Carnaby Street

Carnaby Street

Carnaby Street is a pedestrianised shopping street in London, United Kingdom, located in the area of 'Carnaby' in the district of Soho, near Oxford Street, and just to the east of Regent Street. The area around Carnaby Street is known simply as 'Carnaby'. It consists of twelve pedestrianised streets with 168 fashion and lifesyle retailers, including a large number of independent fashion boutiques. The nearest London Underground station is Oxford Circus tube station (Bakerloo, Central and Victoria Lines).

History

The street derives its name from Karnaby House, located to its east, which was erected in 1683. It is not known why the house was so called. The street was probably laid out in 1685 or 1686 and first appears in the ratebooks in 1687. It was almost completely built up by 1690 with small houses.

1958 saw the first boutique opened in Carnaby Street by John Stephen (after his shop in Beak Street burned down) and was soon followed by I was Lord Kitchener’s Valet, Mr. Fish and Cecil Gee (both of whom owned bespoke tailor’s shops), Kleptomania, Mates, Ravel, and others.

By the 1960s, Carnaby Street was popular with followers of both the hippie and Mod style. Many independent fashion boutiques, and designers such as Mary Quant and Lord John, Take Six and Irvine Sellars were located in Carnaby Street as well as various underground music bars such as the Roaring Twenties in the surrounding streets. With bands such as The Beatles, Small Faces, and Rolling Stones appearing in the area to work (the legendary Marquee club was round the corner in Wardour street), shop, and socialize, it became one of London's coolest destination associated with the Swinging Sixties.

There are two Westminster City Council green plaques on Carnaby Street: the first can be found at 1 Carnaby Street and is dedicated to fashion entrepreneur John Stephen, who was responsible for beginning the Mod fashion revolution here. The second plaque, located at 52/55 Carnaby Street, is dedicated to the Mod pop group Small Faces and their manager Don Arden.

Popular culture

In 1969, Peggy March recorded an album called "In der Carnaby Street", with a hit song of the same name.

There is a song by The Jam called "Carnaby Street", written by bassist Bruce Foxton. It was the B-side of single "All Around The World", released in the UK on 8 July 1977, reaching a chart position of number 13. It never appeared on any studio album, but can be found on the collected works of The Jam boxset Direction Reaction Creation.

In The Kinks hit "Dedicated Follower of Fashion," there is a line "...Everywhere the Carnabetion Army marches on, each one a Dedicated Follower of Fashion".

External links

* [http://www.carnaby.co.uk/ Official site]
* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=41470#s11 Kingly and Carnaby Street Area] - the relevant chapter of the "Survey of London"
* [http://www.carnabystreet.info/ Official band site]


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