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The boutique was the brainchild of two young Londoners, Nigel Waymouth and Sheila Cohen, who were looking for an outlet for Cohen's ever-increasing collection of antique clothes. Waymouth, a freelance journalist, came up with the name and was offered the premises at 488
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magazine "London: The Swinging City". They paved the way for many of the designer boutiques that followed, such as Mr. Freedom, Alkasura, Let It Rock, and later the more ambitious enterprises of
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The name has been appropriated by clothing stores around the world that are not connected with the original Granny Takes a Trip, including present-day vintage fashion stores in
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and futuristic fantasy. Marbled patterns papered the walls, with rails carrying an assortment of brightly coloured clothes. Lace curtains draped the doorway of its single
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The London shop closed in 1974 with the acquisition of the name by Byron Hector, who moved the premises along the King's Road. This was closed in 1979.
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By the end of the decade, the partnership had lost momentum. Nigel Waymouth had become involved in poster and album cover design work, as one half of
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The shop became known for its changing façade. In 1966 it featured successively giant portraits of Native American chiefs
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By the spring of 1966, the shop had achieved worldwide renown, including a feature in
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On April 10 2024, Granny Takes a Trip was relaunched as an online store backed by
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In late 1969, Cohen and Waymouth sold the business to London fashion entrepreneur
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song of the 1960s, which was named after the store and banned by the BBC.
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in 1969, remained open until the mid-1970s and has been called the "first
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Buildings and structures in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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Hornik retired to south London. He died, aged 65, on 19 February 2009.
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velvet suits and stack-heeled boots sold to such performers as
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Children of Albion: Poetry of the Underground in Britain
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Acquisition by Freddie Hornik and opening of US outlets
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One of the store front façades of Granny Takes a Trip
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Initially the ambience was a mixture of New Orleans
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