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The recent FT piece about the value of Disney to high-end brands (Fashion Takes The Mickey) caught up with those which have engineered hook-ups with the House Of The Mouse in recent years: Dolce & Gabanna, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Iceberg, Neil Barrett, Manish Arora, Hayden-Harnett, Capellini, Cory Grosser, Chopard, Tommy Hilfiger… A Disney apparatchik is […]
Tommy Roberts reminisces about the look of 1967: By 1967 Haight Ashbury hippie culture had taken off in London. At Kleptomania – my boutique around the corner from Carnaby Street at 10 Kingly Street – it was embraced with gusto. Out went red guardsman’s tunics, Union Jack kipper ties, Victorian-style lacy mini dresses, soul music […]
Mr Freedom was as much an event as a boutique, described by the London Evening News in 1970 as a “spectacle like no other show on earth, taking place down the King’s Road non-stop, six days a week”. Here Tommy Roberts reflects on some of the extraordinary in-store displays commissioned from young artists and designers.
I am currently working with Tommy Roberts on a book about his life and career in fashion. Tommy has been assembling a selection of anecdotes and stories which will feature as occasional tasters here over the coming months. This reminiscence stems from the period in the early 70s when Tommy operated City Lights Studio. Situated […]