"Simons started another trend while in Richmond. Still fascinated by east-coast jazz and the New York School art scene, he travelled to the Big Apple to meet manufacturers. He managed to negotiate bargain prices on end-of-season lines to bring back to the UK. 'Of course, their last season wasn't our last season,' he says. 'I went to the Empire State Building and bought all these madras shirts for a dollar a dozen. People were jumping up and down for them in London.'"
Andy Welch at The Guardian profiles London haberdasher John Simons.
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