1970s Malcolm Starr Bright Flower Felt Applique on Velvet Skirt designer-vicky-tiel The colors are soft and

The colors are soft and feminine and the subtle underlay of gold thread give it a bit of extra pop

It is certainly unusual enough to be the highlight of any exhibit that wants to show the extreme fashions of the eighties and unusual aspects and experimentation in design of this time period

Reference Photos: Halston pieces from The MET Collection

It was meant to be a maxi dress and works wonderfully as a dress of course

If you are a regular it may look familiar - I actually have sold this dress before but the woman who bought it wore it to an event for an hour and will not wear it again so I talked her into letting it go to another lucky girl

1970s Malcolm Starr Bright Flower Felt Applique on Velvet Skirt designer-vicky-tiel The colors are soft andThis fabulous Malcolm Starr skirt has lost its label but since I have sold its twin a couple of times over the years I can absolute; y say this is the real thing. I love these Malcolm Starr pieces they really are works of art and the best of the sixties seventies arts and crafts movement. This was designed when Youssef Rizkallah headed the company so would have been made between the years of 1969 and 1975. The years that Youssef headed the line are