Debbie Harry Posing for a Portrait in March 1977 on a Hill Beneath the Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles, California

Debbie Harry photographed by legendary music archivist and photographer Michael Ochs at the Hollywood Sign in 1977 when Blondie first came to LA to play a series of shows at The Whisky a Go Go. Harry paired a bold, horizontal-striped shirt with dark sunglasses and patterned shorts—a casual, effortlessly cool look that epitomized the emerging New York punk/new wave aestheti.

In her memoir Face It, Harry recalls the band’s debut at the club, “[LA] was all we could have hoped for. People were still dressing like hippies – and here we were, dressed in our little mod outfits. But the audiences really responded to us.”