Celia Birtwell

[2] In an interview for BBC television's Inside Out North West in January 2014, Birtwell remembered attending parties and life classes with nude models on the top floor of the Technical College (pictured) and often seeing artist L.S.

[4] In 1959 she met the fashion designer Ossie Clark in the Cona Coffee Bar in Manchester, and they married in 1969 after being reintroduced when they both studied in London.

[1] Celia Birtwell and Ossie Clark's was an almost perfect marriage of style, and their work together helped define the era.

This included work for the Rolling Stones and Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd, as well as Pattie Boyd, Marianne Faithfull, Bianca Jagger, Verushka, Paloma Picasso, Talitha Getty and numerous other celebrities.

[7] After the break-up of her marriage, Birtwell continued in fashion, designing for the Radley label for a time, until in 1984 she set up a shop on Westbourne Park Road in Bayswater, selling fabrics for the home.

[9] Her book Celia Birtwell,[10] written with Dominic Lutyens, featuring photographs, fashion sketches and memoir, was published by Quadrille in 2011.

250 limited edition fabric covered box sets[11] which included a signed copy of her book, and an exclusive silk scarf, were also produced.