Michelle Olley
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Michelle Olley is a British
writer
, journalist
and magazine editor
.
Michelle Olley attended the University of Westminster
in London where she attained a BA
(Hons) in Media Studies, specialising in print journalism. She began her career in journalism at TW Publishing Ltd when writing and feature-editing Skin Two
magazine (along with co-founders and editors, Tim Woodward and Tony Mitchell) - interviewing, amongst others, Jean Paul Gaultier, Tim Burton
, Marilyn Manson
, The Cramps
, Marc Almond
, Terence Sellers and Clive Barker
- before becoming associate editor and director of TW Publishing Ltd at only 23 years of age.
and Cruisaid
(the 1995 Ball alone raised £16,000 for the latter). Guests on the opening night included John Paul Gaultier, Vivienne Westwood
, Leigh Bowery
and Mick Jagger
disguised in a fake moustache and Muir cap. Olley hosted, ran and MC-ed the Ball from 1992 - 1996. In that time it became an international event with people coming from all over the world to attend and to participate in the increasingly elaborate fashion shows and performances.
Of the inception of the Rubber Ball, Olley said:
. (Simon Hoare later went on to become a member of the bands Raymonde and RPLA.)
The tumultuous history of Salon Kitty was described in their own words as: "9 lives, 8 years, 7 members, 6 near death experiences, 5 Countries (if you include Wales), 4 Managers, 3 record deals, 2 arrests, One hell of a ride."
to be the main model for what became one of his most celebrated creations: the centre piece tableux of his 2001 spring/summer collection, named VOSS. The centre piece - which featured Olley within an enormous, moth-filled glass box, the sides of which fell away and smashed - was based on the Joel Peter Witkin image Sanitarium
. The show also featured Kate Moss
and Erin O'Connor
.
Olley also modelled for Nick Knight's Sister Honey series created for Dazed & Confused
with British designer Peter Saville. It was the McQueen show that brought Olley to Nick Knight's attention, as he later said of it on his SHOWstudio.com
blog:
Alexander McQueen later described his thoughts on forcing his audience to stare at their own reflection for over an hour:
In spring 2011, Olley was asked by the Metropolitan Museum of Art
in New York to contribute to their Alexander McQueen exhibition, Savage Beauty
. She was interviewed by The Met and the interview included in the audio guide to the show. Also, Olley's detailed diary/journal of modelling for McQueen - written between Sept18-27 as the show was being planned and staged - was included in the Met Museum website coverage of the Savage Beauty exhibition.
The diary relates details of the show and encounters with McQueen, ending when Olley returns home to find "...a MASSIVE bouquet of flowers has arrived, with a note saying, “Thank you for everything – you were beautiful! – Lee xxx” "
UK (or PH.UK, as it was newly christened) as a modern redefinition of the traditional adult magazine, partly via the vision of designers and Face
and Vogue
fashion photographers such as Corrinne Day, Ian McKell and Ben Westwood
garnered from Olley's formidable black book of contacts built through her previous editorships at fashion and fetish publications; and from the sexual politics brought from the same. Olley's vision of empowerment through sexual expression rather than exploitation soon ran into the more trad-view of owner Bob Guccione
. The relaunch generated much medias interest but failed to reposition the magazine. The resultant implosion was recorded by a Channel 4
camera crew, making an early reality TV documentary series about the magazine's relaunch.
Olley worked as deputy editor of So magazine, features editor at gay lifestyle magazine Attitude
, in 1999 became editor of P.U.R.E magazine, followed by the deputy editorship at Fable
and contributing editor of the Arts Council
quarterly, Upstart
magazine. As editor at Carlton Books, Olley has edited and written for several photographic anthologies, including the work of Herb Ritts
, Derek Ridgers
, Tracey Emin
, Jeff Koons
and Nick Knight
.
As a freelance writer, Olley has contributed to The Sunday Times
(cover feature, 'More Is More', NOW, The Independent on Sunday, The Guardian
, i-D
, The Fashion, Minx
, Looks, DJ and Attitude
.
