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Lady Jane Boutique – Carnaby Street – 1966: 1966 Henry Moss & Harry Fox 1 Ladies' fashion boutique: Iconic first ladies' fashion boutique opened in Carnaby Street in London. Moss followed this with Sweet Fanny Adams, Pussy Galore & The London Mob. Moss also created some of the original fashion designs. Karl Lagerfeld
The shop was one of the new wave of fashionable boutiques that were revitalising Carnaby Street which before the early 1960s had been a down-at-heel area of mixed shops. Lady Jane was on the site of a former dairy. [ 5 ]
In 1969, Peggy March recorded an album called In der Carnaby Street, with a hit song of the same name. A song by The Jam, "Carnaby Street," was written by bassist Bruce Foxton. It was the B-side of single "All Around the World." Carnaby Street the Musical opened in 2013. The show is set in the 1960s. [20]
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.
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.
Robert Orbach arranged for his ex boss Warren Gold aka Lord John to rent the shop in Wardour Street to John Paul. [6] Another new branch of Kitchener's was opened in Foubert's Place, off Carnaby Street, also arranged by Orbach selling militaria and Swinging London novelty items, that was rented from Henry Moss and Harry Fox of Lady Jane fame.
Across the pond, in a suburb of South Yorkshire, the long-suffering residents of Butt Hole Road couldn't take the jokes visiting tourists and back-side baring teens any longer.
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 ...