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At one time, Bond Street was best known for top-end art dealers and antique shops that were clustered around the London office of Sotheby's auction house, which has been at Nos. 34–35 Bond Street since 1917, [30] and the Fine Art Society, founded in 1876. [31]
Savile Row (pronounced / ˌ s æ v ɪ l ˈ r oʊ /) is a street in Mayfair, central London.Known principally for its traditional bespoke tailoring for men, the street has had a varied history that has included accommodating the headquarters of the Royal Geographical Society at 1 Savile Row, where significant British explorations to Africa and the South Pole were planned; and more recently, the ...
Sloane Street has long been a fashionable shopping street, especially the northern section closest to Knightsbridge, which is known informally as Upper Sloane Street. Since the 1990s Sloane Street's status has increased further, and it is now on a par with Bond Street , which has been London's most exclusive shopping street for two centuries.
Carnaby Street in the early 1950s was a shabby Soho backstreet consisting of "rag trade sweat shops, locksmiths and tailors, and a Central Electricity Board depot practically took up one side of the street." [4] The genesis of Carnaby Street as a global fashion destination began with Bill 'Vince' Green, a male physique photographer. [5]
In 1961, he made fashion history by staging the first men's ready-to-wear catwalk shows, at the Ritz Hotel in London [55] Amies also undertook design for in-house work wear, which developed from designing special clothes for groups such as the Oxford University Boat Club and London Stock Exchange.
In 1957, a fashion boutique was opened, and Carnaby Street became the fashion centre of 1960s Swinging London, although it quickly became known for poor quality "kitsch" products. [115] A pop-up shop on D'Arblay Street, London. D'Arblay Street was laid out between 1735 and 1744.
Beauchamp Place, 2008 Beauchamp Place, 1977. Beauchamp Place (pronounced "Beecham Place",) is a fashionable shopping street in the Knightsbridge district of London. Previously known as Grove Place until 1885, it has since evolved into a well-known shopping street.
Jermyn Street is a one-way street in the St James's area of the City of Westminster in London, England. It is to the south of, parallel, and adjacent to Piccadilly . Jermyn Street is known as a street for gentlemen's-clothing retailers in the West End .