Iconic c.1969 Ossie Clark 'Bridget' Black Crepe Plunge Front Wrap Dress designer-biba The twin of this dress

The twin of this dress was used for the 1992 ad campaign shot by Helmut Newton that featured the beautiful Karen Mulder

Both are generously cut Mongolian fur jackets from the seventies

It stays in place with little hooks behind the buttons and you can wear those to either the back or front

From there the fabric falls in a sheath widening as it nears the hem because the pleats opening allow it to do so

Each of the buttons on the sleeve are there for decorative purposes only

Iconic c.1969 Ossie Clark 'Bridget' Black Crepe Plunge Front Wrap Dress designer-biba The twin of this dressOssie 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