"2008 at the Museum. Jean Muir Jean Elizabeth Muir, , FCSD (17 July 1928 – 28 May 1995) was a British fashion designer. Jean Muir was born in London, the daughter of Cyril Muir, a draper's floor superintendent, and his wife, Phyllis Coy. Her father was an Aberdonian, and Muir would attribute her creative pragmatism and self-discipline to this Scottish ancestry. Her parents separated while she was still a child, and she and her brother Christopher were brought up in Bedford by their mother. She was educated at the Bedford Girls' Modern School (subsequently renamed Dame Alice Harpur School, and"
"of four designers who had all formerly worked with Muir. In 2004, the first Jean Muir Ltd. shop was opened on Conduit Street, London. It was managed by Leuckert's daughter Friederike. On 19 January 2007, the directors announced that Jean Muir Ltd. would be closing down. Leuckert made a statement to the effect that he had hoped that they could take the retail route based on the success of the Conduit Street shop. This required substantial outside investment, but they had not been able to come to any agreement with interested parties. He further said: The Jean Muir shop continued"
"launched in 1962. In 1964, Jean Muir won the first of her three Dress Of The Year awards for a Jane & Jane dress in printed Liberty silk, which is preserved as part of the Dress Of The Year collection at the Fashion Museum, Bath. From the outset, Muir's designs demonstrated the pared-down understatement and easy fit that would become her design signature. Jane & Jane was one of the first companies to bring couture standards and quality to the wholesale fashion industry. Muir used Liberty textiles in many of her designs. After Muir left in 1966 to launch Jean"
"the author and historian Lady Antonia Fraser and the publisher Carmen Callil. Other fans of vintage Muir include Kate Moss and Stella McCartney. Jean Muir had a discreet but complicated private life. In 1955, she married a German actor, Harry Leuckert, with whom she co-founded Jean Muir Ltd. and lived in London and Lorbottle Hall near Alnwick in Northumberland. Their marriage was unconventional, described by Leuckert as ""wonderful and loving, but never singular"". In 1976, Leuckert fathered a daughter, Friederike, with another woman. His wife was aware of this, and Leuckert continued to live with her whilst paying regular visits"
"dress worn with a black leather jacket. As with her 1964 design, these outfits are preserved at the Fashion Museum, Bath. From 1985, the majority interest in Jean Muir Ltd. was held by the textile manufacturer Coats PLC. Muir regained ownership in 1989. Muir was made a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, and was a recipient of the Minerva Medal, the Society's highest award. In 1984, she was awarded a CBE. The company continued despite Jean Muir's death in 1995. Leuckert continued his directorship, while the designs were produced under the supervision of Joyce Fenton-Douglas and a group"
"in his Rue François store in Paris. The company also stayed in tune with mainstream direction of fashion – Mary Quant shoes were first displayed in its flagship store. The company also retained a stake in the mass market, with an interest in both H.E. Randall and Lotus chainstores. By 1966, Rayne was showcasing what were known as 'Young Design quartet' – Jean Muir, Roger Nelson, Moya Bowler and Gerald McCann – capitalising on London's thirst for younger designers by getting them to design fashionable shoes in a more affordable price bracket, with designs being sold in Harrods and some"
"clothing and housewares, modified its name to ""TK Maxx"" to avoid confusion with T. J. Hughes when it opened its first British store in 1994. It subsequently used the ""TK Maxx"" name for its other European operations. T. J. Hughes T. J. Hughes, registered and styled as TJ Hughes, is a British discount department store brand which first emerged in Liverpool in 1925 and had become a national chain with 57 shops by 2011. As of 2017, the business consists of 20 shops located in England and Scotland. Thomas J. Hughes set up a small shop on Liverpool's London Road."
