Granny Takes a Trip
High Fashion and High Times at the Wildest Rock 'n' Roll Boutique
$80.62
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
11 November 2025
Summary
Lavishly illustrated with never-before-seen photographs of the shop, its key players and - of course - the clothes.
Granny Takes A Trip was more than just a shop and a fashion brand; it was the original rock and roll clothes boutique, the template for all that followed. What started as an odd retail venture/art installation in a depressed part of London known as World’s End became an international byword for glam decadence in Manhattan and Hollywood, combining flamboy…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399623612 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399623613 |
| Author: | Paul Gorman |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | White Rabbit |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 11 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.35kg |
| Dimensions: | 264mm x 200mm x 34mm |
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Critics Review
A celebration of the London boutique that bridged psychedelic fashion and glam … A colourful, illustrated account * UNCUT *
Will we ever see another boutique like Granny Takes A Trip? … [Gorman’s] book includes previously unseen photographs of designs, clients and ever-changing interiors – Helen Barrett * FINANCIAL TIMES *
An illuminating and colourful study not only of the shop itself, but the milieu and times from which it sprang – Mick Brown * TELEGRAPH *
About The Author
Paul Gorman
Paul Gorman is a writer, curator and cultural commentator. His books include The Story Of The Face: The Magazine That Changed Culture, The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren, Totally Wired: The Rise & Fall Of The Music Press, The Look: Adventures in Rock & Pop Fashion, The Wild World of Barney Bubbles, Straight with Boy George and Nine Lives with Goldie. Gorman has also contributed to the world’s leading publications and staged exhibitions concerning fashion, media and visual and popular culture in the US, Denmark, France and the UK.
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