//Mr Freedom 1971 design in archive selection, Vogue UK, June 2012.//

Ahead of Tommy Roberts’ appearance on BBC Radio 4’s Midweek and London Live 94.9’s Robert Elms Show tomorrow, there has been a flurry of media mentions of the mould-breaking boutiques with which he was involved.

Kleptomania, the psychedelic Swinging London store Roberts ran with Charlie Simpson, moved to 22 Carnaby Street in late 1967; the purple frontage can be clearly seen on the right-hand side of this current screen-grab from BBC iPlayer.

//Screengrab, homepage, London On Film, BBC iPlayer, 2012.//

And one of the sportif designs – a velvet knickerbocker-pinafore created by Diana Crawshaw – sold at Mr Freedom (Roberts’ outlet with Trevor Myles) is featured in a selection of archive images in the current Olympics issue of British Vogue.

Listen out for Tommy on Libby Purves’ Midweek here and with Robert Elms here.

My new book Mr Freedom Tommy Roberts: British Design Hero is out soon; find out more and order copies here.

Tags: Charlie Simpson, Clive Arrowsmith, Diana Crawshaw, Kleptomania, Libby Purves, London Live, Midweek, Mr Freedom, Radio 4, Robert Elms, Trevor myles, Vogue