大象传媒

From Tim Buckley to Debussy.

Fashion designer Celia Birtwell shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young.

In the ephemeral world of fashion Celia has endured; Marianne Faithfull wore her creations in the 1960s, Kate Moss is a fan today. Whimsical prints and flattering forms are her signature style and the vintage creations that she designed with her then husband Ossie Clarke now change hands for a small fortune. Her new ranges are highly collectable and fly off the high street rails too.

Never one of the fashion world's flamboyant self promoters she has, none the less, a face known to millions - as a long time friend and muse to David Hockney she is the woman at the centre of his famous painting "Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy".

She wants her work to be relevant because and says "there's nothing worse than being out-dated. If that happens and I feel I'm past it, I'll stop".

DISC ONE: Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters
DISC TWO: O Mio Babbino Caro - Maria Callas
DISC THREE: La Mer - Charles Trenet
DISC FOUR: How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) - Marvin Gaye
DISC FIVE: Sacrifice - Elton John
DISC SIX: George Io T鈥檃bbraccio (I Embrace You) - Frideric Handel
DISC SEVEN: Dolphins - Tim Buckley
DISC EIGHT: Reverie - Claude Debussy

BOOK CHOICE - Tropical flowering plants - Kirsten Albrecht Llamas
LUXURY CHOICE - A luxurious bed
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - Reverie - Claude Debussy

Producer: Cathy Drysdale

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in October 2012.