Browsing: ziggy stardust

Shot alone on a freezing January night because the band stayed indoors, beneath a furrier’s sign fans read as ‘quest’ – the story of 23 Heddon Street and London’s only plaque to a fictional alien.

Suzi Ronson’s scissors helped turn David Bowie into Ziggy Stardust. Here’s what happened, why it mattered, and how the look really worked.