Warren Allen Gold (17 January 1938 – 2015) was a British fashion retailer, and with his brothers Harold and David founded the fashion chain

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Early life

Warren Allen Gold was born in January 1938.

Career

The first Lord John boutique was opened by Warren, Harold and David Gold in London's

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in 1963, and the choice of name led to litigation from

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who already owned several fashion shops in the street. In 1967, the store had a three-storey high giant

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mural on the outside of the building, painted by the artist group Binder Edwards & Vaughan, known as BEV. Lord John was very popular with

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s, and regular customers included the pop groups

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, and

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. Lord John had eight shops by 1970, and grew to about 30 in the early 1970s, before being acquired by the retail group Raybeck, who sold it to

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in the mid-1980s, when they became Next stores. In the 1980s, the Gold brothers opened the Big Red Building on Petticoat Lane, and became early pioneers of the discount factory shop, before later relocating to

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as Gold's Factory Outlet, now run by Warren's son Jamie Gold.

Personal life

Gold married Valerie Levey, a fashion model, and they had three children,

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is a model and actress. His first wife was Barbara Sugarman and he had three daughters.

References

External links

BBC video - Carnaby Street legend Warren Gold talks about dressing the Small Faces and John Lennon during the swinging sixties.
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