After being appointed content editor of The-Hotel.com, in 2003 Olley became website editor and media consultant at Faith Inc, before moving to Turner Classic Movies
at Turner Broadcasting, London.
(of Watchmen
and V For Vendetta
fame), widely regarded as the most innovative writer of the genre, and one of its most celebrated. The occasion of Olley's interview with both Moore and his partner, Melinda Gebbie, was the publication of Moore's and Gebbie's book Lost Girls
(written by Moore/illustrated by Gebbie). Fifteen years in gestation, Lost Girls was much anticipated and eagerly awaited by Moore fans and graphic novel aficionados.
for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Adult Swim (EMEA) is the non-U.S version of the hugely successful American Adult Swim channel/website - home of, among others, Venture Brothers (written by Doc Hammer
and Jackson Publick), and Robot Chicken
, the popular satirical show co-created by actor Seth Green
(voice of Chris Griffin
in Family Guy
), which is the highest rated original show on Adult Swim and second only to Family Guy on the whole network.
, the British musician, music producer, composer, re-mixer and founder member of dance rock outfit Apollo 440
.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and magazine editor
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
.
Michelle Olley attended the University of Westminster
University of Westminster
The University of Westminster is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom. Its origins go back to the foundation of the Royal Polytechnic Institution in 1838, and it was awarded university status in 1992.The university's headquarters and original campus are based on Regent...
in London where she attained a BA
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
(Hons) in Media Studies, specialising in print journalism. She began her career in journalism at TW Publishing Ltd when writing and feature-editing Skin Two
Skin Two
Skin Two is a fetish magazine covering aspects of the worldwide fetish subculture.The name is a reference to fetish clothing as a "second skin".The magazine was founded in 1983 by the publisher Tim Woodward and the photographer Grace Lau....
magazine (along with co-founders and editors, Tim Woodward and Tony Mitchell) - interviewing, amongst others, Jean Paul Gaultier, Tim Burton
Tim Burton
Timothy William "Tim" Burton is an American film director, film producer, writer and artist. He is famous for dark, quirky-themed movies such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet...
, Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson may refer to:* Marilyn Manson , an American rock musician* Marilyn Manson , the American rock band led by the singer of the same name...
, The Cramps
The Cramps
The Cramps were an American rock band, formed in 1976 and active until 2009. The band split after the death of lead singer Lux Interior. Their line-up rotated much over their existence, with the husband and wife duo of Interior and lead guitarist Poison Ivy the only permanent members...
, Marc Almond
Marc Almond
Marc Almond is an English singer-songwriter and musician, who originally found fame as half of the seminal synthpop/New Wave duo Soft Cell...
, Terence Sellers and Clive Barker
Clive Barker
Clive Barker is an English author, film director and visual artist best known for his work in both fantasy and horror fiction. Barker came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories which established him as a leading young horror writer...
- before becoming associate editor and director of TW Publishing Ltd at only 23 years of age.
The Rubber Ball
In 1992, Olley instigated the now-famous Rubber Ball, which in the 90s went on to become the largest and most high profile fetish party in the world. The original Ball was held in aid of the MS SocietyMultiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a British medical research charity dedicated to curing the neurological condition multiple sclerosis...
and Cruisaid
Cruisaid
Crusaid is a United Kingdom charity dedicated to helping poor and marginalised people affected by HIV and AIDS. Providing support, awareness, education projects and hardship funds, for the last two decades Crusaid has worked to enable individuals and communities to regain their dignity and improve...
(the 1995 Ball alone raised £16,000 for the latter). Guests on the opening night included John Paul Gaultier, Vivienne Westwood
Vivienne Westwood
Dame Vivienne Westwood, DBE, RDI is a British fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream.-Early life:...
