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Ossie Clark Sweaters

April 10, 2009 by WendyB

I’m on an Ossie Clark blogging kick. Here’s a famous 1968 photo of Ossie wearing his own shirt and patchwork belt with a sweater made by his mother. Photo source: Another Nickel in the Machine Here’s a not-at-all-famous photo of me wearing my only Ossie Clark sweater. I’ve never managed to find a lot of…

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Filed Under: Ossie Clark, pictures of me, sweaters, vintage designers

Mick Jagger and Ossie Clark

April 9, 2009 by WendyB

Gimme Shelter by the Rolling Stones has been stuck in my head for days. I know it’s no Dude Looks Like a Lady, but it’s still a great song. It also reminded me of Mick Jagger’s jumpsuit collaboration with my favorite vintage designer, Ossie Clark. I’ve mentioned that Mick wore Ossie clothes but never posted…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, music, Ossie Clark, vintage designers

Topshop’s Ossie Clark Ripoff

October 23, 2008 by WendyB

I’ve mentioned before that Topshop has been using textile designer Celia Birtwell’s association with Ossie Clark to knock off the late designer’s work. To sum it up for those who didn’t read my previous post on the topic, Celia was married to Ossie back in the day. She designed the striking prints that were used…

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Filed Under: dresses, great minds think alike, Ossie Clark, pictures of me

Ossie Clark in Cabaret

May 17, 2008 by WendyB

Last night, I watched one of my favorite movies, Cabaret, for the first time in years. I was thrilled to realize that Liza Minnelli was wearing the blouse version of an Ossie Clark dress that I own. Liza wearing Ossie in Cabaret My Ossie dress I still love the choreography for “Mein Herr.” Mein Herr

Filed Under: dresses, movies, music, Ossie Clark, vintage

Great Ossie Clark Dress on eBay UK

April 28, 2008 by WendyB

I have this style and it’s beautiful. Photo from seller This is how it looks hemmed. Photo from a few years ago

Filed Under: dresses, Ossie Clark, shopping suggestions, vintage

Ossie Clark Goes to Dinner

March 6, 2008 by WendyB

I always figured there was no chance any of you fashion bloggers would rub off on me. I was pretty sure I didn’t have the creativity required to put together your unusual color combinations, create your amazing layered outfits or turn a skirt into a stole a la Little Edie Beale. And I was right!…

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Filed Under: dresses, Ossie Clark, pictures of me, vintage

My Ossie Clark Jacket and Some ’60s It Girls

October 14, 2007 by WendyB

In 1966, my favorite designer, Ossie Clark, discovered rolls of unused snakeskin sitting in a warehouse. One of his snakeskin jackets was exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London in 2003. Not my jacket, unfortunately.Photo of 1967 jacket from the V&A He gave one of the snakeskin jackets to a woman who worked…

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Filed Under: Dogs, models, Ossie Clark, style icons, vintage

Great Minds Think Alike…About Ossie Clark

August 24, 2007 by WendyB

Ossie Clark was the fashion king of ’60s and ’70s London, dressing Twiggy, Bianca and Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithful, Talitha Getty and Patti Boyd, to name just a few of the Beautiful People. I love his floaty chiffon and moss crepe dresses with ’30s references, plunging necklines and sashes that tie under the bust. Above,…

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Filed Under: great minds think alike, Ossie Clark, pictures of me, vintage

Flashback Friday: Konstantin and Ossie

February 22, 2019 by WendyB

Have you watched Killing Eve yet? That’s the BBC show on Hulu that Sandra Oh has been winning awards for recently. Oh stars as Eve Polastri, an intelligence officer who becomes obsessed with stopping a sociopathic assassin known as Villanelle (Jodie Comer). I came to the show a little late — urged on by my…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Celebrities, Fashion, Ossie Clark, pictures of me, TV, vintage designers Tagged With: jodie comer, killing eve, kim bodnia, Ossie Clark, russian doll, sandra oh

The eBay Pick of the Day Is Ossie

June 24, 2009 by WendyB

I found an amazing vintage Ossie Clark dress on eBay. Well, it’s really the dress’s background story that I loved, though the dress is great too! The seller (who has 100% positive feedback) says she bought the dress from the Quorum boutique and wore it on her wedding day in 1973. She says, “My best…

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Filed Under: dresses, ebay, Ossie Clark Tagged With: ebay, Ossie Clark, vintage dresses

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Award-winning designer of fine jewelry inspired by women's history and pop culture. A former journalist who writes about jewelry, fashion, medieval history, news, feminism, dogs, cats and whatever else is on her mind. Blogging since 2007.
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