The first Paisley Arts Festival has launched with a celebration of late Scottish fashion designer Pam Hogg who died last November.

She was known for her eccentric and outlandish designs, which have been worn by stars including Rihanna, Kate Moss and Lady Gaga.

Hogg's friend, Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh, hosted a sold-out event at Paisley Town Hall on Friday to celebrate her life and legacy in her home town.

Her family said she died peacefully at a hospice surrounded by "cherished friends", but no cause of death was given.

Welsh told BBC Scotland News that he remembered meeting Hogg in London in the early 1980s - in Soho where he was having an argument with his girlfriend.

"We were trying to get into the Wag Club," he said. "I was a bit scabily dressed as usual and I wasn't going to get in."

He said Pam "took pity" on him and brought him in with her entourage. The pair became close friends in the years that followed.

"I just thought, 'who's this mad Weegie bird who's done up the the nines?'

"We'd go out a lot in London to see bands and clubs, and I kept running into her, she was always there. She was becoming very well known at that time."

Hogg was born in Paisley and studied Fine Art and Printed Textiles at the Glasgow School of Art.

She went on to study at the Royal College of Art in London and launched her first fashion collection, Psychadelic Jungle, in 1981.

It was inspired by the strict dress code and atmosphere of London's Blitz Club during the early 1980s.

Welsh described Hogg as a "punk-rock Paisley seamstress".

He said: "Everything she did with her work was very hands-on.

"She didn't make stuff for the mass market, she didn't make high street fashion.

"She made things that would be spectacular and shocking and didn't like the watering down of that."

Hogg's clothes embraced futuristic beauty looks, bold hair, punk sensibilities, and a strong sense of androgyny.

She was also a musician and supported Debbie Harry of Blondie and The Pogues, before founding the band Doll.

Welsh said Hogg was "a great friend to so many people" who brought everyone together.

He said: "I remember one time I met her at this block party in Hackney and she basically commanded the room and talked to everybody.

"A week later I was book-touring in America and went to a swanky rooftop party in Manhattan and there she is - Hoggy standing there with a glass in her hand chatting to all these New York celebrities."

Hogg's work will go on display at Paisley Museum when it reopens later this year, following a transformation which she supported as part of the Re-Imagined project.

The Paisley Arts Festival was organised by arts and cultural charity OneRen with support from Creative Scotland. It runs until Sunday.