John Pasche
Fashion
Kali
Rolling Stones John Pasche was
still a student at the Royal College of Art when he was asked to design an image
for a Rolling Stones tour in 1971. As Pasche explains in this film Mick Jagger
invited the young designer to his Chelsea home to brief him. The logo was
initially inspired less by Mick Jagger's famous pouting lips than by the Indian
goddess Kali who is often portrayed with a protruding pointed tongue. The image
was an immediate success. Pasche was paid £50 and commissioned to design a logo
which has featured on every Stones album since.
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