vicious who murdered her, but we will never really know what happened that night in the infamous Chelsea Hotel. Some say she was stabbed by him and some say she was murdered by a drug dealer she caught stealing in their room.Nancy’s rebellious attitude brought her to the American punk scene, but that wasn’t enough for her. She eventually left for England following The Heartbreakers, but she met the Sex Pistols as soon as she arrived in the UK. She started a violent relationship with Sid that ended in her tragic death.
Nancy Spungen is the true tragic rock icon. Her life was crazy for the most part, mainly because she suffered from schizoprenia but at that time there weren’t treatment centers for children and teenagers with this diagnosis. Apparently her doctor never told Nancy’s family, so she kept on living her troublesome life.
Spungen had a genius IQ but she never could put it to use because she couldn’t focus. She got bored very easily and she spent her school years hanging with the “wrong” kids and doing drugs. She even tried to commit suicide at age 10 and threatened her babysitter with a pair of scissors. At age 17 she ran off to New York and made a living as a dancer and a prostitute. After a while she moved to London because everyone in New York was sick of her ups and downs and called her “Nauseating Nancy.”

Nancy Spungen Style

We don’t know if Nancy’s issues were effectively due to her disease or if she was just naturally a punk and a rebel at heart. There’s only one thing we know for sure: that chick had style. She was a pioneer of the “bad rocker girl” and “punk groupie” look, and she surely influenced rebel girls from the 1980s until today. She wasn’t a natural beauty either, but she had a ton of style and charm. Let’s see some of Nancy’s wardrobe staples and key elements together.Studded Bra T-shirt – Black Skinny Pants – Heeled Boots Black. Nancy wore all black clothes. She was sporadically seen wearing leopard patterns, white and some other random colours but the main colour was always a solid black. She also incorporated items from the fetish world like rubber bondage gear, fishnet shirts and studded leather garments. Jewelry. Nancy used to wear a lot of jewelry, especially big chains, pendants and “statement” jewelry. The most famous pendant she used to wear was the padlock. Sid Vicious had a matching one and they’re seen wearing it in many pictures. Bleached blonde. Her most distinctive feature is her short curly blonde bob. She wasn’t a natural blonde at all. Naturally, she had brown hair but she bleached it for her whole life. Heavy makeup. Nancy’s face was most often caked in makeup. She always wore black eyeliner, colourful eyeshadow (bright green, electric blue, red) and red blush. Lipstick was a must, as it was making her complexion super pale. Do you love Nancy Spungen style? Doesn’t she remind you of an early Courtney Love? Let us know what you think in the comments below. Photo credits: Pinterest.com