Ossie Clark | the CITIZENS of FASHION

Vintage Fashion & Couture: from Poiret to McQueen by Kerry Taylor

July 14, 2013 by The CoF

Finding a book on the history of fashion today is no big deal, this subject is meticulously study by authors around the world, and readers, willingly buy new “works”. By the way, if you’re one of these readers, you might be interested in a new book by Carrie Taylor called Vintage Fashion & Couture: from Poiret to McQueen, which goes on sale October 7, 2013. Vintage Fashion & Couture: from Poiret to McQueen is another attempt to trace the evolution of fashion with stops at each […]

Categories: Book, Fashion • Tags: Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, History, Kerry Taylor, Ossie Clark, Paul Poiret, Vintage clothing

Suzy Menkes To Auction Her Wardrobe

May 29, 2013 by The CoF

In mid-July, from 11 th to 22 th, Christies.com will host an online auction with vintage items from Suzy Menkes’s wardrobe . Suzy Menkes is a veteran fashion journalist,fashion critic of International Herald Tribune and she was last week named international fashion editor of the soon-to-launch International New York Times. There will be more than 80 items, among them a bespoke Chanel clutch bag with gold studs laid out the name of Susie,an Yves Saint Laurent tuxedo,an ivory dress by Ossie Clark […]

Categories: Fashion, People • Tags: auction, Chanel, Christian Dior, Ossie Clark, Paul Smith, Suzy Menkes, Yves Saint Laurent

Past Meets Present: A Graphic Story

January 24, 2013 by The CoF

By its very nature, fashion is in a constant state of change, but the industry has a way of rehashing the past every few seasons with collections that draw inspiration from key moments in fashion’s history. Nostalgia was the predominant fashion mode of the aughts, and it saw designers revisiting everything from 1920s flapper fixtures, to ’80s powerdressing and (gasp) ’90s grunge redux. We may have just entered into 2013, but when it comes to manufacturing clothing that looks awfully […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: André Courrèges, Grace Coddington, Graphic prints, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Mary Quant, Ossie Clark, style, Vogue