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"I was a goth kid, and it just made sense to me, aesthetically, to cover myself in tattoos," Sammi Jefcoate tells 'FASHION'.

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Olly Alexander on style, sexuality and self-expression There’s a scene in Olly Alexander’s 2017 BBC3 documentary Growing Up Gay where he’s backstage at Mighty Hoopla Festival wearing a pair of gold hot pants, having his body painted in glitter. “I had this bright idea that I’d like to be in my underwear covered in gold glitter,” he tells the camera as he prepares to go on stage. “Everyone thought I was joking, but I wasn’t.” This is still very much Alexander’s attitude to dressing himself now. “I love anything that provokes a reaction,” he explains when we catch up o...

The steamy gay sex scenes in It’s a Sin might’ve scandalised The Sun, but Olly Alexander’s mum didn’t bat an eyelid. The acclaimed Channel 4 drama didn’t hold back in its authentic telling of the AIDS crisis, which meant that more than a few explicit scenes made it to the final cut. One particular montage centres on the many sexual adventures of Ricky Tozer (yes, you know the one) – and for some more conservative viewers it was all too much. Fortunately, Olly Alexander’s mother wasn’t one of them. Asked whether she had dared to watch it, the star told