"Shortly before her death, she began fundraising for the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Her husband and Jean Muir Ltd. continued the work begun, and pledged money in her memory, as did many of her personal friends and loyal customers. In recognition of her work, the Museum's Silver Room is dedicated to Jean Muir, while Jean Muir Ltd is named upon the founder's stone at the Museum entrance. In 2005, Leuckert donated Jean Muir's archive collection of her fashion and accessory designs to the National Museums of Scotland. A special exhibition on Muir's design career opened on 7 November"
"patterns in the 1940s. The clothing was modelled by both Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe in the 1950s. Jaeger began attracting a younger client base in the 1960s, partly due to a revival in British fashion but also because of the influence of Jean Muir, who joined the company in 1956 and was put in charge of its more fashionable Young Jaeger brand, staying for six years before branching out on her own. During the 1960s Jaeger clothes were modelled by Jean Shrimpton and photographed by David Bailey – giving it credibility with a younger audience. In 1966, a Jaeger"
"retail stores across the United Kingdom, as well as international stores in over 40 countries. The company was founded in 1886 by Walter Whittard, a merchant from London. Originally the company only sold tea; however, within a few years it had diversified. The company expanded in the 1980s and 1990s in the UK and abroad. The investment company Baugur Group of Iceland bought Whittard of Chelsea in 2005 for about £21m. In the year to the end of March 2007, Whittard reported a loss of £3.2m. Baugur was hit hard by Iceland's financial collapse in 2008, and placed the company"
"Sheffield. The first David Mellor shop opened at 4 Sloane Square, London, in 1969. It was followed by shops in James Street, Covent Garden; King Street, Manchester; and 22 Shad Thames, Butlers Wharf, London. A shop was opened in Hathersage, alongside the Round Building factory. Mellor was the youngest Royal Designer for Industry, elected in 1962 at the age of 32. In the early 1980s he chaired the wide-ranging Design Council Committee of Inquiry into standards of design in Consumer Goods in Britain. He has been Chairman of the Crafts Council and a trustee of the Victoria & Albert Museum."
"2017, followed by one in Milan. Janie Schaffer Janie Schaffer (born 25 December 1961) is a British businesswoman, founder of Knickerbox, and bought the iconic Italian brand Fiorucci in 2015. Born Janie Godber, she attended the London School of Fashion. Working in her early years as a designer, Janie Schaffer joined Marks & Spencer in 1983 as a trainee buyer. In October 1986 Janie Schaffer and her future spouse Stephen Schaffer launched lingerie chain Knickerbox with a £75,000 investment loan, opening their first store on Regent Street, London. Within two years the company was making annual profits of over £6"
"London. In the early days, the operation was so low-key that the company's black delivery boxes were stacked up in the bathtub. Initially, designers and investors were reluctant to support Net-a-Porter because it lacked a physical retail outlet. Massenet recalled the credibility gap in a 2013 interview in ""The Observer"": ""They'd listen and they'd nod and then afterwards they'd say, 'Just tell me one more thing: where is your store?'"" However, in 2001, Roland Mouret was persuaded to sell his collection via the website. By 2004, the same year in which it won best fashion shop at the British Fashion"
"was particularly popular in the boutiques of London's Carnaby Street such as Gear. He also supplied Kleptomania in Kingly Street, which was run by Tommy Roberts who later opened the famous Mr Freedom in the Kings Road. In 1965, David Phillips, the China & Glass buyer Woollands of Knightsbridge - the London department store - held a British Fortnight promotion and commissioned designs from Clark and other designers from the era. This led to Clark's iconic Union Jack mug for which he is most well known. For the opening reception he devised a novelty handout called 'Instant Patriot Outfit'. This"
"in 1902; Le Bon Marché of France in 1852 and Galeries Lafayette of France in 1905. The first reliably dated department store to be established, was Harding, Howell & Co, which opened in 1796 on Pall Mall, London. This venture was described as being a public retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different departments. This pioneering shop was closed down in 1820 when the business partnership was dissolved. Department stores were established on a large scale from the 1840s and 50s, in France, the United Kingdom and the US. French retailer, Le Bon Marche, is an"
"Miss Selfridge Miss Selfridge is a nationwide UK high street store which began as the young fashion section of Selfridges department store in London in 1966. Miss Selfridge got its name when Charles Clore, the owner of Selfridges at the time, saw a window display in the Bonwit Teller store in New York City which showed ""Miss Bonwit"" dresses aimed specifically at teenagers. He later launched it throughout his Lewis's & Selfridges stores throughout the UK By 1967 Miss Selfridge had concessions throughout the country within department stores, and by 1969 there were some independent branches on the high street."
