David Bowie Lightning Enamel Pin

The Bowie lightning bolt is Aladdin Sane, not Ziggy Stardust, and any pin page selling it should know the difference.

Brian Duffy photographed Bowie's Aladdin Sane cover in 1973, creating the lightning-bolt face image that became one of glam rock's defining visuals. Bowie's theatrical self-invention, makeup and elastic relationship to masculine presentation gave queer audiences an enduring visual language for performance and gender play.

The David Bowie Lightning Enamel Pin reduces that famous red-and-blue face motif to a sharp red-and-gold lightning shape, creating a clean glam-rock accessory rather than a miniature portrait.

For Bowie fans who know which era the bolt belongs to, makeup obsessives and glam queers who prefer one recognisable symbol over a face, this is fandom with the homework done.

David Bowie Lightning Enamel Pin Product Details

• One hard enamel pin.
• Lightning-bolt design references David Bowie's 1973 Aladdin Sane imagery.
• Red-and-gold treatment gives the motif a clean graphic finish.
• A strong gift for Bowie fans, glam-rock collectors and theatrical dressers.

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