Sep 21, 2020
RIP Sir Terence Conran.
When I was a fashion and textile design student at UEL in the early 1980s, Terence Conran was considered, quite fairly, an icon within the design industry.
He founded Habitat, the first store opened in the Fulham road, though I spent more hours browsing Habitat on the Kings Road, which of course was closer, and meant I could also wander into the Great Gear Market, Marvelettes and World’s End etc.
Habitat and Heels were probably at the time at the forefront of decor chic in London. I was ever able to afford anything on my student grant, but I loved going there anyway and browsing.