, Leigh Bowery
Leigh Bowery
Leigh Bowery was an Australian performance artist, club promoter, actor, pop star, model and fashion designer, based in London. Bowery is considered one of the more influential figures in the 1980s and 1990s London and New York art and fashion circles influencing a generation of artists and...
and Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
disguised in a fake moustache and Muir cap. Olley hosted, ran and MC-ed the Ball from 1992 - 1996. In that time it became an international event with people coming from all over the world to attend and to participate in the increasingly elaborate fashion shows and performances.
Of the inception of the Rubber Ball, Olley said:
- “We decided that we wanted to do a 'public' fetish party because in the early 90s there was a lot of tabloid/police interest in fetish clubs and people were getting closed down by raids in the summer of 92, so we decided that instead of hiding and going quietly, the thing to do would be to hold a more open event, invite the press, let everyone know that the press were there, get them to show up in the mood for a fun party rather than anything more full-on and have a public celebration of dressing-up and general sauciness. If grew from an event for 2,000 people in 1992 to a bursting to capacity 4,500 people crammed into Hammersmith Palais by 1994.“
Club Nights
Olley also ran a club night called Disco Scum - an electro-punk night that was held in a gentlemen's club in Piccadilly - which she ran in 1993 with Mark Carter (who also ran punk club Penetration and managed the band Superblond). And, in 1995, a club night called Street life that Olley ran with her band Salon Kitty and which was held at the Brixton Academy.Band
From 1992 to 2000, Olley was vocalist with the electronic band Salon Kitty, composed of Olley on vocals, Simon Hoare on guitar, Neil Albert on keyboards/backing vocals, Robert Michael on keyboards and Cliff Hewitt on drums. In 1995, the band released the single, Freak (written by Olley/Hoare) on Liquid Gold Records, and in 1996 signed to Epic RecordsEpic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
. (Simon Hoare later went on to become a member of the bands Raymonde and RPLA.)
The tumultuous history of Salon Kitty was described in their own words as: "9 lives, 8 years, 7 members, 6 near death experiences, 5 Countries (if you include Wales), 4 Managers, 3 record deals, 2 arrests, One hell of a ride."
Alexander McQueen
Whilst at Fable, Olley was chosen by the British designer Alexander McQueenAlexander McQueen
Lee Alexander McQueen, CBE was a British fashion designer and couturier best known for his in-depth knowledge of bespoke British tailoring, his tendency to juxtapose strength with fragility in his collections, as well as the emotional power and raw energy of his provocative fashion shows...
to be the main model for what became one of his most celebrated creations: the centre piece tableux of his 2001 spring/summer collection, named VOSS. The centre piece - which featured Olley within an enormous, moth-filled glass box, the sides of which fell away and smashed - was based on the Joel Peter Witkin image Sanitarium
Sanitarium
Sanitarium may refer to:*An alternate spelling of sanatorium, a medical facility for long-term illness or a summer resort.*Sanitarium, California, in Napa County*Battle Creek Sanitarium, made famous by John Harvey Kellogg...
. The show also featured Kate Moss
Kate Moss
Kate Moss is an English model. Moss is known for her waifish figure and popularising the heroin chic look in the 1990s. She is also known for her controversial private life, high profile relationships, party lifestyle, and drug use. Moss changed the look of modelling and started a global debate on...
and Erin O'Connor
Erin O'Connor
-Early life:Erin O'Connor was born and brought up in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, England and went to Brownhills Community School . She was raised Catholic and her father is from Ballycastle, Northern Ireland...
.
Olley also modelled for Nick Knight's Sister Honey series created for Dazed & Confused
Dazed & Confused (magazine)
Dazed & Confused is a British style magazine, that was set up in 1992 and published monthly. Its founding editors were Jefferson Hack and Rankin...
with British designer Peter Saville. It was the McQueen show that brought Olley to Nick Knight's attention, as he later said of it on his SHOWstudio.com
SHOWstudio.com
SHOWstudio.com is a fashion website, founded and directed by Nick Knight. Since it began at the start of the new millennium, SHOWstudio.com has championed film and moving image as the ideal medium for fashion in the digital age, and has utilised online streaming and real-time reporting methods –...
