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The King Of Carnaby Street: A Life of John Stephen Book

In 1956 John Stephen took a lease on the newly available 5 Carnaby Street. Before long John Stephen had three shops on Carnaby Street and was starting to be a cult name. In the process he revolutionised the design of men's shops, and established the prototypical boutique aesthetic that was to be copied by an entire generation of fashion retailers.Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    In 1956, John Stephen took a lease on the newly available 5 Carnaby Street he was to remark later If I hadn't had a very understanding landlord, that would have been the end of me. But he led me around the corner to Carnaby Street, showed me a shop and suggested I got to work right away. Before long John Stephen had three shops on Carnaby Street and was starting to be a cult name. In the process, he revolutionised the design of men's shops and, much like Mary Quant at Bazaar, he established the prototypical boutique aesthetic that was to be copied by an entire generation of fashion retailers. Stephen's fame was assured when he attracted high-profile customers, the pop stars Billy Fury, Cliff Richard, Barry Gibb and Dusty Springfield's brother Tom, who searched the racks for gloves and hipsters and the latest colours in giraffe-necked tab-collar shirts. John Stephen set up in clothes at the right time in the right place, for a generation waiting for his liberally colourful designs.

  • Blackwell

    John Stephen first came to London in 1952, at just eighteen years old, but his expertise and unerring eye for cut and detail propelled him to the front of the fashion brigade. His iconoclastic clothes became compulsory among young ámods' and...

  • Waterstones

    John Stephen's fame was assured when he attracted high-profile customers, the pop stars Billy Fury, Cliff Richard, Barry Gibb and Dusty Springfield's brother Tom, who searched the racks for gloves and hipsters and the latest colours in giraffe-necked

  • 1906598312
  • 9781906598310
  • Jeremy Reed
  • 1 October 2009
  • Haus Publishing
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 352
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