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Sophisticated Sweats

Vivienne Westwood inside Let It Rock (1972, photo by David Parkinson).⁣

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“Malcolm [McLaren] and I changed the names and décor of the shop to suit the clothes as our ideas evolved,” Westwood said in her 2014 autobiography. Indeed, between 1971 and 1976 the famous shop located at 430 King’s Road in Chelsea, London changed its name multiple times: Let it Rock, Too Fast to Live Too Young to Die, SEX and Seditionaries. Finally, in 1979 the store was named Worlds End, as it is today. ⁣

It all started in 1971 when Trevor Myles rented the back of his store Paradise Garage to Malcolm McLaren, assisted by his friend from art school Patrick Casey and girlfriend and school teacher at the time Vivienne Westwood. They started by selling ‘50s records, posters and memorabilia they had previously collected. ⁣

Yayoi Kusama. All the Eternal Love, 2014. from the series My Eternal Love.

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Eight times in the late 60s and early 70s when Betty Davis - The Godmother of Funk, basically showed us she would always be Bawse. - rp

Betty Davis in front of a painting made by her husband Miles Davis at their home in New York City, October 1969.

Portraits of Betty Davis, 1969. © Anthony Barboza.