blog:
"The girl in the box was Michelle Olley. She modelled for me in a story I did called Sister Honey... She was a writer and I remember she wrote a great piece on being the Butterfly Girl in the middle of that (McQueen) Glass Box show. I was sat on the front row, inbetween Alexandra Schulman and Gwyneth PaltrowGwyneth PaltrowGwyneth Kate Paltrow is an American actress and singer. She made her acting debut on stage in 1990 and started appearing in films in 1991. After appearing in several films throughout the decade, Paltrow gained early notice for her work in films such as Se7en and Emma...
. It was is probably one of the best pieces of Fashion Theatre I have ever witnessed."
Alexander McQueen later described his thoughts on forcing his audience to stare at their own reflection for over an hour:
- "Ha! I was really pleased about that. I was looking at it on the monitor, watching everyone trying not to look at themselves. It was a great thing to do in the fashion industry—turn it back on them! God, I’ve had some freaky shows.”
In spring 2011, Olley was asked by the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the...
in New York to contribute to their Alexander McQueen exhibition, Savage Beauty
Savage Beauty (exhibition)
Savage Beauty was an art exhibition held in 2011 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art featuring haute couture clothing created by the late British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, as well as accessories created for his runway shows. The exhibit was extremely popular in New York City and resulted in...
. She was interviewed by The Met and the interview included in the audio guide to the show. Also, Olley's detailed diary/journal of modelling for McQueen - written between Sept18-27 as the show was being planned and staged - was included in the Met Museum website coverage of the Savage Beauty exhibition.
The diary relates details of the show and encounters with McQueen, ending when Olley returns home to find "...a MASSIVE bouquet of flowers has arrived, with a note saying, “Thank you for everything – you were beautiful! – Lee xxx” "
Magazines
In 1997, Olley was brought in as deputy editor to help helm the now rather notorious relaunch of PenthousePenthouse (magazine)
Penthouse, a men's magazine founded by Bob Guccione, combines urban lifestyle articles and softcore pornographic pictorials that, in the 1990s, evolved into hardcore. Penthouse is owned by FriendFinder Network. formerly known as General Media, Inc. whose parent company was Penthouse International...
UK (or PH.UK, as it was newly christened) as a modern redefinition of the traditional adult magazine, partly via the vision of designers and Face
Face
The face is a central sense organ complex, for those animals that have one, normally on the ventral surface of the head, and can, depending on the definition in the human case, include the hair, forehead, eyebrow, eyelashes, eyes, nose, ears, cheeks, mouth, lips, philtrum, temple, teeth, skin, and...
and Vogue
Vogue (magazine)
Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
fashion photographers such as Corrinne Day, Ian McKell and Ben Westwood
Ben Westwood
Ben Westwood is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Warrington Wolves of Europe's Super League. An England international representative forward, he previously played for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats before moving to Warrington in 2002 and winning the 2009 Challenge Cup with...
garnered from Olley's formidable black book of contacts built through her previous editorships at fashion and fetish publications; and from the sexual politics brought from the same. Olley's vision of empowerment through sexual expression rather than exploitation soon ran into the more trad-view of owner Bob Guccione
Bob Guccione
Bob Guccione was the founder and publisher of the adult magazine Penthouse. He resigned from his publisher position in November 2003.-Early life:...
. The relaunch generated much medias interest but failed to reposition the magazine. The resultant implosion was recorded by a Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
camera crew, making an early reality TV documentary series about the magazine's relaunch.
Olley worked as deputy editor of So magazine, features editor at gay lifestyle magazine Attitude
Attitude (magazine)
Attitude is a British gay lifestyle magazine owned by Vitality Publishing. It is sold worldwide as a physical magazine and a digital download for the iPad and iPhone via the App Store. The first issue appeared in May 1994....
