Kensington Market, London
Kensington Market was a three story indoor market at 49/53 Kensington High Street, in the Kensington area of London, England. It opened in 1967.
In the 1960s and 1970s, it catered to hippie and bohemian culture. From the 1980s to the end of the 1990s, it catered to punks, new romantics, metal heads, ravers, and goths, as well as other sub-cultures of contemporary music, fashion, hair stylists, body arts, and crafts and accessories.
In 1969, before the band Queen had become successful, Roger Taylor ran a stall at the market, also enlisting Freddie Mercury to work on it.[1][2]
Hyper Hyper was a unit that provided stall space for many new designers, including Fiona Cartledge (Sign of the Times),[3][4][5] Pam Hogg,[6] Rachel Auburn and Leigh Bowery,[7] before moving to its own premises across the road in October 1996.[8]
The market finally closed on 29 January 2000.[9] The building was left derelict following its closure, and was demolished in 2001.
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- ^ Mr.Scully. "Queen places in London". Queen Concerts. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
- ^ "Roger Taylor "I remember"". Readers Digest. 30 November 2013.
- ^ Natasha Slee (9 April 2014). "What we wore: Balearic". Dazed.
- ^ "sign of the times: the cult shop that styled acid house". i-D. 22 January 2016.
- ^ "Fiona Cartledge of Sign Of The Times is one of the unsung heroes of fashion. Here's her story". Charlieporter.net.
- ^ "The Wardrobe with Pam Hogg". The Gentlewoman. 2017.
- ^ "Rachel Auburn - Artist". Moreonthedoor.com.
- ^ "As seen at... Hype DF". The Independent. 24 October 1996.
- ^ Clare Garner (17 September 1999). "Celebrated fashion market is forced to close after 30 years". The Independent.
- Retail markets in London
- Former buildings and structures in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- History of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea