Editing Duran Duran (section)

==Visual style==
[[File:Duran Duran 2011.jpg|thumb|Duran Duran at [[South by Southwest|SXSW]] in [[Austin, Texas]], 2011]]
From the beginning of their career, all the members had a keen sense of visual style. They worked with stylist Perry Haines and fashion designers such as [[Kahn & Bell]] and [[Antony Price]] to build a sharp and elegant image, soon outgrowing the ruffles and sashes of the pirate-flavoured early New Romantic look that had been popularised by [[Adam Ant]] during 1980–81. They have continued to present fashion as part of their package throughout their career. In the 1990s they worked with [[Vivienne Westwood]] and in the 2000s with [[Giorgio Armani]]. The band retained creative control of their visual presentation having worked closely with graphic designer [[Malcolm Garrett]] and many others over the years to create album covers, tour programs and other materials.<ref name=TheirStory>{{Cite book|last=De Graaf |first=Kaspar |author2=Garret, Malcolm |title=Duran Duran: Their Story |year=1982 |publisher=Cherry Lane Books |location=UK |isbn=0-86276-171-9 |page=14}}</ref>

Teen and music magazines in the UK latched onto their good looks quickly, and the USA soon followed. It was a rare month in the early 1980s when there was not at least one picture of the band members in [[teen magazine]]s such as ''[[Smash Hits]]'' or ''[[Tiger Beat]]''. John Taylor once remarked that the band was "like a box of [[Quality Street (confection)|Quality Street]] [chocolates]; everyone is someone's favourite"<ref>De Graaf & Garret (1982), p. 15.</ref> Duran Duran later came to regret this early pin-up exposure, but at the time it helped attract national attention. In an interview with ''Rock Fever Superstars'' magazine in early 1988, John Taylor stated:

<blockquote>We used to be a very chi-chi name to drop in '79, but then the Fab Five hype started and something went wrong. Something went really wrong. That wasn't what I wanted. [...] Not that I didn't like being screamed at. At one point I really did".<ref>Sprague, David: ''The Death of Duran Duran''. Rock Fever Superstars, issue January 1988, p.21</ref></blockquote>