, in 1999 became editor of P.U.R.E magazine, followed by the deputy editorship at Fable
Fable
A fable is a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, mythical creatures, plants, inanimate objects or forces of nature which are anthropomorphized , and that illustrates a moral lesson , which may at the end be expressed explicitly in a pithy maxim.A fable differs from...
and contributing editor of the Arts Council
Arts council
An arts council is a government or private, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts mainly by funding local artists, awarding prizes, and organizing events at home and abroad...
quarterly, Upstart
Upstart
Upstart is an event-based replacement for the traditional init daemon — the method by which several Unix-like computer operating systems perform tasks when the computer is started. It was written by Scott James Remnant, a former employee of Canonical Ltd....
magazine. As editor at Carlton Books, Olley has edited and written for several photographic anthologies, including the work of Herb Ritts
Herb Ritts
Herbert "Herb" Ritts was an American fashion photographer who concentrated on black-and-white photography and portraits, often in the style of classical Greek sculpture.-Early life and career:...
, Derek Ridgers
Derek Ridgers
Derek Ridgers , is an established and well-known English photographer with a career spanning over thirty years. Most famous for his work among the milieu of music, film and club/street culture - photographing everyone from James Brown to The Spice Girls, from Clint Eastwood to Johnny Depp - as well...
, Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin
Tracey Karima Emin RA is a British artist of English and Turkish Cypriot origin. She is part of the group known as Britartists or YBAs ....
, Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons
Jeffrey "Jeff" Koons is an American artist known for his reproductions of banal objects—such as balloon animals produced in stainless steel with mirror finish surfaces....
and Nick Knight
Nick Knight
Nicholas Verity Knight is a former England cricketer. Knight's middle name was in honour of the 1930s English Test bowler Hedley Verity who was killed in World War II and is a distant family relation...
.
As a freelance writer, Olley has contributed to The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times...
(cover feature, 'More Is More', NOW, The Independent on Sunday, The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, i-D
I-D
i-D is a British magazine dedicated to fashion, music, art and youth culture. i-D was founded by designer and former Vogue art director Terry Jones in 1980. The first issue was published in the form of a hand-stapled fanzine with text produced on a typewriter...
, The Fashion, Minx
Minx
Minx often refers to a flirtatious young woman or:* Hillman Minx, a car* Miraal Mavalvala the Minx, a clumsy Parsi* Minnie the Minx, a comic character* Slinkee Minx, an Australian dance act* Minx , 1985* Minx , 1993...
, Looks, DJ and Attitude
Attitude (magazine)
Attitude is a British gay lifestyle magazine owned by Vitality Publishing. It is sold worldwide as a physical magazine and a digital download for the iPad and iPhone via the App Store. The first issue appeared in May 1994....
.
After being appointed content editor of The-Hotel.com, in 2003 Olley became website editor and media consultant at Faith Inc, before moving to Turner Classic Movies
Turner Classic Movies
Turner Classic Movies is a movie-oriented cable television channel, owned by the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary of Time Warner, featuring commercial-free classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and MGM, United Artists, RKO and Warner Bros. film libraries...
at Turner Broadcasting, London.
Alan Moore
For the Skin Two Yearbook 2009, Olley was granted a very rare interview with author and graphic novel writer Alan MooreAlan Moore
Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
(of Watchmen
Watchmen
Watchmen is a twelve-issue comic book limited series created by writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colourist John Higgins. The series was published by DC Comics during 1986 and 1987, and has been subsequently reprinted in collected form...
and V For Vendetta
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta is a ten-issue comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated mostly by David Lloyd, set in a dystopian future United Kingdom imagined from the 1980s to about the 1990s. A mysterious masked revolutionary who calls himself "V" works to destroy the totalitarian government,...
fame), widely regarded as the most innovative writer of the genre, and one of its most celebrated. The occasion of Olley's interview with both Moore and his partner, Melinda Gebbie, was the publication of Moore's and Gebbie's book Lost Girls
Lost Girls
Lost Girls is a graphic novel depicting the sexually explicit adventures of three important female fictional characters of the late 19th and early 20th century: Alice from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Dorothy Gale from The Wizard of Oz and Wendy Darling from Peter Pan...
