The Designers Ossie Clark After studying at London’s Royal College of Art, Ossie Clark emerged in the 1960s to be part of the epicentre of the swinging Sixties. Marrying Celia Birtwell they merged her textiles with his cutting to create beautiful garments. Through inspiration from his love of dance, he made clothes that were free moving and non restrictive. This style of dressing became popular during the Seventies largely due to Clark’s designs. Giorgio Armani In 1975 Giorgio Armani founded Giorgio Armani Spa with a friend in Milan; following its success he founded the Giorgio Armani Corporation where he began producing clothes for the United States. Armani popularized the wearing of corduroy fabrics during the seventies.