If anyone wanted to find the heart of Swinging London in 1965
they didn't need to stray too far from Oxford Circus tube station
to find it. If you were anyone or wanted be be someone then Carnaby
Street was the place to do it.
Like its successor, Chelsea's Kings Road, by 1965
Carnaby Street had become the epicentre for boutique stores with
all the latest clothes for the fashion conscious Swinging Londoners.
Its name was synonymous with youth culture, blending music, fashion
and a new way of thinking.
Much of its success stemmed from the vision of John
Stephens, a grocer's son from Glasgow, who owned several shops selling
Mod gear. His greatest success was getting men to follow fashion
just as much as women did, and look where that got us - the England
football Captain wearing a sarong!
Wayne
Hemingway recalls Carnaby Street's heyday
