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Written by premierludwig
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DOLLYROCKERS
Dollyrockers was one of the labels of the British Boutique Movement. The house designer for this label was Samuel Sherman, known as "Sambo". Samuel Sherman teamed up with Dolcis Shoes so that they could co-ordinate that season's ranges and carry out a joint publicity campaign headed by the Smith's Crisps girl Pattie Boyd (who had conveniently just begun dating a Beatle when the campaign began, so she got a lot of extra attention for both labels).
In the 60s, they often did simple dresses, but they are probably more famous for their peasant dresses of the 1970s. Active c.1963-c.1975
The Concepts label comes from a dollyrocker style dress, with dollyrocker-type fabrics, dollyrocker type buttons, and is the same shape/measurements dollyrocker dresses. So it is very likely that Concepts is also a Samuel Sherman label.
Additional notes about the last label:
"Dolly Rockers, London" is a range that has been created by the cutting and resewing of vintage items. It's a very popular range, and they do some really quite groovy stuff if you can cope wth the idea that they've hacked some fab vintage item to bits to create it. In fact it's so popular that they've taken to sewing their label on the *outside* of the clothing now so that everyone knows you're wearing a Dolly Rockers item. They were originally based at Camden Market but now sell via concessions at London stores such as Top Shop & Selfridges.
See also: Samuel Sherman, Sambo
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from a 1960s mini dress
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from a 1960s dress hang tag
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from a 1960s cream lace baby-doll dress
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from a late 1960s top
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This label is from a 2000s garment that was created from a vintage one
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