Eve Ferret

Eve Ferret is an actor, singer and songwriter whose life and career are deeply intertwined with the cultural history of London and, in particular, the King’s Road.

Born just a mile from the King’s Road in Pimlico, Eve grew up around the people, places and changing fashions that would come to define the era. In 1973/74, she worked as a receptionist at Ginger Group hairdressers on the King’s Road, two doors down from Terry de Havilland’s iconic shoe shop and close to Beaufort Market. Just across the road was Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood’s shop, then known as Let It Rock, which would later become Sex and Seditionaries.

From her reception desk, Eve had a front-row seat as the King’s Road transformed. She watched the fashions evolve and witnessed the emergence of what would eventually become known as punk, with the characters of the scene passing her window and the shops providing a constant source of inspiration.

By autumn 1976, Eve was singing at the seminal Blitz Club in Covent Garden, where she formed the duo Biddie & Eve. Having already seen the Sex Pistols perform at the 100 Club, she found herself at the heart of an increasingly exciting and unpredictable London nightlife. When the Roxy Club opened in December 1976 at the former Chaguaramas on Neal Street, Eve became part of a scene that would leave an enduring mark on British music and culture.

She also frequented Louise’s nightclub, immersing herself in the world of London’s “people of the night”.

Eve went on to build a career in film and television and continues to perform today. Her first-hand experience of the people, places and atmosphere of 1970s London offers a unique perspective on the birth of punk and the cultural revolution taking place around the King’s Road in 1976.