Fashion has always been a backbeat to popular music. South Paradiso was founded eight years ago, but the origins of the leather goods label’s psychedelic hippie glam stretches back to the early days of rock, when performers first began to understand that success is as much about how you look as how you sound. Here are a few of designer Romulus Von Stezelberger’s influences.
— Booth Moore, Los Angeles Times fashion critic
GRANNY TAKES A TRIP
London’s Kings Road rock boutique/art project Granny Takes A Trip opened in 1965, drawing musicians and celebs with its colorful vintage-inspired clothes and changing interiors. With outposts in New York and L.A., the shop helped translate swinging London style into American hippie glam.