Auburn was born in
Kingston upon Thames in 1958. She has a degree in fashion design from
Harrow College. Auburn is known for her "unconventional" and "experimental" fashion designs. She first set up a stall in
Kensington Market in 1982, and went on to be a significant presence as both a designer and a disc jockey in London's clubland. She first met
Leigh Bowery at the market, and together they went on to open a stall together called 'Spend Spend Spend' and were the first to showcase the 1980s London clubland fashion scene in New York and Tokyo organised by
Susanne Bartsch. Auburn has work in the permanent collection of the
National Gallery of Victoria, The Tidy Girls eponymous release achieved success in the UK
official singles chart in 1999. In 2015 Auburn mixed the retrospective best-of compilation
Reactivate 91-01 for the
React record label. It received positive critical reception, with one reviewer stating that, for the label React, it was "by far their best compilation". == Discography ==