Paul Gorman, biographer of Malcolm McLaren and friend of the pod, tells the extraordinary story of the three young hipsters behind Granny Takes A Trip, the Kings Road store that was a magnet for rock’s glitterati in the late 60s.

•⁠ ⁠Sheila Cohen, the first queen of cool; she invented the whole idea of vintage

•⁠ ⁠Nigel Waymouth, who never went to art school but changed the face of London with his posters

•⁠ ⁠John Pearse, who could make a jacket out of anything - and did

•⁠ ⁠The days of aatering to the 200 fashionable people in London

•⁠ ⁠Why the Beatles, Stones and Pink Floyd beat a path to Granny’s door

•⁠ ⁠How the three walked away in 1969, the shops were exported to the USA

•⁠ ⁠How GTAT became the outfitter of choice for the rock aristocracy

•⁠ ⁠Some of its clothes are immortal thanks to album covers from Lou Reed, the Isleys and Todd Rundgren

•⁠ ⁠All the rest are in secure storage

Paul’s book, which is lavishly illustrated and contains a pictorial catalogue of the wardrobe of the Rolling Stones, is here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Granny-Takes-Trip-Fashion-Boutique/dp/1399623613

You can read a preview here: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Granny_Takes_a_Trip/_SZSEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT6&printsec=frontcover

The Rolling Stones London 1962-71 map can be found at: https://www.herblester.com/products/down-the-road-apiece-the-rolling-stones-london

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