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Pictured, from right: Vivienne Westwood, Jordan, Chrissie Hynde, biographer Alan Jones, unknown, and Sex Pistol Steve Jones. Photograph: David Dagley/Rex

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In 1976, jailbait was exploding beyond London. I was alive at Sex, the Kings Road bazaar endemic by Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, area this account was taken. Chrissie Hynde, Sid Vicious and Glen Matlock all had jobs there at altered times; John Lydon auditioned for the Sex Pistols by singing forth to the shop’s jukebox. In my aboriginal week, two of the New York Dolls came in for a browse.

It was my dream job. Back I was 13, I’d been blame the banned of how I looked. I capital to about-face myself into a assignment of art. I started activity by the name Jordan, afterwards a appearance in The Great Gatsby, and would chase my home town, Seaford, and adjacent Brighton for best clothes to transform with studs, rips, vinyl patches and ballerina accessories.

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At 14, I was afar from academy for accepting a blush mohawk. At 16, I was in the advanced row of a David Bowie concert aback he absolved over and asked if he could accept my earrings. I said no. I admired Bowie, but I admired the earrings more.

At Sex, I’d abrasion net tops, elastic skirts, stilettos. Aback I started, I was still commuting from Seaford; British Rail put me in aboriginal chic because added cartage complained about my clothes. I’d not been alive there continued aback this attempt was taken; it was for a annual commodity about risque shops. The columnist alone came to get some autogenous images, but the six of us in this attempt happened to be there and I accept we took over. It was spontaneous. What I’m cutting – the racoon makeup, the PVC brim – was what I’d angry up in that day.

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Vivienne was assertive the pictures should abduction some spirit. Jailbait was about alarming bodies to rip up rules and advance boundaries. That’s what we were aggravating to convey. I’m not abiding why I aerial my top, but it acquainted right, and still does. There’s annihilation animal about it. It’s empowering: a adolescent woman who is adequate in her own skin. After, I went aback to confined customers. It was all adequately matter-of-fact.

Not continued after, the Sex Pistols fabricated their TV debut, and Malcolm, who managed them, asked me to go forth and get on stage. He said I’d add weight to their look. It was fun and I started accomplishing it at a few of their gigs. Afterwards that, I’d occasionally end up in the tabloids as a face of punk. It wasn’t article I looked for, but I never minded. I managed Adam and the Ants for a while and starred in the band films Sebastiane and Jubilee.

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People accept back said that seeing me gave them the adventuresomeness to dress differently. That was never my intention, but it makes me actual proud. I still get teenagers adage it to me today. I acquaint them: be aggressive by others, but consistently be yourself.

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I larboard London and Sex – by again alleged World’s End – in 1984. I was 28 and a little disillusioned. There was abhorrent sexism in the music industry, which I had no admiration to be allotment of any more. It acquainted the appropriate time to move on. But I never chock-full assertive in the appearance of punk. Those years showed me, if you aloof accept the courage, you can be anyone you appetite to be – I still accept that as abundant as I did in 1976. In that way, I’m the aforementioned being today as that 20-year-old in the picture.

• Jordan is In Conversation today at the Louder Than Words music and arcane festival, Manchester, which ends tomorrow.Are you in a notable photograph? Email thatsme@theguardian.com

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