Gala Mitchell was a top model in the late sixties and early seventies. This flame-haired beauty was Ossie Clark's favorite model. Gala had sculptural bone structure, big eyes, theatrical style, and looked particularly good in leather jackets. She was a character in her own right, she danced, sashayed, and twirled up and down the catwalk. During the 1967 Chelsea Town Hall show, she got so into the music that she almost fell off the end of the runway.
(Ossie Clark Diaries, Getty)
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Cheers to a fellow redhead...she seemed so full of life. And I love Ossie Clarks style. I hope the new incarnation does well. Great post.
Bravissima! We are the Sixties Super Model Club. So great to see one of the greats honored here!
May we borrow some of the images for our Digital Museum?
http://www.minimadmod60s.com
Best yet. Have you seen the pic of her in Peter Schlesinger's Chequered Past?
Amazing.
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I just saw her in the 1967 film "Dant'es Inferno." She's mesmerizing in it!
I don't know who is her, but I'm gonna google it, because I'm very interesting on models on around 50s for a school project, thanks for sharing.
I have never heard about Gala Mitchell, I watched the post and I went to look for information and I got something that said "she was the best top model in the 60's but the people didn't love her!"
I don't know if it is true!22dd
I can see that she was a nice model in many ways and enterprises adds.
I never hear about her.
I enjoyed following the whole entry, I always thought one of the main things to count when you write a blog is learning how to complement the ideas with images, that's exploiting at the maximum the possibilities of a ciber-space! Good work on this entry!
I went to boarding school with her and sister Susan.in the 50's. Parents lived in the Bahama's and I would love to find her today,how do I/Contact is;ruttik8@gmail.com
Gala has her own websites: www.massagebygala.com and www.palmspringsbreathwork.com. She is still very beautiful.
When I was a little girl, I always remember seeing Gala in Nottinghill Gate, London in the 1970's. It was a fascinating time of expression and colour. It can never be repeated. My mother thought that Gala was very beautiful, and would blow her kisses as she past us by. Many people couldn't tell that Gala was actually a man. And those that knew didn't care, and found his duality mystifying and totally magical. Many years later in the 1990's I met Ossie Clark in Holland Park. And by then he was adrift in life, and completely unrecognisable. He spoke of his time as a designer but didn't tell me his name until several meetings later. He said that he worked with a beauty named Gala. This made me jump, as I hadn't seen or heard of her for over 20 years. Sadly Ossie was murdered soon after these lovely meetings in the park. And once again a strange silence was cast on that time of my life as a child. So I'm delighted to once again stumble upon this enchantress so many years later. And find that her essence still lingers. BRAVA!!
I personally think she looks stunning with red hair. I wish she kept it.
-Zane of ontario honey
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