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Acme Attractions was a London clothing store on Kings Road, Chelsea, London, that in the early 1970s provided a place for many punk and reggae musicians and scenesters to hang out. Shop assistant and manager Don Letts described Acme Attraction as a place "where the interaction between the different factions became more important than selling merchandise, even though at that age it was a deadly combination."
Within two weeks of opening there were queues to get in. Steph Raynor remembers:
By the mid 70s, Acme had quite a scene attracting the likes of The Clash, the Sex Pistols, Chrissie Hynde, Patti Smith, Debbie Harry and Bob Marley. Letts remembers that "Marley ... come by because he knew he could get a good draw from the thriving black-market action that also went on in Acme." The scene created by the shop also led to the formation of Generation X, which launched the pop music career of Billy Idol.
and Israel-based businessman John Krivine
closed Acme Attractions to create Boy London, at 153 King's Road, in 1976.
John Krivine hired Genesis P-Orridge and Peter Christopherson for branding of Boy. Vivienne Westwood licensed designs to Boy, who issued them, some with alterations, over the next eight years.
Krivine sold the company in 1984.
While Don Letts opened the new store, he soon quit, "It was the bastard child of Acme, created to capitalize on the "tabloid punk" and although I opened and ran the joint it just weren't my speed. I quit to manage the Slits and headed off on the The Clash with The Clash."
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