Oh dear oh dear. Just when I thought it was safe to come out from my little cocoon of New Romanticism and delve back into relative normality again after my break in Yorkshire, Christies go and post photos of their upcoming Avant Garde auction. I’m just a puddle of lust over some of these frocks, some you might expect and others you might not. But here are some of my favourites!
Ossie Clark
Pierre Cardin
Pierre Cardin
Norma Kamali
Jean-Paul Gaultier
Let It Rock (Vivienne Westwood)
Zandra Rhodes
Paco Rabanne
Giorgio Di Sant’Angelo
Stephen Burroughs
Mr Freedom
Alkasura
Ossie Clark
But my envy has been eased slightly by the fact that I actually own one of the frocks. The ‘Love Me Do’ dress, as worn by Jean Shrimpton, is one of my absolute favourites and whoever gets this one is a very lucky lady!
Liz Eggleston 
Hi there-I so agree, these are such eye candy and I would love to own some of these beautys. ooh, your collection, I’d love to see it one day…do you wear the special pieces, such as the last one shown here, if you don’t mind me asking?
OOOOHH! All gorgeous..
Liz have you seen this?http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RARE-ORIGINAL-DISCO-LIQUID-SATIN-BASQUE-SKINNY-FIT-SUIT_W0QQitemZ300267318935QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item300267318935&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14I saw it and thought of you!
Here were my top picks from that auction. Lucky you for having that dress!http://wbjewelry.blogspot.com/2008/10/curses.html
I’ve not worn the Love Me Do Ossie yet. It’s far too special and needs a very special occasion, which I’ve not had yet. I occasionally wear some of the bigger or more important pieces, it depends on their wearability for me. I have a yellow Alice Pollock blouse, and a picture of her wearing it, which I’ve worn to death – simply because I can!Oh my goodness, that basque suit is INCREDIBLE. I hadn’t seen it but now I’m definitely watching it!Wendy, I love your selection! I must have missed that while I was away! I think it’s very bizarre how Malcolm McClaren is getting his knickers in a twist over all the sex and seditionaries stuff, claiming everything anyone ever shows him now is a fake! One of the reasons I will probably never start collecting that stuff!
That basque suit is STUNNING. If I was small enough to fit into it I’d be sniping away on that one!
wow they are beautiful. They are acutally timeless although they are vintage.
I want the Norma Kamali! … to be worn with make-up like Steve Strange and hair like Toyah!!!!”It’s a mystery,Oh it’s a mysteryI’m still searching for a clueIt’s a mystery to meA shot in the darkThe big question mark In history”Yep. I’m into that.