(written by Moore/illustrated by Gebbie). Fifteen years in gestation, Lost Girls was much anticipated and eagerly awaited by Moore fans and graphic novel aficionados.
Adult Swim
Michelle Olley is currently content manager of Adult SwimAdult Swim
Adult Swim is an adult-oriented Cable network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network from 9:00 pm until 6:00 am ET/PT in the United States, and broadcasts in countries such as Australia and New Zealand...
for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Adult Swim (EMEA) is the non-U.S version of the hugely successful American Adult Swim channel/website - home of, among others, Venture Brothers (written by Doc Hammer
Doc Hammer
Eric A. "Doc" Hammer is an American musician, actor, film and television writer, voice actor, and painter. He performed in the gothic rock bands Requiem in White from 1985 to 1995 and Mors Syphilitica from 1995 to 2002, both with his then-wife Lisa Hammer...
and Jackson Publick), and Robot Chicken
Robot Chicken
Robot Chicken is an American stop motion animated television series created and executive produced by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich along with co-head writers Douglas Goldstein and Tom Root. Green provides many voices for the show...
, the popular satirical show co-created by actor Seth Green
Seth Green
Seth Benjamin Green is an American actor, comedian, voice actor, and television producer. He is well known for his role as Daniel "Oz" Osbourne in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as Dr. Evil's son Scott in the Austin Powers series of comedy films, Mitch Miller in That '70s Show, and the voice of Chris...
(voice of Chris Griffin
Chris Griffin
Chris Griffin is a character from the animated television series Family Guy. He is the son and middle child of Peter and Lois Griffin, brother of Stewie and Meg Griffin. Chris is voiced by Seth Green.-Personality:...
in Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...
), which is the highest rated original show on Adult Swim and second only to Family Guy on the whole network.
Other
Olley is married to Howard GrayHoward Gray
Howard Gray is a musician, sound engineer, programmer, composer, re-mixer and producer who has worked with, and on the work of Public Image Ltd, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Kirsty MacColl, The Armoury Show, The Pale Fountains, Japan, The Stranglers, Simple Minds, The Pretenders, XTC, UB40,...
, the British musician, music producer, composer, re-mixer and founder member of dance rock outfit Apollo 440
Apollo 440
Apollo 440 are an English band formed in Liverpool in 1990. Apollo 440 have written, recorded and produced four albums, collaborated with and produced other artists, remixed as Apollo 440 and as ambient cinematic alter-ego Stealth Sonic Orchestra, and created music for film, television,...
.
External links
- http://www.adultswim.co.uk - Adult Swim
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPK4IBrxIbY - Alexander McQueen 2001 Spring Summer collection
- http://www.skintwo.co.uk/alan-moore-lost-girls-interview/ - Michelle Olley's Alan Moore interview
- http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/beauty/ - Michelle Olley's cover article for The Sunday Times
- http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/from-penthouse-to-the-street-1247045.html - Feature on Olley's deputy editorship
- http://www.carltonbooks.co.uk/michelle+olley - Amazon list of Michelle Olley books
- http://www.showstudio.com/projects/incamera_nk/gallery/
- http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/B/bigart/
- http://www.myspace.com/salonkittymusic
- http://www.showstudio.com/
- http://citypaper.net/earshot/earshot.0297/rubberball.shtml - City Paper article featuring Michelle Olley
- http://www.skintwo.co.uk/ - Skin Two
- http://coilhouse.net/2008/12/skin-two-the-long-goodbye/ - Skin Two interviews and comments
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SslWYatEkI - Rubber Ball
- http://www.alanmoorefansite.com/ - Alan Moore fan site
- http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/from-penthouse-to-the-street-1247045.html - The Independent interview
- http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/beauty/article705241.ece - The Sunday Times article, 'More is More'
- http://blog.metmuseum.org/alexandermcqueen/michelle-olley-voss-diary/