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Carnaby Street is a pedestrianised shopping street in Soho in the City of Westminster, Central London. ... It was mentioned in the 1967 film Smashing Time. One of the ...
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.
In 2011 the documentary 'Carnaby Street Undressed' [16] [17] was released featuring Henry Moss speaking about Lady Jane and the times leading up to the swinging sixties and beyond. In 2013, the lead female character is called Lady Jane in the musical Carnaby Street by Carl Leighton-Pope, which opened at the Hackney Empire , London, and then ...
Founded by Javid Alavi in London in 1967, and with a presence on Carnaby Street, Merc Clothing aimed to fill a demand for a specific look in 1960s England. [citation needed] Originally, in addition to their own merchandise, they stocked brands such as Fred Perry, Farah and Lonsdale, later dropping these brands to exclusively sell Merc products.
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 ...
Barry Finch employed art students to paint a psychedelic style mural, designed by the Fool, across the building's facades between 10 and 12 November 1967. The concept was borrowed from the painting of the facades of the Lord John shop in Carnaby Street, albeit executed to a figurative design with greater density and colour. [2]
Moss and Harry Fox opened Lady Jane, the first ladies boutique, [citation needed] at 29 Carnaby Street [11] [12] in April 1966 In one of London's most famous publicity stunts, Moss and Fox had models Diane James and Gina Baker [13] [14] dressing in the window, drawing huge crowds and landing him in trouble with the police [15] resulting in an appearance at Great Marlborough Street Court and a ...
In 1961, he became the resident DJ at the Roaring Twenties club at 50 Carnaby Street, [3] [6] where he began showcasing records sent to him privately by Prince Buster in Jamaica as well as R&B record labels in the US. [4] [7] His clientele included mods and leading white musicians Georgie Fame, the Rolling Stones and John Paul Jones.