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Tommy Roberts (designer)

Index Tommy Roberts (designer)

Thomas Steven Roberts (6 February 1942 – 10 December 2012) was an English designer and fashion entrepreneur who operated prominent independent retail outlets including pop art boutique, Mr Freedom, and the 1980s decorative arts and homewares store, Practical Styling. [1]

38 relations: Arthur Brown (musician), Artifact (archaeology), Cecil Beaton, Centre Point, Christie's, Covent Garden, David Bowie, Day-Glo Color Corp., Deptford, Elton John, Forest Hill, London, Goldsmiths, University of London, Hung On You, Ian Dury, Jimi Hendrix, Kensington, King's Road, Kingly Street, Malcolm McLaren, Marc Bolan, Memphis Group, Michael Rainey, Mick Jagger, Mr Freedom (fashion), Paul Gorman, Paul Smith (fashion designer), Philippe Garner, Pin-up model, Pop art, Pub rock (United Kingdom), Retail, Soho, The Walt Disney Company, The Who, Trevor Myles, Victoriana, Vivienne Westwood, World's End, Kensington and Chelsea.

Arthur Brown (musician)

Arthur Wilton Brown (born 24 June 1942) is an English rock singer and songwriter best known for his flamboyant theatrical performances, and his powerful, wide-ranging operatic voice.

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Artifact (archaeology)

An artifact, or artefact (see American and British English spelling differences), is something made or given shape by humans, such as a tool or a work of art, especially an object of archaeological interest.

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Cecil Beaton

Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton CBE (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Oscar–winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre.

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Centre Point

Centre Point is a building in Central London, comprising a 33-storey tower; a 9-storey block to the east including shops, offices, retail units and maisonettes; and a linking block between the two at first-floor level.

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Christie's

Christie's is a British auction house.

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Covent Garden

Covent Garden is a district in Greater London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between Charing Cross Road and Drury Lane.

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David Bowie

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer-songwriter and actor.

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Day-Glo Color Corp.

The Day-Glo Color Corp. (DayGlo) is an American, privately held paint and pigments manufacturer based in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Deptford

Deptford is a district of south-east London, England, within the London Borough of Lewisham.

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Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, pianist, and composer.

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Forest Hill, London

Forest Hill is a district of south east London, within the London Borough of Lewisham.

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Goldsmiths, University of London

Goldsmiths, University of London, is a public research university in London, England, specialising in the arts, design, humanities, and social sciences.

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Hung On You

Hung On You was a London fashion boutique, run by the designer Michael Rainey, particularly known for flowery shirts and kipper ties in bold colours.

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Ian Dury

Ian Robins Dury (12 May 1942 – 27 March 2000) was an English singer-songwriter and actor who rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and new wave era of rock music.

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Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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Kensington

Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, West London, England.

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King's Road

King's Road or Kings Road (or sometimes the King's Road, especially when it was the King's private road until 1830, or as a colloquialism by middle/upper class London residents), is a major street stretching through Chelsea and Fulham, both in west London.

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Kingly Street

Kingly Street is a street in London's Soho district.

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Malcolm McLaren

Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren (22 January 1946 – 8 April 2010) was an English impresario, visual artist, performer, musician, clothes designer and boutique owner, notable for combining these activities in an inventive and provocative way.

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Marc Bolan

Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, guitarist, and poet.

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Memphis Group

The Memphis Group was an Italian design and architecture group founded in Milan by Ettore Sottsass in 1982 that designed Postmodern furniture, fabrics, ceramics, glass, and metal objects from 1981 to 1988.

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Michael Rainey

Michael Sean O'Dare Rainey (21 January 1941 – 29 January 2017) was an Australian-born British fashion designer, best known for his 1960s London boutique, Hung On You.

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Mick Jagger

Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943), known professionally as Mick Jagger, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, composer and actor who gained fame as the lead singer and one of the founder members of the Rolling Stones.

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Mr Freedom (fashion)

Mr Freedom was a clothing boutique in London which sold "pop art" fashion by a number of young designers commissioned by the owner Tommy Roberts and his partner Trevor Myles.

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Paul Gorman

Paul Gorman is an English writer.

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Paul Smith (fashion designer)

Sir Paul Smith (born 5 July 1946) is a British fashion designer.

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Philippe Garner

Philippe Daniel Garner (born March 1949).

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Pin-up model

A pin-up model (known as a pin-up girl for a female and less commonly male pin-up for a male) is a model whose mass-produced pictures see wide appeal as popular culture.

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Pop art

Pop art is an art movement that emerged in Britain and the United States during the mid- to late-1950s.

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Pub rock (United Kingdom)

Pub rock is a rock music genre that was developed in the early to mid-1970s in the United Kingdom.

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Retail

Retail is the process of selling consumer goods or services to customers through multiple channels of distribution to earn a profit.

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Soho

Soho is an area of the City of Westminster, part of the West End of London.

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The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney, is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.

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The Who

The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964.

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Trevor Myles

Trevor Myles is a British former fashion entrepreneur and designer who ran the Mr Freedom boutique in King's Road, Chelsea and later in Kensington Church Street with his business partner Tommy Roberts.

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Victoriana

Victoriana are items or material from the Victorian period (1837-1901), especially those particularly evocative of the design style and outlook of the time.

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Vivienne Westwood

Vivienne Isabel Westwood (née Swire; born 8 April 1941) is a British fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream.

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World's End, Kensington and Chelsea

World's End is a district of Chelsea, London, lying at the western end of the Kings Road.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Roberts_(designer)

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