Reinforcing this conviction was Bowie ... makeup, he dusted Japanese rice powder—picked up from a Tokyo five-and-dime shop—to create a pure white base, then draped the contours of his face ...

Fifty years ago today, on the stage of London’s Hammersmith Odeon, David Bowie killed Ziggy Stardust ... His hair, makeup and outfits became even more lurid and otherworldly — in a fit ...

“DAVID BOWIE IS ZIGGY STARDUST” the press release from RCA ... Or, if I couldn’t cope with that, then make up some people. Would I be them easier?” Bowie recalls in the liner notes to ...

She mentioned her “artistic” son David ... Hot Red” hair dye, Ziggy Stardust was born. From that moment on, Ronson became the official hair and makeup expert to Bowie and his laddish ...

When David Bowie introduced Ziggy Stardust in 1972 ... He was worried about becoming the face of a certain identity. This would have been hell for a character chameleon like Bowie.

Bowie’s androgynous personae, his avowed bisexuality, his use of make-up, his genderless stage ... the lens of DA Pennebaker’s grainy 1979 Ziggy Stardust documentary, now restored and re ...

Among the most striking were Rock’s pictures of the Ziggy Stardust ... La Roche to do his make-up for 50 quid but David was pretty good at doing his own make-up.” David Bowie, Iggy Pop and ...

That's according to the liner notes of “David Bowie — Rock ... of the Pops” that make up the second and third CDs. In addition to songs from “Ziggy Stardust,” there's a great performance ...

David Bowie ... and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. After striking up a friendship with the couple, who were in an open marriage, Suzi was asked to assist Bowie and the band ...

Ziggy Stardust didn't call it quits. He just changed his name and clothes. Less than a year after David ... one of Bowie's most iconic images. The lightning bolt that splits his face in half ...

Which was mainly because one of the key designers was a massive Bowie nut. "[David] Cage’s list of ... "He was going to relaunch Ziggy Stardust from space. The idea was that Ziggy would beam ...

The film, Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars, has recently been reissued. Originally broadcast in 2002. This is FRESH AIR. I'm Tonya Mosley. Fifty years ago, David Bowie retired his alter ...