Evening Dress

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Artist/Maker	Clark, Ossie (designer) Birtwell, Celia (designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Ossie Clark designed this dress. He was one of Britain's most influential fashion designers of the 1960s and 1970s. Throughout his career he used the textiles designed by his wife Celia Birtwell. This dress features one of her most popular patterns, which mingles hearts with feathers and poppies. Ossie Clark used it for a variety of garments. Here the motifs appear in vibrant red and green on a cream ground. A fanciful yoke of appliquéd feathers accents the collar.

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Categories	Access_to_Images 2003 Fashion Womenswear Evening Wear SCRAN
Object type	Evening dress
Materials and techniques	Printed silk chiffon Chiffon Silk Printing
Brief description	Full-length evening dress of printed chiffon, designed by Ossie Clark, textile by Celia Birtwell, Great Britain, 1970-1971
Physical description	Full-length and long-sleeved dress of white chiffon printed with a red and green poppy and feather design.
Dimensions	Length: 1445mm Bust circumference: 840mm (Note: bust) Waist circumference: 740mm (Note: waist) Width: 355mm (Note: across back shoulder to shoulder seam)
Production type	Ready to wear
Marks and inscriptions	'Ossie Clark / Made in London, England / Dry clean only' (Label) 'Silk' (Label)
Credit line	Given by Judy Bennett
Subjects depicted	Poppies Feathers
Summary	Ossie Clark designed this dress. He was one of Britain's most influential fashion designers of the 1960s and 1970s. Throughout his career he used the textiles designed by his wife Celia Birtwell. This dress features one of her most popular patterns, which mingles hearts with feathers and poppies. Ossie Clark used it for a variety of garments. Here the motifs appear in vibrant red and green on a cream ground. A fanciful yoke of appliquéd feathers accents the collar.
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.194-1997

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Record created	December 2, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O86589/evening-dress-clark-ossie/

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