The three London kids who invented rock style

Paul Gorman, biographer of Malcolm McLaren and friend of the pod, tells the extraordinary story of the three young hipsters behind Granny Takes A Trip, the Kings Road store that was a magnet for rock’s glitterati in the late 60s.

•⁠ ⁠Sheila Cohen, the first queen of cool; she invented the whole idea of vintage

•⁠ ⁠Nigel Waymouth, who never went to art school but changed the face of London with his posters

•⁠ ⁠John Pearse, who could make a jacket out of anything - and did

•⁠ ⁠The days of aatering to the 200 fashionable people in London

•⁠ ⁠Why the Beatles, Stones and Pink Floyd beat a path to Granny’s door

•⁠ ⁠How the three walked away in 1969, the shops were exported to the USA

•⁠ ⁠How GTAT became the outfitter of choice for the rock aristocracy

•⁠ ⁠Some of its clothes are immortal thanks to album covers from Lou Reed, the Isleys and Todd Rundgren

•⁠ ⁠All the rest are in secure storage

Paul’s book, which is lavishly illustrated and contains a pictorial catalogue of the wardrobe of the Rolling Stones, is here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Granny-Takes-Trip-Fashion-Boutique/dp/1399623613

You can read a preview here: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Granny_Takes_a_Trip/_SZSEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT6&printsec=frontcover

The Rolling Stones London 1962-71 map can be found at: https://www.herblester.com/products/down-the-road-apiece-the-rolling-stones-london

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