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Freddie Hornik (Alfred Charles Walter) was born on 19 January, 1944 in Brno, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now Czech Republic), is an Alfred Charles Walter Freddie" Hornik was born British fashion entrepreneur. Discover Freddie Hornik's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?

Popular As Alfred Charles Walter
Occupation Fashion designer
Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 19 January 1944
Birthday 19 January
Birthplace Brno, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now Czech Republic)
Date of death 19 February, 2009
Died Place South London, England
Nationality Czech Republic

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Freddie Hornik Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Freddie Hornik worth at the age of 65 years old? Freddie Hornik’s income source is mostly from being a successful Fashion designer. He is from Czech Republic. We have estimated Freddie Hornik's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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1944

Alfred Charles Walter "Freddie" Hornik (19 January 1944 – 19 February 2009) was a Czech-born British fashion entrepreneur who bought the ailing Chelsea boutique Granny Takes a Trip at 488 Kings Road in 1969, and transformed it into a leading brand in Swinging London.

Hornik was born in Brno, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, on 19 January 1944.

As an infant he traveled with his widowed mother and his grandmother to Austria on the refugee "death marches".

1947

He lived in poverty in Vienna until 1947, when together they went to live with relatives in south London.

Hornik's education at Streatham Grammar School was interrupted when he contracted tuberculosis, necessitating long stays in hospital.

At the instigation of his Polish stepfather, Hornik trained as a tailor and made rapid progress, having "learnt to make a suit in 10 days for eight guineas".

1960

In the mid-1960s, following a chance encounter at the Speakeasy Club with Alan Holston, they got together with John Crittle and the Guinness heir Tara Browne, and launched Dandie Fashions.

1968

The Beatles invested in the firm in 1968 and for a short while it became the bespoke menswear supplier Apple Tailoring.

1969

In 1969, Hornik took over the legendary boutique Granny Takes a Trip.

This purchase was in a partnership with Gene Krell and Marty Breslau, both from New York, and together they expanded the business, adding shops in New York and Los Angeles.

Granny Takes a Trip bespoke creations were taken up by the leading rock stars of the time.

1970

However, by the mid-1970s, Hornik, who by now had a "penchant for drugs", Krell and Breslau were feuding with each other, and the business failed, with the London boutique closing in late 1974.

In his later years, Hornik drove a mini-cab but more ill health forced him to retire to South London.

He never married.

1972

In 1972, Lou Reed wore a Granny's suit in black velvet and rhinestones on the cover of his album, Transformer.

Also that year, Mick Jagger chose a Granny's tartan velvet jacket on the inside cover of Exile On Main St. from the Rolling Stones, and Todd Rundgren wore Hornik's sequined bolero jacket on the reverse side of the Something/Anything? gatefold sleeve.

1973

In 1973, for the front cover of The Isley Brothers' album 3 + 3, Ronald Isley sported a Hornik jacket.

1974

In 1974, for the front cover of his album Caribou, Elton John wore a tiger-stripe jacket which had a Granny's label, allegedly sewn on by Hornik's assistant Roger Klein, who had acquired the item elsewhere secondhand.