Joanna Lumley giving me the New Avengers and Celia Birtwell-print Ossie Clark crossover I didn’t know I needed. I would dearly love to know what this smelled like, if anyone can remember please let me know!
Scanned from Vogue, January 1978.
One of those delicious advert photos I just want to dive into. Not least to grab that Ossie Clark dress hanging off the back of the chair!
Scanned from Honey, July 1978.
Another in my irregular series of random Ossie Clark sightings in adverts. This time a wrap around Cuddly dress, made from a crinkle pleated crepe with satin trim.
I think the model is Barbara Miller.
Scanned from Cosmopolitan, March 1975.
A curious but beautifully shot advertorial from a copy of Cosmopolitan, which I think is meant to be advertising the drink but is also rather a charming portrayal of a bohemian Seventies wedding. Unsurprising given that Jim Lee is behind the photographs, and also featuring a couple of Ossie Clark dresses, which I’m always happy to document.
Photographed by Jim Lee and Arthur Hill for Blanc Foussy by Grants of St James’s.
Scanned from Cosmopolitan, August 1974.
Obviously I do not condone the message as regards the product being advertised here, but what an amazing, ephemeral capture of the Quorum boutique window with Ossies on both the model and the mannequin (‘Bridget’ and ‘Cuddly’ respectively). I also think that might possibly be the ghostly figure of Alice Pollock in the background.
Scanned from Cosmopolitan, November 1973.
Another in my [very] occasional series, Random Ossies in Adverts.
Scanned from Cosmopolitan, July 1974
It’s been a while since I’ve done a ‘Random Ossies in Adverts’ post, so it was high time I found another one. Bottom left, definitely one of my holy grail pieces.
I think that printed dress turns up in several adverts spanning several years. I’m assuming one photographer or stylist had the dress and just plonked every model in it when they needed a ‘floaty’ look. I shall scan further examples in when I can!
Liz Eggleston 