{{Short description|British fashion designer (1948–1989)}} {{Use British English|date=October 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox fashion designer |name=Ray Petri |birth_name=Ray Petrie |birth_date=16 September 1948 |birth_place=Dundee, Scotland |death_date= August 1989 (aged 40) |death_place=London, England |occupation=Fashion designer |education= |label_name=Buffalo |awards= |}} '''Ray Petri''' (16 September 1948 &ndash; August 1989)<ref name=buffalosoldier>{{cite news|last=Limnander|first=Aramand|title=Buffalo Soldier|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/11/style/tmagazine/11tpetri.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=11 March 2007}}</ref> was a fashion stylist and creator of the fashion house Buffalo.

Born '''Ray Petrie''' in Dundee, Scotland, Petri moved to Brisbane, Australia, with his family at the age of 15. In 1969, feeling that Australia was too provincial, he moved to London, England, where he ran a jewellery booth at the Camden Street antiques market. He loved reggae and styled Freddie McGregor.<ref name=buffalosoldier/><ref name=guardian>{{cite news|last=Flett|first=Kathryn|title=The man who dressed a decade|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2000/sep/17/features.magazine37|location=London|newspaper=The Guardian|date=17 September 2000}}</ref> Between 1983 and 1989, Petri worked as a freelance with style magazines ''The Face'', ''i-D'' and ''Arena''. 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.<ref name=jobling>{{cite book|last=Jobling|first=Paul|title=Fashion Spreads: Word and Image in Fashion Photography since 1980|year=1999|publisher=Barnes & Noble|isbn=1-85973-228-3|pages=38|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0c1a2W1yBoIC&q=ray+petri+1989&pg=PA38}}</ref> During his career, Petri also worked with designers Jean Paul Gaultier and Giorgio Armani.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=McAssey|first1=Jacqueline|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tWdMAQAAQBAJ&q=%22ray+petri%22|title=Basics Fashion Design 08: Styling|last2=Buckley|first2=Clare|date=2011|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-2-940411-39-9|language=en}}</ref>

Petri's death, in August 1989 at the age of 40, was AIDS-related.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lynge-Jorlen|first=Ane|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7y3kDwAAQBAJ&dq=ray+petri&pg=PT176|title=Fashion Stylists: History, Meaning and Practice|date=2020-08-06|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-350-11507-1|language=en}}</ref>

==Further reading==

{{cite book | last =Lorenz | first = Mitzi| authorlink = | title =Buffalo: The Life and Style of Ray Petri | publisher =powerHouse Books | series = | volume = | edition = | date =2000 | location = | pages = | language = | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=msyYQgAACAAJ | doi = | id = | isbn = 9781576870914| quote=}}

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