Her thick cat’s-eye was only the beginning. Photograph by Bryan Adams.

Unforgettable You

With a new biopic arriving later this month, Amy Winehouse is still captivating filmmakers and designers, more than 10 years after her death

By Alexandra Shulman

In a small house in an unprepossessing North London suburb, 16-year-old Amy Winehouse was hanging out in her bedroom with her friends, goofing for a home video and sucking on lollipops.

It’s only a segment from the extraordinary Amy, Asif Kapadia’s 2015 award-winning documentary, but it captured early signs of her lively personality. As one friend said, “She was a North London Jewish girl with a lot of attitude.”