Everything about Carnaby Street totally explained
Carnaby Street is a
pedestrianised shopping street in
London,
United Kingdom, located in the area of 'Carnaby' in the district of
Soho, near
Oxford Street, and just to the east of
Regent Street. The area around Carnaby Street is known simply as 'Carnaby'. It consists of twelve pedestrianised streets with 168 fashion and lifesyle retailers, including a large number of independent fashion
boutiques. The nearest
London Underground station is
Oxford Circus tube station (Bakerloo, Central and Victoria Lines).
History
The street derives its name from
Karnaby House, located to its east, which was erected in 1683. It isn't known why the house was so called. The street was probably laid out in 1685 or 1686 and first appears in the ratebooks in 1687. It was almost completely built up by 1690 with small houses.
In the
1960s, Carnaby Street was made popular by followers of the
Mod style. Many independent fashion boutiques, and designers such as
Mary Quant and 'Lord John' were located in and around Carnaby Street as well as various underground music bars such as the 'Roaring Twenties'. With bands such as
The Beatles,
Small Faces, and
Rolling Stones appearing in the area to work, shop, and socialize, it became one of London's coolest destination associated with the
Swinging Sixties.
There are two
Westminster City Council green plaques on Carnaby Street: the first can be found at 1 Carnaby Street and is dedicated to fashion entrepreneur
John Stephen, who was responsible for beginning the Mod fashion revolution here. The second plaque, located at 52/55 Carnaby Street, is dedicated to the Mod pop group '
Small Faces' and their manager '
Don Arden'.
Popular culture
In 1969,
Peggy March recorded an album called
In der Carnaby Street, with a hit song of the same name.
There is a song by
The Jam called "
Carnaby Street", written by bassist
Bruce Foxton. It was the B-side of single "
All Around The World", released in the UK on 8 July 1977, reaching a chart position of number 13. It never appeared on any studio album, but can be found on the collected works of The Jam boxset
Direction Reaction Creation.
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