Ossie Clark's New Life

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OSSIE CLARK'S NEW LIFE: The house of Ossie Clark is back in action. Marc Worth, founder of WGSN, will relaunch the brand in February at London Fashion Week, according to a spokesman. The Ossie Clark creative team includes Avsh Alom Gur, who has worked at Donna Karan, Roberto Cavalli, Chloé, and Nicole Farhi. Clark's heyday was the Sixties and early Seventies, and he was best known for his tailoring, which was often coupled with romantic prints by his then-wife Celia Birtwell. Once known as "King of the King's Road," Clark's fluid, bias-cut shapes were distinctive with their full sleeves, swingy skirts and scoop necks. He was a colorful character in Swinging Sixties London, and was immortalized by David Hockney in the 1970 painting "Mr. and Mrs. Clark and Percy." Clark was murdered in 1996 by his former lover. A few years ago London's Victoria and Albert Museum held a mini retrospective of his work that ran from July 2003 until May 2004. Guests at the opening party included Kate Moss, Manolo Blahnik, Marianne Faithful, David Hockney and Zandra Rhodes.


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[stella-mayfair]

that's exiting, softie. let's hope they won't pull a biba and completely kill what made the brand.

 

[softgrey]

i agree stella...
that biba relaunch was very disappointing..

hoping that the new ossie clark will have more of the designer's original spirit...

 

[stella-mayfair]

that's right. i loooove ossie clark, he was true hippie glam royalty.

here's ossie with celia birthwell (i love the vibe in that pic



pic via telegraph.co.uk

 

[emma peel]

the jeremy blake movie on ossie clark was great-- sad about blake's death.

 

[softgrey]

link to the new collection...
http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/f60/ossie-clarke-f-w-08-09-london-65278.html

 

[stella-mayfair]

thanks softie