Boy George at the AnOther A/W12 launch party at Annabel's Photography by Dave BenettWhen a unknown brunette in a red boater appeared on Top of the Pops in 1982 with ‘Do you really want to hurt me’, a proportion of straight men in Britain declared they had the hots for that pretty girl. The mysterious figure would become one of the most notorious and successful of his time – Boy George.
The original romantic, Boy George (Alan O’Dowd) pioneered androgyny, dressing in eclectic hats, waistcoats and billow...