Regeneration City Blues: Fiona Cartledge talk on Sign of the Times

A great night! Thanks to all of the many of you that came down to hear Fiona talk about Sign of the Times at Kensington Market, Hyper Hyper and her Covent Garden shop. It was a brilliant evening where we covered her early career (Portobello Market and Radar) and working in the evening at Gaz’s Rockin’ Blues. We talked her how she began the label and shop in 1989 selling Smiley badges amongst other well known labels and designers right at at the beginning of their careers. Of course Sign of the Times promoted their own parties and sold tickets in the shop to rave clubs and the list of her very many well known customers that frequented and bought from the shop in Ken. Market was impressive… A really interesting evening and some good questions from the floor (again)! A great interview with Fiona and featuring her recent Sign of the Times book can be found at id.vice – sign of the times: the cult shop that styled acid house.