Iconic 1969 Celia Birtwell print Lamborghini suit
Completely iconic Lamborghini pant suit by Ossie Clark. This piece was originally produced under his own name label, but was one of the first designs to also be produced under the Radley label. They originally created near perfect copies, using the same fabrics and techniques, so you can be sure that an early Ossie for Radley is going to be pretty much identical to the 'couture' pieces. This suit was designed c.1968 and produced by Radley in 1969. It was also famously worn by Twiggy, as shown in the image below:
The jacket is beautifully tailored in a champagne gold satin with Ossie's trademark rounded collar, buttoned up the front and with perfectly placed diagonal pockets on the sides. The trousers are also wonderfully tailored in Celia's chinoiserie print satin, with a high waist and a fairly straight leg (neither flared nor tapered). I haven't seen too many Lamborghini suits floating around, but each one seems to have a different print placement on the trousers, and I must confess that this version is my favourite. You get a lot more of the dark section, with the perfectly placed zig zag and checked sections around the bottom. Ossie was one of the most famous proponents of the trouser suit for women, and it has the added cachet of the Twiggy connection - so all in all, this suit is a museum quality Ossie. Definitive but also very wearable!
.. I remember reading an article about him in Vanidades when I was 11 or 12 and falling in love with his hippie-esque designs.. at the time, it all seemed to distant but I'm now able to see how foward some of his work is even to this day.. and how his aesthetic has influenced an overwhelming number of modern designers.. 
