After parting company with Boutwood, Johnson maintained the Chelsea and Kensington stores and opened a new shop at 293 Portobell Road in west London's Notting Hill; the premises had housed the militaria boutique I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet in the 1960s.
Again inspired by visits to California, the Portobello boutique was given a Tiki-theme with a bamboo frontage in line with the revival of this 1950s Polynesian subculture.