#john pearse

[harrisonarchive]

George Harrison (wearing a William Morris print floral jacket, purchased at Granny Takes A Trip on London’s King’s Road), Pattie Boyd, Mal Evans, and Derek Taylor at the launch party for Apple Tailoring (which was to open the following day) at Club Dell’Aretusa, King’s Road, London, May 22, 1968. (Photos by Bill Zygmant; Alan Messer; Mal Evans and Leslie Bryce/The Beatles Monthly.)

“I have a good iconic shot of [George] in a flowered jacket that we used to make.” - John Pearse, Fab Gear: The Beatles and Fashion (2011)

“The occasion is a launching party for Apple Tailoring, a new Beatles’ venture in the Kings Road, featuring men’s and women’s clothing designed by a Beatles friend, John Crittle. Explains George: ‘We bought a few things from him, and the next thing I knew, we owned the place!’ The conversation moves briefly on to some happy chat between George and a friend about them designing a flower-covered dustbin. Then we talk. Says George: ‘We’re still involved in a hectic recording scene at the moment, although I’ve spent this week at the office. All that paper-work. There’s about 35 songs we’ve got already, and a few of them are mine. God knows which one will be the next single. You never know, not till you go right through them. I suppose we’ve got vague idea of the overall conception of the kind of album we want to do, but it takes time to work out. We could do a double album, I suppose… or maybe a triple album. There’s enough stuff there.’ […] George is almost obsessionally sincere about meditation, in spite of his obvious let-down Yogi-wise. And it’s given him almost that look of holy inner calm (together with a nice, mellow sense of humor) that wouldn’t disgrace the most devout of monks.” - article/interview by Alan Smith, NME, June 1, 1968 (x)

[sukipotier]

Suki Potier, Maldwyn Thomas, and John Pearse posing for the 'Over the Rainbow' boutique, 63 Knightsbridge, April 1967

Credits to @ waybackinthe1960s

[julio-viernes]

Cuando en "Hark! The Village Wait" (RCA, 1970), el disco de presentación de Steeleye Span, las cosas tiran para "The Hills of Greenmore", todo se pone más interesante. El fin de semana escuchaba el debut de S.S. y cuando entró ésta tuve la más que clara sensación de estar ante una versión primigenia de Neutral Milk Hotel. Creo que por eso me gustan tanto los discos de N.M.H. porque se parecen a cosas como ésta. El disco de Span además suena muy natural y verdadero, como tocado de una pieza en estudio sin añadidos o recordings. Fíjense en como empieza la canción con esa guitarra eléctrica, el harmonio, el redoble de batería. Parece como si estuviéramos en su local presenciando un ensayo. Cierta cosa del indie de hace unos años bebe de estos Steeleye, del Donovan de "Open Road", y, por supuesto, de Incredible String Band. La canción la canta el líder Tim Hart. Cosa buena. Me gusta Maddy Prior, pero su voz me termina cargando.

Abajo el especial de Steeleye Span en 1970 en "Music Room", el programa del profesor folk John Pearse. El grupo estaba formado en ese momento por Martin Carthy, Ashley Hutchins, Peter Knight, Hart y Prior, que le cuentan a Pearse que con esa formación no llevan más de dos meses tocando juntos.

[obeyfeline]

A very nice history of Swinging London menswear.

[wellwornwornwell]

Heroin-chic.

Tony Sylvester shows off a bespoke suit made by John Pearse for London artist Sebastian Horsley. Horsley, a noted heroin addict, had syringe loops sewn into the lining of his jacket. While a twisted detail to be sure, it underscores the brash, counter-culture nature of Pearse, an incredibly skilled tailor and former part-owner of the famed store Granny Takes a Trip.

[johnpearse]

Bill Nighy In John Pearse

[sweetjanespopboutique]

Gala Mitchell wearing a dress from Granny Takes A Trip.

[mikescottwaterboy]

My new jacket, made by John Pearse, tailor of Meard Street, Soho, London, original clothes designer for Granny Takes A Trip boutique, Kings Road, 1960s.