Mod to Suedehead

[DonkeyJacket1]

I was actually told all there boots run large, from an official dm employee, so its confusing

 

[The Saint]

John Stephens was the man behind hipster trousers not collars. He saw punters pulling trousers down at the hips and the rest is history.
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If you mean John Stephen , then we are both right. .

John Stephen The King of Carnaby Street - Stylish Pop Art Prints - Bespoke Art

John Stephen Carnaby Street - Art & Hue presents The King of Carnaby Street, stylish pop art of the founder of Carnaby as the heart of Swinging London.

artandhue.com

 

[DonkeyJacket1]

similar to the other brown ones, and they have them my size, and 40 quid off, hopefully have them my size next week when its payday.

 

[Yorky]

If you mean John Stephen , then we are both right. .

John Stephen The King of Carnaby Street - Stylish Pop Art Prints - Bespoke Art

John Stephen Carnaby Street - Art & Hue presents The King of Carnaby Street, stylish pop art of the founder of Carnaby as the heart of Swinging London.

artandhue.com

Sorry I stand corrected, I never knew that about the collars, only the trousers. Saw him on a TV prog once talking about it.

 

[Yorky]

Just I think a timely rememberance about D Day.

 

[The Saint]

Sorry I stand corrected, I never knew that about the collars, only the trousers. Saw him on a TV prog once talking about it.

I don't think that John Stephen ever got the recognition he deserved. His achievements seem to be underated and almost forgotten but at least he was well paid for his efforts. .

 

[Thin White Duke]

I don't think that John Stephen ever got the recognition he deserved. His achievements seem to be underated and almost forgotten but at least he was well paid for his efforts. .

Aye I remember a pic of him next to his Rolls Royce when he was in his early twenties. There’s a blue plaque dedicated to him in Carnaby Street but the first time I went there maybe 1980 there was a long thin sign on the side of a building still pointing the way. It’s not there any more but I have a pic of it somewhere.
I reckon the very first Mod Stylists may have had a conflicting view of JS - on one hand he made acquiring decent tackle a lot easier, but on the other his democratizing of the look made it available to a lot more people which may have stepped on their sense of elitism.

 

[Natty Pinstripe]

Didn't John Stephen start out at Vince's ?

 

[Thin White Duke]

Didn't John Stephen start out at Vince's ?

I think he started out in a shop in Newburgh Street or one of the other adjacent streets but had to move (fire?) and the rents were cheap in Carnaby as it was just a back alley. There was a massive industrial building g taking up half of one side and a tobacconists (which was still there when I first went!) but one by one most places were turned over into boutiques as word spread - and Stephen owned half the street!

 

[Natty Pinstripe]

Exactly TWD, wasn't Vince's in Newburgh Street ?

 

[pressuredrop]

Exactly TWD, wasn't Vince's in Newburgh Street ?

You're correct Natty!

"Desperate to open his own shop, Stephen worked double shifts to save enough money. In addition to his day job at Moss Bross, he worked as a night waiter at Forte's - a West End restaurant. in 1956, he started working at Vince - an avant-garde, and then uber-cool boutique situated in Newburgh Street ,which specialized in selling quirky clothes to bohemians, homosexuals, and West End actors."

 

[The Saint]

Aye I remember a pic of him next to his Rolls Royce when he was in his early twenties. There’s a blue plaque dedicated to him in Carnaby Street but the first time I went there maybe 1980 there was a long thin sign on the side of a building still pointing the way. It’s not there any more but I have a pic of it somewhere.
I reckon the very first Mod Stylists may have had a conflicting view of JS - on one hand he made acquiring decent tackle a lot easier, but on the other his democratizing of the look made it available to a lot more people which may have stepped on their sense of elitism.

Aside from Mod , Stephen was part of the British Sixties fashion thing as much as Quant, in my opinion .
Those early Mods you speak of would have been most likely wearing European clothes , Stephen designed and made fashionable clothes in this country and per his tall collars and low waist designs , was making what the market wanted . A good business man if nothing else . However, he never did get all those letters after his name like Quant did ,l wonder why. .

 

[DonkeyJacket1]

The Elvis shirt has arrived

 

[Inkss]

Blimey ! That is BIG.

 

[DonkeyJacket1]

is but i think it works quite well. 4 finger collar.