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Swinging London movie My Generation gets a DVD and Blu-ray release

My Generation movie confirmed for DVD and Blu-ray release
My Generation movie confirmed for DVD and Blu-ray release

This made it way around the cinemas a couple of months back. If you missed it, you can always catch up with My Generation on DVD and Blu-ray. Read more

Categories / Books, Men's Fashion, Women's Fashion

Reviewed: Boutique London A History: King’s Road to Carnaby Street by Richard Lester

Boutique

Over on our His Knibs site, we have a review of a book heading your way in a couple of days – Boutique London A History: King's Road to Carnaby Street by Richard Lester.

The title probably says it all. Published by ACC Ediitons, this 192-page book is part tourist guide from a bygone era, part history and part coffee table glossy, taking in retailers big and small from the early 60s to the mid-70s, but primarily focusing on swinging London at its height.

Check out the review now, with the book going on sale on September 30th 2010.

Boutique London by Richard Lester reviewed at His Knibs

Categories / Books

Boutique London A History: King’s Road to Carnaby Street by Richard Lester

Boutique
The recent King of Carnaby Street was impressive enough, but a new book on the 60s fashion scene promises to be even more impressive – Boutique London A History: King’s Road to Carnaby Street by Richard Lester and published by ACC Editions. Read more

Categories / Books, Men's Fashion, Music

Book reviews: King of Carnaby Street by Jeremy Reed and The Big Beat Scene by Royston Ellis

Books

If you are lookng for something interesting and with a retro twist to get your teeth into, we have two candidates newly-reviewed on our Modculture site – King of Carnaby Street by Jeremy Reed and The Big Beat Scene by Royston Ellis.

The first of those is a biography on that king of Carnaby Street, John Stephen. It's the story of his arrival in London, how we learned the basics of clothes making and retailing and of course, how he went on to dominate both Carnaby Street and men's fashion in the 1960s and early 1970s.

The Big Beat Scene by Royston Ellis is a reissue from 1961, described as 'an outspoken expose of the teenage world of rock 'n' roll' by 'the king of the beatniks', 19-year-old Ellis. You can read reviews of both books in the Modculture books section right now.

King of Carnaby Street by Jeremy Reed review

The Big Beat Scene by Royston Ellis review