 Carnaby Street branch, 1973 | |
| Industry | Fashion retailer |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1963 |
| Founder | Warren Gold Harold Gold David Gold |
| Headquarters | London, England |
Lord John was a British men's fashion retailer, which opened its first store at 43 Carnaby Street, London, at the corner with Ganton Street, in 1963.[1]
The first Lord John boutique was opened by the brothers Warren, Harold and David Gold in Carnaby Street in 1963, and the choice of name led to litigation from John Stephen who already owned several fashion shops in the street.[2]
In 1967, the store had a three-storey high giant psychedelic mural on the outside of the building, painted by the then largely unknown pop-art collective Doug Binder, Dudley Edwards and David Vaughan (BEV).[2][3]
Lord John was very popular with mods, and regular customers included the pop groups The Small Faces, The Who, and Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones.[2] It appeared on the cover of the 1967 album This Is My Scene by the Alan Tew orchestra, and was also seen in the 1969 horror film The Haunted House of Horror.
Lord John had eight shops by 1970, and grew to about 30 in the early 1970s, before being acquired by the retail group Raybeck. The company sponsored a chess tournament, the Lord John Cup, in 1977.
- ^ "Lord John, Mates Boutique and post-1966 Carnaby Street". Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ a b c "Vintage Fashion Guild : Label Resource : Lord John". Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Obituary: Warren Gold, founder of Lord John". Retrieved 18 March 2017.