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

Both are generously cut Mongolian fur jackets from the seventies

Some seams have been let out and you can see the stitches

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

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

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