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Sellar started his career as a market trader before opening his first shop in St Albans.A second shop followed in Soho's Wardour Street in 1964. The following year, along with his wife Elizabeth, a third shop was opened on Carnaby Street, [4] a parade that was to become a worldwide Mecca for fashion, helping to define London's swinging 60s.
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]
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 ...
While de Grimston is remembered as "The Christ of Carnaby Street" and as the head of the Process Church, some scholars believe that, "far from being the uncontested leader of The Process, Robert de Grimston was but the mouthpiece of Mary Ann. [Robert was] the (not-so) charismatic facade, behind whom the real leader of The Process [Mary Ann ...
Carnaby Street plaque. On 8 September 2007, a commemorative plaque dedicated to Don Arden and Small Faces was unveiled at 52–55 Carnaby Street, London, Arden's former offices. Kenney Jones, ex-drummer of Small Faces, said: "To honour the Small Faces after all these years is a terrific achievement.
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 ...
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.
By 1966, Carnaby Street King's Road had become two of the most influential locations for fashion of the entire decade, largely popularised by the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, as well as the Who and Small Faces. [28] Mary Quant later stated of Stephen, "He made Carnaby Street. He was Carnaby Street.