John Krivine – Paul Gorman

Gorman_01.tif — //Original print of photo for Club International, 1975. Models include, from far right, Stephan Raynor, Don Letts and Martin Brading. Photo: David Parkinson//

I’ve been enjoying researching materials relating to the late photographer David Parkinson for a feature for GQ magazine, so thought I’d share some of the images I dug out of the Parkinson archive concerning the 70s King’s Road retro clothing store Acme Attractions.

Parkinson’s position as fashion editor of Paul Raymond’s sophisticated soft-porn magazine Club International enabled him to style and present Acme clothing for a wide readership, on occasion using the shop team as models.

Acme was opened by Parkinson’s friend Stephan Raynor (they’d known each other since they were part of a gang of style-obsessed teenagers in Leicester in the early 60s) with John Krivine, previously a Brixton-based jukebox dealer, in 1974.

DP-AcmeBarnersShopQuintetPGscan — //As the Parkinson photograph appeared in the magazine, flipped and tinted. Note ref to “Acme Tailors”//

DP-YourTieSirPGscan — //Parkinson used ties from his collection – including some sourced from Acme – for this March 1975 Club International feature//

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