Philip Sallon was born on 1951 and is a British club promoter, event organiser, socialite, style innovator, impresario, and clothing designer.
11 Facts About Philip Sallon
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Philip Sallon is particularly known for being a prominent member of the Punk sub-cultural and New Romantic pop cultural movements during the 1970s and 1980s.
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Philip Sallon was born in London in 1951, the grandson of Polish Jewish immigrant tailors who moved to the UK in 1904.
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Philip Sallon's father, Ralph Sallon, was a well-known caricaturist who married his mother Anna Simon in 1945.
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Philip Sallon was educated at Harrow County School, later renamed Gayton School.
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Philip Sallon then left St Martin's to pursue a career in theatre and, later on, club promotion.
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Philip Sallon was a core member of the group that included the founders Rusty Egan and Steve Strange, and included Boy George, Marilyn and Alice Temple, Perri Lister, Princess Julia, and Martin Degville.
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In January 1983, Philip Sallon began hosting the infamous Mud Club on Fridays at 28 Leicester Square, launched with Malcolm McLaren.
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Philip Sallon was known for his outrageous costumes and cutting personality.
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Philip Sallon scrutinised everyone entering the club and if you didn't look right or have the right attitude you would not be let in and told in no uncertain terms why you could not come in.
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In 1992, Philip Sallon moved the Mud Club to Bagley's Warehouse, which was then known for holding the biggest capacity nights in London.