c.1969 Ossie Clark Black Moss Crepe Dress w Bishop Sleeves, Button Front & Dog Ear Collar designer-leonard-paris In the early days her

In the early days her work was sold only under the department store labels and it was only word of mouth that the work was actually hers

This label was started as a ready to wear option and the pieces where exquisitely made

Though you will at first think that dramatic thick line of glitz is rhinestones it is in fact tiny individual faceted cleat beads each strung on a thread that has a teeny bead looped through and topping each bead below

It feels very much like a 70s version of a thirties tea dress and is even better in person

c.1969 Ossie Clark Black Moss Crepe Dress w Bishop Sleeves, Button Front & Dog Ear Collar designer-leonard-paris In the early days herIn 1968 Ossie Clark was designing his own couture line and also designing pieces for Alice Pollock for her Quorum Boutique. The Radley company approached Alice to find out of she could convince Ossie to design a top of the market collection that they would produce and sell to various boutiques and department stores. Dresses like this were the result of that collaboration. Even with this early version of 'ready to wear' the pieces that were made were