Thank goodness for the maxicoats." By the mid-70s, teachers in her district were allowed to wear pants--but "if, and only if, it was a matching pant suit."
The midiskirts and maxicoats, the bias-cut dresses and sheer chiffons--realized in wife and muse Celia Birtwell's joyous, effusive prints--still look astoundingly contemporary, but maybe that's because Clark's been recycled by everyone from Marc Jacobs to Prada.