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John Stephen (28 August 1934 – 1 February 2004), dubbed by the media the £1m Mod and the King Of Carnaby Street, was one of the most important fashion figures of the 1960s. [ 1 ] Stephen was the first individual to identify and sell to the young menswear mass market which emerged in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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]
London: Carnaby Street (1968) with Lady Jane fashion boutique on left side The attention-grabbing window display in the first days of Lady Jane. Lady Jane was the first women's fashion boutique on London's Carnaby Street.
Around 1960 Moss established his first fashion businesses retailing ladies and children's clothes; Camden Fashions at 67a Camden High Street & Children's Fashion Centre at 80 Camden High Street, London. [9] [10] Around 1965 Moss was inspired to move to Carnaby Street by his neighbours, the Gold brothers, who had opened their Lord John store there.
The 1960s brought us The Beatles, Bob Dylan, beehive hairstyles, the civil rights movement, ATMs, audio cassettes, the Flintstones, and some of the most iconic fashion ever. It was a time of ...
Peacock revolution fashion reached the United States around 1964 with the beginning of the British Invasion, entering major fashion publications including GQ by 1966. Clothes were often sold in boutiques marked "John Stephen of Carnaby Street" and in department stores including Abraham & Straus, Dayton's, Carson Pirie Scott and Stern's.
Lord John was a British men's fashion retailer, which opened its first store at 43 Carnaby Street, London, at the corner with Ganton Street, in 1963. [1]The first Lord John boutique was opened by the brothers Warren, Harold and David Gold in Carnaby Street in 1963, and the choice of name led to litigation from John Stephen who already owned several fashion shops in the street.
The Kinks in 1967. Already heralded by Colin MacInnes' 1959 novel Absolute Beginners which captured London's emerging youth culture, [10] Swinging London was underway by the mid-1960s and included music by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, the Who, Small Faces, the Animals, Dusty Springfield, Lulu, Cilla Black, Sandie Shaw and other artists from what was known in the US as the ...