Hannah Howe

Carnaby Street (and environs), 1966

📸 Scooters lining Carnaby Street, May 1966

5,6,7 Village Store (John Stephen Organisation) - ladies’ wear
9 John Stephen Customer Built Clothes for Men - bespoke tailors
22 Cranks Salad Table - vegetarian health food restaurant
23 Donis - male clothes
24 Cranks Shop - vegetarian health foods
32 Rene - florist
38 Male West One - (John Stephen Organisation) - male clothes

#SocialHistory #History #Fashion #London #Clothes #CarnabyStreet #1960s #Scooters

Jan 25, 2025 at 2:24pmWeb
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39 Paul’s Male Boutique - male clothes
41 His Clothes (John Stephen Organisation) - male clothes
46 Tre Camp (John Stephen Organisation) - female clothes
46a Domino Male (John Stephen Organisation) - male clothes
47 Paul’s Male Boutique - male clothes
47a Adam West One (John Stephen Organisation) - male clothes
50 John Stephen Man’s Shop - male clothes
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52/55 John Stephen Store - male and female clothes
10 Ganton Street, Cranks - self-service vegetarian health food restaurant
20 Foubert’s Place, Donis Boutique - male clothes
22 Foubert’s Place, Mr Carnaby - male clothes

As you can see, John Stephen “the King of Carnaby Street” dominated - more about him anon.

As a vegetarian, I’m pleased to see that vegetarian restaurants also dominated the scene.

Show threadXkyzeroJan 26, 2025
@HannahHowe Reading Richard Weight's book "Mod - from bebop to britpop, Britain's biggest youth movement" right now. They were definitely interesting times to be a young Brit.