Comments on: Ossie Clark, the King Of The Kings Road in Holland Park

By: ralph shandilya

ralph shandilya — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 16:11:19 +0000

does anyone know who shot the Quorum fashion show ?? i would like to know if there is footage from the 1972 spring summer collection , the one Manolo Blahnik did the shoes for . would lov eto see this footage or any still sthat are available please .

By: terry peck

terry peck — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:19:11 +0000

i exhibited my paintings of native americans at the bayswater rd.art exhibition in london in the 1990s, ossie always stopped to admire them which was nice, it would have been great to have spoken to him about his wonderful past but he was always with that stoned italian kid, god bless, r.i.p. ossie.

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[...] por la astucia, y tira de él que fuera un par de veces: “ Ossie última colección / Biba venta de cierre / A poco más de colorete en las mejillas empolvadas / Pero la base es pálido [...]

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:04:31 +0000

Just a minor point: Suki Potier survived the crash that killed Tara Browne. She did, unfortunately, die in another crash in Portugal in 1981.

By: chrissie

chrissie — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:55:31 +0000

Rest in peace

By: TR

TR — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:51:47 +0000

Royal Court Theatre fashion show (from the film ‘A Bigger Splash’):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8HhncQH6bE

By: Minnie

Minnie — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:57:56 +0000

PS Yup, I really did re-name the late, unfortunate Tara. His surname, of course, was Browne (still a Guinness family member tho’). And I am an eejit!

By: Minnie

Minnie — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:12:59 +0000

Arrived here via Caroline’s Miscellany (of which I’m a great fan), and delighted to have found you.
At university I used to borrow Ossie Clark clothes from a flatmate, and always felt like the bee’s knees whenever I sported them (he could make even the most ordinary of women feel fabulous, and – your pix are the proof – made fabulous women look even more so!). His combinaton of superb fabric with extraordinarily skilled cutting was his trademark – and somebody should have funded him. I was so sad when I heard of his fate.
BTW, one of the models in the ’67 group pic – Suki Pottier – was killed in a car crash not long afterwards. She was passenger in the car driven by Tara Guinness crashing and killing both, which inspired the Beatles’ ‘A Day in the Life’. Much later, I lived in a flat nearby – and tended to avoid the spot.
Having written a post which merely touched on Emily Davison, it was also great to read your comprehensive coverage of the event @ the Derby and its aftermath.
Thank you again.

Have really enjoyed my visit: thank you.

By: Pam Millman

Pam Millman — Sun, 30 May 2010 14:17:32 +0000

Came across this website by chance and realised I used to sit next to Ossie (real name Raymond) in school. I also have school photos of him. What a lot of memories it has brought back. He was such a lovely quiet boy. Lovely photos !!

By: Victoria Petty

Victoria Petty — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:33:03 +0000

Thank you for giving such an intimate detail of the life of Ossie Clark, he was my great uncle and unfortunately my Grandmother, Beryl, dear sister of Ossie passed away some years before Ossie and I have been unable to find out certain facts.

I appreciate the work you have done here and it gives a true insite into the life he lead and the unfortunate circumstances surrounding his death.