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Fashion Archeology II: Lost Labels

November 21st, 2007 by RJJNYC

From the partnership of John Richmond & Maria Cornejo, which ended in 1987, the 3D (Destroy, Disoriantate, Disorder) label:

John Richmond has of course gone on to fame and fortune and Maria Cornejo now has an expanding business in NYC, with one store on Mott Street and another just opened in the West Village.

And one more throwback to London designers from the 80s, Harvey & Bannister who made a lot of lovely clothes with a propensity for big hoods and tassles. I can’t find any information on the fate of either designer via Google.

Richmond-Cornejo and Harvey & Bannister were among a big, talented group of designers in London at the time; others included Mark Lawrence, John Crancher, BodyMap (David Holah & Stevie Stewart), John Flett, Stephen Linard, Patrick Cox, John Galliano and Joe Casely-Hayford (now apparently master tailor at Gieves & Hawkes).

John Crancher ad from The Face, circa 1985:

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