"Your Eyes are the Eyes of a Woman in Love"

Damn straight sister!  I love, love, love the Valentino pre-fall collection.  It is my perfect world: Valentino's world and the vintage world of Celia Birtwell.  Celia Birtwell's world is a magical place, lushly landscaped with inspiration from Sandro Botticelli's La Primavera.  And Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli's world is the wonderful world of Valentino - a perfect placed filled with memories of  Mr. Valentino but thoroughly placed in the present... and in the future because we unfortunately will not see these clothes for a few months.  But as Pierpaolo Piccoli said, "We want to believe in a fantastic future."

Yes we do...

Some of my favorites:

I have to start with the denim culottes - they are too good:

Fly me to the moon and let me dance among the stars:

The power is in the Birtwell flower:

Valentino Pre-Fall 2015.  All photos from Style.com

xo, Juliana

p.s. The quote in the title is from the artist, Giosetta Fioroni, who also collaborated on this collection.

One Enchanted Evening: Ossie Clark Mystic Daisy Dress

The Ossie Clark Celia Birtwell Mystic Daisy print dress:

and the Ossie Clark Celia Birtwell Mystic Daisy print dress available at RARE vintage for one enchanted evening...

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RARE's Most Beguiling Dress

Hello gorgeous! Here is a sexy and sweet Ossie Clark "Tarts" dress from early 1970s. The print was designed by Ossie's wife Celia Birtwell. Together they defined London fashion from the Sixties and Seventies.

Ossie Clark's 1966 graduation collection was featured in Vogue the same year that he also designed for Alice Pollack's boutique, Quorum. He also went on to design a more mass produced and a less expensive line for Radley.

This is a wrap-around dress in crepe, deep blue with little sprigs of flowers all over. The neckline plunges to a slighly raised waist and the skirt is very full with tiny pleats on either side. You will be ready for anything in this gown: it is a little rock and roll, a little elegant and a little tarty. Label reads, Ossie Clark, Celia Birtwell. Size 4/6. SOLD

For more information about this item please email info@rarevintageinc.com or call (212) 581 7273

Oh Ossie!

London fashion from the 1960s through the 1970s merged art, fashion, photography and music. Dressing a glittering clientale: Twiggy, Mick and Bianca Jagger, Jean Shrimpton and Penelope Tree, Ossie Clark was one of the most famous and talented designers of that time.

His tailoring was amazing and the cuts were deceptively simple. He also worked with his wife, Celia Birtwell who designed textiles that were romantic and inspired by the natural world. We will post our staggeringly beautiful Ossie Clark and Celia Birtwell print "Tarts" dress later in the week.

Feel like Talhita Getty in this lovely biscuit colored moss crepe early 1970s day dress by Ossie Clark. Size 4. SOLD

For more information about this item please email info@rarevintageinc.com or call (212) 581 7273