Alan Holston

Alan Holston was a British fashion entrepreneur, one of the co-founders of Dandie Fashions, a Chelsea boutique that was a key part of Swinging London.

Career

In 1966, following a chance encounter at the Speakeasy Club with Freddie Hornik, who worked there as a doorman,[1] they combined forces with John Crittle and the Guinness heir Tara Browne, and launched Dandie Fashions.[2]

Holston left in 1968, when it became the (short-lived) Beatles-funded Apple Tailoring, and became manager at the shirtmakers Deborah&Clare of Beauchamp Place, who were in business from 1965 to 1975.[3] Holston entered the music business in 1974 with he newly-formed Anchor Records, which had hits with Ace, How Long and Stretch, Why Did You Do It?.[1]

gollark: We probably do, though.
gollark: Irrelevant.
gollark: I mean, school somewhat bad, but not studying any maths and whatever also bad.
gollark: People are fine at a few "physics" things they encounter frequently and *have* to know, but don't know general mechanisms and are bad at modelling other situations.
gollark: This actually works even for people who have studied physics a bit who get a question without convenient numbers; they fall back to Aristotlean mechanics a lot of the time.

References
  1. "Photo-memories of a 60s dandy". The Look. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. Perrone, Pierre (1 May 2009). "Freddie Hornik: Bespoke tailor to the rock aristocracy of the Seventies". The Independent. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  3. "History". Mod Culture. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
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