Ray Petri (16 September 1948–August 1989) was a

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and creator of the

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, Buffalo. Born Ray Petrie in

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, Petri moved to

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with his family at age 15. In 1969, feeling Australia was too provincial, he moved to London where he ran a jewellery booth at the Camden Street antiques market. He loved reggae and styled Freddie McGregor. Between 1983 and 1989, Petri worked as a freelance with style magazines ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He collaborated with stylist Mitzi Lorenz and photographers Jamie Morgan, Martin Brading, Roger Charity, Marc Lebon and Norman Watson to evolve the Buffalo Boy series of fashion spreads. During his career, he also worked with designers

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and

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. Petri's death, in August 1989 at the age of 40, was AIDS-related.

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1948 births 1989 deaths Scottish fashion designers Scottish emigrants to Australia AIDS-related deaths in England Fashion stylists People from Dundee LGBT fashion designers 20th-century LGBT people {{fashion-bio-stub

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