"those of Roger Vivier. He also gained a foothold in the mass market, ensuring the company had an interest in both H.E. Randall and Lotus chainstores. By 1966, he was managing what were known as 'Young Design quartet' – Jean Muir, Roger Nelson, Moya Bowler and Gerald McCann – capitalising on London's thirst for younger designers by getting them to design fashionable shoes in a more affordable price bracket, with designs being sold in Harrods and some high-street shoe shops. Edward Rayne continued to work with haute couture brands in both the UK and overseas. By 1970, Rayne shoes were"
"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. 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. 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"
"the corner of Markham Square and King's Road in Chelsea, London called ""Bazaar"", above ""Alexander's"", a basement restaurant run by Plunket Green. In 1957, they opened the second branch of ""Bazaar"", which was designed by Terence Conran. Successful designs from this early period included small white plastic collars to brighten up sweaters and dresses, bright stockings in colours matched to her knitwear, men's cardigans made long enough to be worn as dresses, and a pair of ""mad"" lounging pyjamas made by Quant herself which were featured in ""Harper's Bazaar"" and purchased by an American manufacturer to copy. Following this, Quant"
"Yasmin Le Bon. The first collection; 'simply designed, beautifully cut and excellent quality.' was launched on Friday 15 February 2013. Kim Winser has since opened a concession pop up at Harvey Nichols in the Knightsbridge flagship shop of the upmarket department store chain. The latest collection is also available to buy online from Harvey Nichols' newly re-launched e-commerce site. Winser London has since opened boutique stores in Gerrards Cross and Marlow, with the collection also being available at Rossiters in Bath, Flats in California and in six branches of John Lewis. Recognised as one of the UK's most internationally renowned"
"July 20, 2015, at the age of 80. A month before his death, the brand was sold to Janie and Stephen Schaffer, who had founded the high street chain Knickerbox together in 1986. Following an on-line Fiorucci launch and campaign featuring Georgia May Jagger, a 5,000 sq ft destination store opened on Brewer Street in London's Soho in September 2017 during London Fashion Week. The launch party saw the Theo Adams Company transform L’Escargot, London’s oldest French restaurant, into a world of disco, hedonism and horror, and was described by WWD as ""the kind of party that many brands would"
"in 1984, although the chain now only had 100 stores. During the 1960s Fitch Lovell opened its own supermarket chain, Key Markets, as they saw this as the future of food retailing, opening many stores in the south and east of England. They expanded the business by buying up several rivals. In 1965 they bought Barrow Stores (based in Birmingham), which had been started by John Cadbury in 1824, and was merged into Keymarkets in 1966. In 1972, they purchased the David Greig chain. During the 1970s the business expanded by purchasing Huttons & Co Ltd, a ship chandlers, food"
"whether he was working for ""i-D"" in the Eighties, creating pieces for the first Dover Street Market or collaborating with Louis Vuitton and Moschino over the past few years, he has always been at the forefront of the creativity zeitgeist, and he’s never lost sight of the next generation.” Interview with Gregor Muir, Executive Director, ICA, London Judy Blame Judy Blame (13 February 1960 – 19 February 2018) was a British fashion stylist, accessories designer and punk iconoclast. Judy Blame was born Christopher Barnes in 1960 in Leatherhead, Surrey, and grew up in Spain and Devon. He ran away to"
"within Topman Oxford Circus. These stores however were closed by Dune. The Chelsea Cobbler The Chelsea Cobbler (also sometimes Chelsea Cobbler) is a British shoe brand that was established in the 1960s in Chelsea. Originally a high-fashion brand creating bespoke (made-to-measure) shoes, it was regularly featured in catwalk shows and the fashion press throughout the 1970s, when it also had a retail presence in New York City. It was twice chosen as part of the Dress of the Year ensemble displayed at the Fashion Museum, Bath. Later the brand was absorbed into larger fashion companies. It was relaunched in 2009."
