Nick Kamen

Songwriter + Singer + Model

Male

Born Apr 15, 1962

Age 51

Hometown Harlow

Genres Pop music

Nick Kamen is an English male model, songwriter and musician, and brother of session guitarist Chester Kamen and artist Barry Kamen.

Romance

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Amanda de Cadenet
Dating 1999 - Present
Talisa Soto
Dated
Tatjana Patitz
Dated

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Has Postmodernist Design Eaten Itself? The Guardian
Google News - Sep 12, 2011

Hip-hop sampling, Peter Saville's New Order record covers, Grace Jones's eclectic styling and the Levi's ad in which Nick Kamen strips off in a launderette are all claimed as a groundswell of the postmodern ethos. There's a good theoretical basis for a
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Opinion: A Breakfast With Sir John Hegarty The Drum
Google News - Sep 11, 2011

Levis Launderette with Nick Kamen inevitably comes up as does Audi's equally iconic “Vorsprung durch technic” strapline - intriguingly, a copy line he spotted randomly on a sign at an Audi car plant. But JH is no two trick pony with an enormous archive
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Levi's Controversial Riot Ad: Bad Taste Or Bad Timing? The Week Magazine
Google News - Aug 12, 2011

This is part of a larger trend of brands "associating themselves with gangster-type behavior," and it "shows how far Levi's has come from the ads showing teen idol Nick Kamen in his underwear in a laundrette." Of course, "Levi's is far from the first
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Levi's Pulls 'Riot' Ad After Uk Violence The Guardian
Google News - Aug 11, 2011

Mark Borkowski, a PR and branding expert, said: "Talk about bad timing. This illustrates what brands have been doing associating themselves with gangster-type behaviour. It shows how far Levi's has come from the ad showing teen idol Nick Kamen in his
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1962 Birth Born on April 15, 1962.

TWENTIES

1984 22 Years Old Nick attended St Marks RC Comprehensive School in Harlow along with his brother Chester. Kamen was first brought to the public’s attention in 1984 when Ray Petri featured him on the front cover of The Face. … Read More

1985 23 Years Old He is most remembered, in the UK, for his 1985 beefcake performance in Levi's "Launderette" television commercial, where he strips down in order to stone-wash his blue jeans in a 1950s style public laundromat while he waits clad only in his boxer shorts, which was one of a series of Bartle Bogle Hegarty advertisements that dramatically increased the popularity of Levi 501s. The commercial, directed by Roger Lyons, was selected for, and came fourth in, The 100 Greatest TV Ads in 2000.

1986 24 Years Old His first single was the 1986 UK number five hit "Each Time You Break My Heart" from his eponymous début album. … Read More

1989 27 Years Old In 1989 Kamen performed the song "Turn It Up" on the soundtrack to Walt Disney's film, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. 1990 saw the release of one of his biggest hits. … Read More

THIRTIES

1992 30 Years Old In 1992 Kamen released what would be his last album to date, Whatever, Whenever.

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