parent arcadia group website www.missselfridge.co.uk miss selfridge is a nationwide uk high street store which began as the young fashion section of selfridges department store in london in 1966 . miss selfridge got its name when charles clore the owner of selfridges at the time saw a window display in the bonwit teller store in new york city which showed miss bonwit dresses aimed specifically at teenagers . he later launched it throughout his lewis s & selfridges stores throughout the uk paper dress by sylvia ayton and zandra rhodes 1966 contents 1 history 2 ownership 3 advertising and promotion 4 stores 5 references 6 external links history edit by 1967 miss selfridge had concessions throughout the country within department stores and by 1969 there were some independent branches on the high street . the first of miss selfridge s mannequins were based on sixties icon and model twiggy and the first dresses were paper dresses designed to be worn once and then thrown away by sylvia ayton and zandra rhodes . 1 couturier pierre cardin was also commissioned by miss selfridge to design four exclusive collections a year . ownership edit in july 1999 arcadia group which is owned by sir philip green acquired miss selfridge along with wallis and clothing retailer outfit from sears plc. arcadia group also includes topshop dorothy perkins evans burton and topman . advertising and promotion edit miss selfridge was one of the first retailers to use kate moss in their campaigns and has used other successful models and actresses such as naomi campbell yasmin le bon tess daly saffron burrows and nicollette sheridan before they found major success . in 2006 to celebrate its 40th year of business miss selfridge relaunched limited edition make up palettes containing some of the most successful products from the kiss and make up make up range which is now discontinued . a recent collaboration with bella freud in 2005 was short lived . miss selfridge also sponsored the victoria and albert museum s 1960s fashion exhibition from 6 june 2006 25 february 2007 . in april 2010 miss selfridge launched the gossip girl collection in which they had worked with eric damon the stylist of the show gossip girl to create a line of 8 dresses based on the four main female characters . stores edit africa egypt 3 americas united states 6 chile 2 asia united arab emirates 18 thailand 8 saudi arabia 7 kuwait 6 indonesia 5 malaysia 4 qatar 4 philippines 3 bahrain 2 israel 2 jordan 2 turkey 2 vietnam 1 europe united kingdom over 170 ireland 13 malta 3 georgia 1 germany 1 isle of man 1 oceania australia 2 references edit miss selfridge a retrospective v & a 2006 external links edit official website victoria and albert museum miss selfridge fashion fast forward singapore miss selfridge fashion fast forward malaysia v t e arcadia group chains and brands current burton dorothy perkins evans miss selfridge outfit topman topshop wallis former british home stores debenhams principles principles for men richards people montague burton anthony grabiner ian grabiner philip green tina green retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title miss selfridge & oldid 741819997 categories retail companies of the united kingdomclothing retailers of the united kingdomselfridges1966 establishments in the united kingdomretail companies established in 1966 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 september 2016 at 21 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view