Ossie Clark

© Justin de Villeneuve

I am looking for a red "cuddly" dress for myself, the bell sleeves, backless wrap dress would be perfect for me (see it with the pictures below)! I always try to have a couple of Ossie's for sale but for a big selection go and visit: c20vintagefashion.co.uk - they have a fantastic website always well stocked with Ossie Clark, Biba and other one off beautiful pieces. I'm interested to see how the re-launched Ossie Clark label developes, a photo of 3 of the new pieces are featured at the bottom of this page.....

Mr and Mrs Ossie Clark and Percy, by David Hockney
 

This information is from the V&A museum - click the link for full details and lots of amazing pictures: edward.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1250_ossieclark  From the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s Ossie Clark dressed the famous and fashionable in unabashed show-stoppers. His most productive period coincided with London's most magical, optimistic, rule-breaking decade. It was a decade in which fashion, photography, music and the cult of personality converged.

Ossie Clark was first recognised as a design talent at the age of 23 when British Vogue singled him out in their August 1965 issue. Throughout the next decade his designs represented the best of London fashion.

Since then, however, Clark's glamorous lifestyle and tragic death in 1996 have overshadowed his importance as a designer. This display is a reminder of his singular talent. It shows his facility with diverse materials, his impressive cutting skills and the extraordinarily productive collaboration between Clark and his wife, the textile designer Celia Birtwell.
 

New Ossie Clark designs....