My new Shooz!

I went shoe hunting today-in cheap and expensive shops, to find a flat, strapped shoe. How very exhausting! I don't really like shoes-I generally live in boots or sandals (I have plenty of both), but for some reason I only have 2 pairs of 'comfy shoes'-which are both for work anyway.

After trying on a variety, which ranged between uncomfortable to outright painful, I found these in Marks and Spencers.

They are ideal to wear with jeans or denim skirts and I've had them on all day and they feel fine!!

Zandra Rhodes Dress from Ebay

The Zandra Rhodes for Topshop dress also came today-purchased from EBay and was crumpled to death! Do people not know how to fold things?

I did originally have a picture of me in it posted, but it was so crumpled so I will post again with a better picture at a later date-the dress is shown in my previous Zandra Rhodes post.

Again, although I like the dress, the seller omitted to say the Zandra Rhodes label was cut off the dress. The dress was only £21, so hardly megabucks, but it is the principle of the thing-if I had of been told, I could have made the choice of buying, or not. But I think I will still keep it as it is a lovely dress-it does need a slip underneath though.

New Ossie Clark Dress!

I finally managed to get an Ossie Clark floral dress into my collection! I purchased it from EBay and I must say, although it is a very perfect fit, it unfortunately suffers more damage than what the seller admitted to. The material is very sheer, so damage is to be expected, but it should have been sold with a more honest description. Saying that, I still love it and because of the florals, the flaw holes (approx 3 or 4) are not immediately visible. At least I can treat this dress as a summer day dress and wear it without thinking about cosseting it too much.

Ossie Clark by Radley double layer tiered dress-my first floral in my collection!!

Hermes Lovely Little Gems

As I didn't go to the boot sale yesterday, I have gone from looking at ultra cheap chic to ultra more expensive chic. Browsing the Hermes website, I have come across some gorgeous goodies in a variety of price ranges:

Pink Silk Twilly Ribbon Scarf £66

Hermes Scarf Ring £85

Hermes Double Kelly Tour Bracelet £205

Hermes Enamel Bracelet £285.00

As well as these lovelies, there are two features under their silk scarves section, which is called 'Playtime with your Scarf'. If you are into scarves, this is brilliant as it shows you all different ideas of how to wear your scarf and these can be downloaded-I definitely recommend this-as summers coming up a scarf can be worn in so many different ways-head, neck, waist or wrist.

Check out their on line boutique now!!

Ossie Clark-Original v Relaunch?

Ossie Clark-Relaunched by Avsh Alom Gur

sorry, but not my cup of tea I'm afraid

An Ossie Clark original

I would adore this in my wardrobe!!

It goes without saying I am a great fan of Ossie Clark. I have not read his diaries, but I have his biography which is a brilliant read by Judith Watt.

While googling today, I found some more facts about Ossie, that I previously didn't know and which I thought I would share. These are from Fashion Encyclopedia:

As a freelance designer, he not only sold to Quorum in London he also sold worldwide to Henri Bendel in New York, Mendes, a french ready to wear firm and to Fiorucci in Italy.

In 1977, Ossie had his own company using the design label Ossie Clark Ltd, which unfortunately went into voluntary liquidation in 1981.

In 1986 Ossie went into partnership with Gina Fratini, producing a lingerie label called Rustle.

Ossie was still producing dresses as late as 1987, these were one off, made to measure dresses for Evocative a Grosvenor Street boutique.He came to a very sad end, but his clothes are still loved and highly sought after.

I personally wouldn't buy from the relaunched Ossie Clark label by Avsh Alom Gur, because I feel the original just cannot be beaten by any designer (thats no reflection on Avsh's designs, just what I prefer).

I love vintage and thats why I adore the original Ossie Clark designs, they are of another era, they have an aura and mystique of their own and the quality back in those days sure beats what is on offer today.

Given the choice and the money, I would spend £1000 on a beautiful Ossie Clark original than either the Ossie Clark relaunched version or that of a modern day designer-vintage just has so much more to offer for the money.