Thanks to vintage goddess “Timeless Vixen” for pointing out that yesterday, June 9, was the late designer Ossie Clark‘s birthday. He would have been 77.
I’m always forgetting Ossie’s birthday, even though he’s my absolute favorite designer of yore. In 2016, another vintage goddess, Liz of Vintage-a-Peel, reminded me. I’ve got to put this into my calendar right now because I always love a reason to post about Ossie and, more importantly, wear something from my Ossie collection in his honor. I most recently wore an Ossie dress in April, so a repost of that photo will have to do. This is one I bought from Liz, and I got it in 2009, so happy 10th anniversary to this dress!
April 2019. Click to see photos from 2010 and 2016.
If you’re new to the blog and don’t know who Ossie Clark is, check out this video I did in 2017.
Thinking of Ossie always makes me think of my late friend Al Radley, who was the manufacturer of Ossie’s “Ossie Clark for Radley” line. Al died this February at the age of 94. I paid tribute to him here. His son, Howard, wrote a lovely obituary to his dad in the Guardian that appeared in April. I enjoyed seeing photos of young Al.
Well, now I’m off to ogle Timeless Vixen’s Ossies. I want them all!
OMG, look at her dress! And how many pieces does she have?? I’m so jealous. My dream is to find an Ossie piece here – I always check for funky patterns!
That would be a stellar find!