'My designs were pure rock'n'roll'

The fashion designer to Britain's pop royalty on how he dressed everyone from the Beatles to BowieStarting in 1966, Lloyd Johnson helped change the look of rock'n'roll fashion, selling his iconic designs to Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, David Bowie, Oasis and many more. A teenage modernist from Hastings, he began procuring tab collar shirts for the Beatles and Stones at Cecil Gee's menswear shop in London's Charing Cross. On opening his own boutiques, the Heavy Metal Kids in Kensington Market from ...

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'My designs were pure rock'n'roll'

Guardian Music — The fashion designer to Britain's pop royalty on how he dressed everyone from the Beatles to BowieStarting in 1966, Lloyd Johnson helped change the look of rock'n'roll fa... more info