Iconic c.1969 Ossie Clark 'Bridget' Black Crepe Plunge Front Wrap Dress designer-biba The top overlay layer floats

The top overlay layer floats to the floor over the inner dress to give it the feel of airiness and lightness and creating depth

The Tiktiner label was founded by Dina Tiktiner Viterbo in France in 1949 and eventually honed their aesthetic to to suit the needs of the jet set that spent most of their time on the beaches and night scene of the Cote d'Azur

A slinky red knit jersey is cut loose but with that micro waist detailing that a woman of this time period would still want and expect

This gives the dress an almost alive feel as the wearer moves and catches the light

Both are generously cut Mongolian fur jackets from the seventies

Iconic c.1969 Ossie Clark 'Bridget' Black Crepe Plunge Front Wrap Dress designer-biba The top overlay layer floatsOssie Clark once told an 18 year old Marianne Faithfull to go back into the dressing room and take off her bra and knickers. How do you expect me to go out like this?, she asked him, and he replied, You're meant to be able to lift your dress up at any time, and pull down the top, and just have sex.' . That little story pretty much sums up the attitude of wearing an Ossie Clark. They are sensual, sexual and yet still utterly beautiful. He as a master