John Stephen, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Stephen

British businessman

Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1934

Date of Death: 01-Feb-2004

Profession: fashion designer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About John Stephen

  • John Stephen (28 August 1934 – 1 February 2004), dubbed by the media "The £1m Mod" and "The King Of Carnaby Street", was one of the most important fashion figures of the 1960s.Stephen was the first individual to identify and sell to the young menswear mass market which emerged in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
  • He was also the pioneer of the high turnover, disposable fashion ethos of such contemporary operators as Topman. By 1967, Stephen operated a chain of 15 shops on the thoroughfare in central London which he and boyfriend Bill Franks made the epicentre of Swinging London: Carnaby Street."Carnaby is my creation," Stephen said in 1967.
  • "I feel about it the same way Michelangelo felt about the beautiful statues he created."

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