JEFF BANKS - A COLLECTION

The launch of a new Jeff Banks collection

"We opened at No.11, Blackheath Village.  Blackheath then was Hampstead of South London - people like Terence Stamp, Jean Shrimpton, the actress Glenda Jackson, art directors, and photographers lived around there.  It didn't matter where you were, people would travel to find you.  On the first day we sold out of everything, bar one coat.  There were thousands of people outside, the mounted police were trying to control the crowds.  Anne Wright and Jenny Quick were our PRs and they got the Beatles and Jean Shrimpton to the opening.

The shop was tiny and the interior was French bistro meets English country house salon.  Bare brick, white-painted walls, wooden floor, iron chandeliers: a really eclectic mix.  Clothes were hung in French armoires, and sweaters were folded up in piles on round wooden tables.  Clobber was the forerunner of Biba; we had hat stands and jardinieres."


- from Marnie Fogg's Boutique

JEFF BANKS - Billowing Sleeve Maxi Dress

JEFF BANKS - Balloon Sleeve Floral Dress

JEFF BANKS - Celia Birtwell Style Print Chiffon Blouse

BUS STOP - A LOOK INSIDE

"The first shop we opened was as a showcase for our manufacturing business.  It was originally  an old-fashioned grocery shop,  Cullen's grocery store, and we changed it very little.  We opened next to Biba on Kensington Church Street in 1969.  We chose the name 'Bus Stop' because it was so identifiably British; and red because it was the colour of telephone kiosks, pillar boxes, and London buses."

- Lee Bender

scanned from Marnie Fogg's Boutique

Bus Stop by Lee Bender 70's Floral Balloon Sleeve Blouse

available at Featherstone Vintage

GEORGINA LINHART - 1969

Georgina Linhart Dress, 1969
Scanned From Marnie Fogg's Boutique

This is one of my favourite shots that was included in the book ¨Boutique¨ by Marnie Fogg.  I spotted this exact dress on Paisley Babylon a couple of years ago.  I`ve been kicking myself for not buying it ever since!