Sunday, January 15, 2012

Rock & Roll Circus

The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus took place in 1968.  Mick Jagger wanted to create a musical film, so he met with the director Michael Lindsay- Hogg.  He came up with the idea to do the whole rock music and circus thing.  They performed in front of an invited audience at a studio in Wembley.  The whole show lasted almost a day.  Mick Jagger did not think the Stones played well and was very disapointed with the film and  kept it from the public.   Performers at the rock circus were The Who, Marianne Faithfull, Jethro Tull, and The Dirty Mac.

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Monday, December 26, 2011

Biba

Biba was a fashion store in London during the 1960s and 70s.  It was owned by Barbara Hulanicki.  The first store was on Abingdon road in Kensington and opened in September of 1964.  When Biba started out most of the outfits were cheap and were sold by mail order.  The gingham dress made Biba very successful.  4,000 of the dresses were sold right away.  As the years passed Biba became more and more popular and a Biba department store was opened in 1974.  It had mens, womens and childrens clothes and many different floors.  A year later Biba closed

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