Ossie Clark dress and Celia Birtwell prints
Emma Watson in vintage Ossie Clark
Talitha Getty
Talitha Getty in Morocco with white harem pants and go-go
boots
Kate Moss
Kate Moss
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June 2011
Nowadays, it has been called many names: boho chic, bobo (aka
bohemian bourgeois), neo-hippie. For me, this fashion
embraces the summertime- the way one can look casual and
effortless, yet sexy and fashionable. Boho chic experienced a
revival a few years ago, with the help of fashionistas, like Kate
Moss, Sienna Miller and Nicole Richie, in their flowy dresses and
cool gypsy accessories. It was as if someone turned on the
light- yes, we can look sexy in the deep heat of summer or
knee-deep in mud at a festival!
Inspiration was drawn from 1960's fashion, like designer, Ossie
Clark and style icon, Talitha Getty. Designer Ossie Clark and
his wife, textile designer, Celia Birtwell, created romantic
flowing dresses in printed chiffon, which personified the Swingin'
Sixties. Talitha Getty was an actress married to the heir of
the Getty oil fortune, bohemian by nature but bourgeois in
lifestyle. Both Ossie Clark and Talitha Getty represented the
excesses of the sixties, but will forever be remembered of their
contributions to fashion.
