Lord John

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]

This article is about the British fashion retailer. For the Outlander character, see Lord John Grey (character). For the Outlander novel series, see Lord John series.
Lord John
IndustryFashion retailer
Founded1963
FounderWarren Gold
Harold Gold
David Gold
HeadquartersLondon, England

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]

Lord John had eight shops by 1970, and grew to about 30 in the early 1970s, before being acquired by the retail group Raybeck, who sold it to Next in the mid-1980s, when they became Next stores.[3]

References
  1. "Lord John, Mates Boutique and post-1966 Carnaby Street". Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  2. "Vintage Fashion Guild : Label Resource : Lord John". Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  3. "Obituary: Warren Gold, founder of Lord John". Retrieved 18 March 2017.
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