Michael Fish (centre), shirtmaker, Turnbull & Asser alumnus, In Group member, "high priest" of the Peacock Revolution (as described by Hardy Amies) and creator of the kipper tie, with his staff at his 17 Clifford Street, W1 haberdashery in the late 1960s:
Very much my sort of shopping experience, then... A holocaust of see-through voiles, brocades and spangles and mini-skirts for men, blinding silks, flower printed hats... all the surface mannerisms and mouthings of hippy, but none of the intentNik Cohn on Mr. Fish's shop and output
Mr. Fish's work can be seen at the Victoria & Albert Museum
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I love that description of the store. So apt! I wish i was old enough to have lived through the Peacok Revolution!
You're not alone
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I fell in love with Mr. Fish's rainbow corduroy suit (as pictured in the Swinging Sixties book I purchased at the V&A last week)!
Another wish-I'd-been-there-in-the-'60s youngster...
I mentioned that same suit late last year - as I'm sure you're aware, the material was bought by previous owner David Mlinaric from an American furnishings fabric company named Hexter. Very novel
A friend of a friend owns some Mr.Fish pieces. I'd be tempted even by the gender-bender designs, but I'd not like to be mistaken for André Leon Talley - unless there were perks attached
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