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| Granny London | |
| Industry | Fashion |
| Founded | 1966 |
| Headquarters | London , United Kingdom |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Key people | Marlot te Kiefte | (CEO) |
| Website | www.granny.london |
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Granny Takes a Trip was a boutique opened in February 1966 at 488 Kings Road, Chelsea, London, by Nigel Waymouth, his girlfriend Sheila Cohen and John Pearse.[1] The shop, which was acquired by Freddie Hornik in 1969, remained open until the mid-1970s and has been called the "first psychedelic boutique in Groovy London of the 1960s".[2]
It was also the name of a Purple Gang song of the 1960s, which was named after the store and banned by the BBC.[3]
The name has been appropriated by clothing stores around the world that are not connected with the original Granny Takes a Trip, including present-day vintage fashion stores in Hermosa Beach, California, Sunset Boulevard and Sydney, Australia.
- ^ The Look: Adventures in Rock & Pop Fashion Paul Gorman. Publisher: London, Adelita Ltd, 2006 ISBN 978-0-9552017-0-7.
- ^ TopFoto Gallery – Harold Chapman Archived 8 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Rock Stars Wearing Granny Takes a Trip!". Please Kill Me. 26 December 2015.