Dandie Fashions or sometimes Dandy Fashions was a London fashion boutique founded in 1966, following a chance encounter at the

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between Freddie Hornik and Alan Holston, who then got together with Australian John Crittle, the Guinness heir

Tara Browne Tara Browne (4 March 1945 – 18 December 1966) was a London-based Irish socialite and heir to the Guinness fortune. His December 1966 death in a car crash was an inspiration for the Beatles' song " A Day in the Life". Early life Browne was ...

and Neil Winterbotham, and launched the new business. Dandie Fashions opened its shop at 161

King's Road King's Road or Kings Road (or sometimes the King's Road, especially when it was the king's private road until 1830, or as a colloquialism by middle/upper class London residents), is a major street stretching through Chelsea and Fulham, both ...

, Chelsea in October 1966. John Crittle had previously worked for

Michael Rainey Michael Sean O'Dare Rainey (21 January 1941 – 29 January 2017) was an Australian-born British fashion designer, best known for his 1960s London boutique, '' Hung On You''. Early life He was the son of Sean Rainey and Joyce Marion Wallace (1923� ...

in his boutique ''

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''. Crittle and Tara Browne wanted a retail outlet for their new tailoring company ''Foster and Tara''. In December 1966, Browne died in a car crash, while he was on his way to discuss shop front designs with the graphic artist David Vaughan. Crittle bought his share of the business. In this boutique

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was arrested in 1967 by the police with drugs belonging to

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. Five months after opening their

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in Baker Street (which ran from 7 December 1967 to 30 July 1968),

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invested in Dandie, renaming it ''Apple Tailoring (Civil & Theatric)''. They were attracted to King's Road by the presence of the clothing boutiques Dandie, along with '' Granny Takes a Trip'' and ''

''. Apple Tailoring opened at the same 161 King's Road premises as Dandie, on 23 May 1968. Neil Aspinall and Apple's accountant Stephen Maltz became directors. John Lennon and George Harrison attended the launch party. However, it never made a profit and closed some months later.

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