The facade and interior of Tara Browne's and John Crittle's Dandie Fashions Boutique, at 161 Kings Road, Chelsea, by Binder, Edwards & Vaughan in November, 1966, around a month before the shop opened. The psychedelic fascia area inspired by Steve Ditko's Dr.Strange artwork was designed and painted by Dudley Edwards, the Art Deco influenced entrance and ground level areas were created by Douglas Binder.
On the left and right, fashion sketches by the acclaimed designer Karl Lagerfeld, and in the centre, Dandie Fashions boutique by Binder, Edwards & Vaughan as it appeared in Nova, April 1967. The designs are clearly influenced by the facade created by BEV, the sketch on the left has a magazine tear sheet attached featuring the shop's fascia, and just seen on the bottom right sketch is a piece of a tear sheet showing the entrance to the shop. I spotted these sketches back in 2019 when both WWD and Vogue announced that a treasure trove of 125 of the recently deceased designer's sketches dating back to the early 1960s were to be offered for auction by Urban Culture. The sketches had been held in the archive of the House of Tiziani, the Italian fashion house which Lagerfeld had worked with for several years throughout the sixties while also freelancing for many others during this period, including the French fashion house Chloé, which he took sole creative control of in 1966.
On the right, a close-up of the entrance to Dandie Fashions boutique created by Binder, Edwards & Vaughan in 1966. And on the left, a sequined sheath dress by Karl Lagerfeld, worked with Art Deco inspired psychedelic patterns in pink and purple. This incredible dress originated from the personal collection of the wondrous Anna Piaggi, legendary Italian fashion journalist, editor and style icon, and yet it sold at Christie's 'Fashion through the Ages' auction for a mere £125 in December 2010...even though it had been estimated between £500-£1000. The dress is described as dating from the 1970s on the auction website..but it is evidently based on the same sketch which was inspired by BEV's original 1960s design. I've discovered two more plastic sequined dresses featuring the same Art Deco/Dandie Fashions design by Karl Lagerfeld for Chloé, which are held in The MET, one is dated 1967, the other 1968 but they're clearly from the same collection.