"where he sold suits. He opened a shop on Wardour Street in Soho in 1964.A year later, he opened another shop in Soho, on Carnaby Street. Meanwhile, he founded the first unisex fashion company in the United Kingdom, Mates by Irvine Sellars. The company later became ""Britain’s second-biggest fashion chain,"" with 90 shops in 1981. That year, he sold it to a South African investor. Sellar founded Ford Sellar Morris, a property company listed on the London Stock Exchange. The company invested in shopping centres in the suburbs, for example in Stockton. Sellar borrowed £111 in 1989 and, because of"
"2017 movie ""Wonder Woman"" as the shop where Steve Trevor takes Princess Diana to give her a more contemporary appearance to blend in. Selfridges Selfridges, also known as Selfridges & Co., is a chain of high-end department stores in the United Kingdom, operated by Selfridges Retail Limited. It was founded by Harry Gordon Selfridge in 1908. The flagship store on London's Oxford Street is the second largest shop in the UK (after Harrods) and opened 15 March 1909. Other Selfridges stores opened in the Trafford Centre (1998) and Exchange Square (2002) in Manchester, and in the Bullring in Birmingham (2003)."
"to fly over the English Channel), and the first public demonstration of television by John Logie Baird took place in the department store in 1925. In Scotland, Jenners was founded by Charles Jenner and Charles Kennington and has maintained its position on Edinburgh's Princes Street since 1838. It lays claim to being the oldest independent department store in Scotland. In Northern Ireland, Austin's in Derry, was established as a department store in 1830, and according to some claims was the world's first department store. The domineering building measured and was five stories high with an Edwardian-style exterior. The Paris department"
"Stirling Cooper Stirling Cooper was a London-based fashion wholesaler and retailer that, along with brands such as Biba, Quorum, Browns and Clobber, helped to redefine UK fashion in the late 1960s. Part of the Swinging London scene in the early years, and with a destination store on Wigmore Street that attracted rock stars such as Mick Jagger, it grew into a substantial wholesaler and retailer and was even more influential in the 1970s, when UK-wide concessions created accessible and affordable high fashion. Stirling Cooper was started by two London cab drivers Ronnie Stirling and Jeff Cooper in 1967. It was"
"that stores would be closed and costs cut. Monsoon Accessorize Monsoon Accessorize is a British private limited company. It has a London registered address, and operates two international retail clothing chains – Monsoon and Accessorize. In 2014 the company had about 1400 stores in 74 countries. Monsoon was started in London in 1973 by Peter Simon, a market-stall trader, and opened its first shop in Beauchamp Place in May of that year. The first Accessorize shop opened in 1984, next door to Monsoon in Covent Garden. In 1994 a registered charity, the Monsoon Accessorize Trust, was set up to help"
"Albert Museum's 1960s fashion exhibition from 6 June 2006 - 25 February 2007. In April 2010, Miss Selfridge launched the Gossip Girl Collection in which they had worked with Eric Damon, the stylist of the show Gossip Girl, to create a line of 8 dresses based on the four main female characters. Miss Selfridge Miss Selfridge is a nationwide UK high street store which began as the young fashion section of Selfridges department store in London in 1966. Miss Selfridge got its name when Charles Clore, the owner of Selfridges at the time, saw a window display in the Bonwit"
"for Beds and would continue as an online presence. The website closed down shortly before the last couple of stores closed down. Cargo (store) Cargo was a British homewares retail chain, with 43 stores in London and south-east England. The company was established in London in 1876, by 20-year-old James Waller Carpenter, under the trading name of JW Carpenter Ltd. The group underwent several rebrands in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming Carpenter's In-House, Carpenter's and Carpenter's Cargo before becoming Cargo Homeshop in 1997. In May 2004, JW Carpenter was bought by Steinhoff, one of the world's largest furniture retailers, which"
"1967 rebranding exercise by Charles Lloyd Jones Jnr, who desired that the store would be so well known by the design as to not require the use of the name on the packing. It was inspired allegedly from the houndstooth design on a Miss Dior perfume bottle of his mother's, Hannah Jones. On 25 July 2016 David Jones' introduced a new logo, with a revised font style and removed references to the houndstooth online. Slogans have been used for sometime at David Jones'. Often the slogans have been used for multiple decades and have become the definition of the David"
"Warren Gold Warren Allen Gold (January 1938 - 2015) was a British fashion retailer, and with his brothers Harold and David founded the fashion chain Lord John. Warren Allen Gold was born in January 1938. The first Lord John boutique was opened by Warren, Harold and David Gold in London's Carnaby Street in 1963, and the choice of name led to litigation from John Stephen who already owned several fashion shops in the street. In 1967, the store had a three-storey high giant psychedelic mural on the outside of the building, painted by the then largely unknown artist David Vaughan."