New zone of bareness: Valentino shows jewelled serpents entwining a bare waist. The reptiles are holden with fake diamond and coral set heads. With belts and bareness emphasising waists this summer, they need to be slim.
Photographed by Barry Lategan.
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Vogue, April 1969
I met up with the gorgeous Laurakitty yesterday for an Enchanted Palace experience (at Kensington Palace) and then prosecco and vintage geek talk near the birthplace of Biba on Abingdon Road. Laura has one of the most incredible collections of Ossie Clark clothes, many of which would definitely be something of a ‘Holy Grail’ for me.
Ossie holy grails are a strange subject I suppose, since I have a not-too-insubstantial handful of covetable pieces myself, but it doesn’t do to become too complacent about the idea of ultimate pieces by designers you love. New discoveries are what keeps the passion alive. Love Me Do is probably one of the ultimates, as is the Hockney portrait dress, but sometimes I think I would dearly trade either in for, say, this one as worn by the impossibly beautiful Marisa Berenson.
That said, I recently bought an Ossie I had lusted after for years. And now I have it, I’m not convinced it suits me.
Holy Grails are strange things. What are yours?
Liz Eggleston 