Inside Johnson’s Kensington + King’s Road stores in the 80s
Updated: 2012-02-06 09:46:54
: BLOG BOOK LABEL CONTACT Inside Johnson’s Kensington King’s Road stores in the 80s Monday , Feb 6th , 2012 Categories : 10s 80s Boutiques Exhibitions Magazines Manager Trudi Gartland , Johnson's , King's Road , Chelsea , 1986. Photograph : Haruko Minakami . Thanks are due to Derek Harris of Lewis Leathers for scans from 80s Japanese magazine London Ni Ikitai I Want To Go To London featuring the Johnson’s stores in Kensington Market and at 406 King’s Road , World’s . End London Ni Ikitai , 1983. Staff member Antoine Mills talks to The Clash drummer Pete Howard on bike outside 406 King's Road , 1983. From left : Staff members Dave Parsons future bassist Transvision Vamp Bush Antoine Mills and Steve Prendergast , King's Road , 1983. Suit and shirt racking , 1983. Mannequins , 1983.
: , BLOG BOOK LABEL CONTACT Rod Stewart in his Lloyd Johnson Colin Bennett jacket , 1970 Saturday , Jan 7th , 2012 Categories : 10s Boutiques Exhibitions Inner gatefold , Gasoline Alley , Rod Stewart , Vertigo , 1970. Photo design : Keef . Among the artefacts featured in forthcoming exhibition Lloyd Johnson : The Modern Outfitter will be an original copy of Rod Stewart’s second solo album , the magnificent Gasoline . Alley Released in 1970 on the Vertigo swirl” label and now highly collectable , the album’s inner gatefold features this image of Stewart wearing an extraordinary trimmed jacket designed by Johnson and produced by his fellow Kensington Market occupant at that time Colin Bennett , who specialised in leather . work This will be just one of 200-plus exhibits celebrating Lloyd’s
: BLOG BOOK LABEL CONTACT David David pops up again Thursday , Dec 1st , 2011 Categories : 10s Graphic design Tonight see the launch of the new pop-up shop from designer David Saunders’ print label David . David At 36 Earlham Street WC2 the shop which succeeds a similar venture around the corner in Seven Dials will be open until February 2012. Fans of Saunders’ bold geometric prints include M.I.A . Santigold and Kanye West . His work has been selected for the V A exhibition British Design 1948-2012 which opens next . spring Check the brand’s tumblr here Leave a Comment Name E-mail URI Enlightening excellent” The Guardian SUBSCRIBE Enter your email : address Delivered by FeedBurner BOOKMARK THE LOOK SUBSCRIBE IN A READER BUY THE BOOK The definitive guide to rock and pop fashion THE LOOK’s