7th May, 2025 13:00
Vintage Fashion: City Lights Studios, 1970s -
City Lights black cropped jacket and coordinating circular skirt, the jacket with shoulder pads and buttoned front, 'City Lights Studio' label affixed to the inner back, size 10; the circular skirt with a zip and button to the left side, size 10; together with, an accessory shimmer striped pink collared backless waistcoat, without lable, size 12; and coral and silver 'salsa' dress with sequin and bead decoration, size S. (4)
City Lights Studios, was a pioneering fashion store that opened in Covent Garden, London, in 1972, known for its unconventional, goth influenced aesthetic.
Provenance:
The Collection of Ceril Campbell, celebrity stylist, TV Presenter, motivational speaker, life coach, author, and independent celebrant.
Ceril Campbell grew up in Chelsea, London, and hung out with ‘the Chelsea crowd’, who at that time included Mick Jagger's brother Chris, Jane Birkin's brother and Marianne Faithfull, Patti Boyd, and others. On Saturdays, whilst still at school, she worked on the Kings Road in boutiques, such as Mr Freedom and Jean Machine, whilst studying fashion design. In the late 1970s Ceril was F.U.’s creative designer for the fashion chain’s flag ship stores in Bond Street and Knightsbridge.
Sold for £40
Vintage Fashion: City Lights Studios, 1970s -
City Lights black cropped jacket and coordinating circular skirt, the jacket with shoulder pads and buttoned front, 'City Lights Studio' label affixed to the inner back, size 10; the circular skirt with a zip and button to the left side, size 10; together with, an accessory shimmer striped pink collared backless waistcoat, without lable, size 12; and coral and silver 'salsa' dress with sequin and bead decoration, size S. (4)
City Lights Studios, was a pioneering fashion store that opened in Covent Garden, London, in 1972, known for its unconventional, goth influenced aesthetic.
Provenance:
The Collection of Ceril Campbell, celebrity stylist, TV Presenter, motivational speaker, life coach, author, and independent celebrant.
Ceril Campbell grew up in Chelsea, London, and hung out with ‘the Chelsea crowd’, who at that time included Mick Jagger's brother Chris, Jane Birkin's brother and Marianne Faithfull, Patti Boyd, and others. On Saturdays, whilst still at school, she worked on the Kings Road in boutiques, such as Mr Freedom and Jean Machine, whilst studying fashion design. In the late 1970s Ceril was F.U.’s creative designer for the fashion chain’s flag ship stores in Bond Street and Knightsbridge.
