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John Stephen: Progenitor of a custom-built design movement

“One day, ‘Carnaby Street’ could rank with ‘Bauhaus’ as a descriptive phrase for a design style and design legend.” Ken and Kate Baynes, Design, August 1966. Today is the seventh anniversary of Westminster Council’s dedication of a plaque in Carnaby Street to the late fashion retailer John Stephen, the 60s media darling dubbed “The £1m […]

October 5, 2012
Postcards

Postcards: Carnaby Street 1966

This postcard’s over-amped application of colour (despite the “natural” tag on the back) contrasts deeply with the dowdiness of the buildings and the appearances of the inhabitants of the Swinging London über strasse on a summer’s day in 1966. The disconnect – between projected lifestyle and everyday reality – sums up the 60s.

August 16, 2011