A year or so ago I had the dress that matches this coat and I am sad that I did not find the two at the same time. Regardless of that this is an absolutely gorgeous Malcolm Starr coat with superb detailing. It is made of a felted wool with a gorgeous print that covers its surface in an unusual combination of blues, olives and deep corals mixed with pops of white. It closes neatly down the front with a row of brass cut out dome buttons encrusted with rhinestones that add a little sparkle and glitz. I love the slim cut that gently flares out as it nears the hem. A small round collar sits prettily at the neck and is detailed with a gold ribbon edging. This same gold runs down the front and circles each cuff. Lovely lines, well made and stunning detail - all adding up to a really wonderful little coat. Excellent condition.

Fully lined in a deep blue silk and buttons to close. I see no missing rhinestones on any buttons. Silk lined pockets along the front seams. Finished button holes.

Sleeves: 23.5"
Shoulders: 15.5"
Bust: 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 40.5" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# C409

This garment has been professionally cleaned, pressed and is odor free. Thoroughly checked over before shipping, it will be ready to wear upon arrival.

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Some of them are couture pieces and all of them are of exceptional quality and highly collectible. All are from the archives of one client with whom I have worked with for many years, getting a steady stream of vintage and couture pieces from then as they have downsized their extensive collection. It is now time for them to retire. They have asked me to put all of their items down to 50% as a final clear out with all sales final for these items. For those of you that have shopped with me all these years this is a golden moment.

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This Malcolm Starr is just terrific and a glamorous take on the little black dress. That fabulous checked pattern is made by the application of little squares of glossy black sequins in a silk organza based with black velvet velvet squares fused onto the silk between each to form that amazing design. Each of those little squares was hand applied and it is surprisingly light and fluid in person. It is sleeveless with a high neck at the front and a scooped squared off back. I love the simple shift shape  with its saucy A-line cut and the way the sequins catch the light. It looks wonderful on and is flattering to most body shapes. The simplicity of the cut combined with the glam of the fabrication make it an incredibly chic dress. Excellent condition.

Fully interlined in a light black muslin and it closes with a back painted metal zipper. I see no missing sequins

Bust: 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 39" from shoulder strap to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD2590

This garment has been professionally cleaned, pressed and is odor free. Thoroughly checked over before shipping, it will be ready to wear upon arrival.

This is a real treasure. There is a certain Malcolm Starr period of time where they were making the most exceptional beaded pieces in the British Crown Colony. These pieces, like this little perfect dress, are very high quality and very well made. A modern equivalent would surely cost several thousands if the work was replicated. If it even could be which I doubt! Glass tube and seed beads completely cover the exterior in a dense covering from shoulder to hem. Worked in and amongst those are trailing vines created from tube beads. These vines are decorated with pink and clear rhinestones like pretty pastel drops of dew. This detailing is on both the front and back. Because of the dense covering it has a good solid weight to it which, once on, balances perfectly and feels comfortable to wear. Really extraordinary and a real treasure! Excellent condition.

Fully lined in pink silk and it closes with a back painted metal zipper. I see no bare areas of bead work. Note that it was too small to fully close on the mannequin - it does do up entirely in the back in the right sized girl.

Bust: 16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
length: 37" from shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS

Item# DD1668

This garment has been professionally cleaned, pressed and is odor free. Thoroughly checked over before shipping, it will be ready to wear upon arrival.

This exceptional Malcolm Starr dress is absolutely gorgeous and these far more elaborate pieces like this one, from this label, are getting harder and harder to come across. When woman do find them they are snatched up and tucked away The work is exceptional and you could not possibly get this level of bead and sequin work a modern day ready to wear equivalent. The base of the dress is made of a plush cotton velvet in an inky black and this has been cut into that perfect sixties sculpted shape. The velvet is then densely covered from top to bottom with a swirling design application of gold braiding, a mixed variety of beads and sequins that cover the dress in an intricate pattern. At the waist, cuffs and hem the sequins are applied to completely cover the fabric and highlight the lines of the dress. The bead work has a 3D quality to it so you really get this wonderful sense of texture. It is just beautiful. I love the simple shift shape and the way it glimmers in the light. Excellent condition

Fully interlined in a black muslin and then has an interior lining of black silk. Closes with a back painted metal zipper. Hidden pockets along the inset front seams

Sleeves: 22"
Shoulders: 15"
Bust: 17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 19.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 13" from neck to second braid at waist
Skirt: 28" from second braid at waist to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD2760

This garment has been professionally cleaned, pressed and is odor free. Thoroughly checked over before shipping, it will be ready to wear upon arrival.

This dress in person is the perfect pale, cool yellow and is so flattering on most skin tones! Made of a silk crepe that is completely hand beaded with clear and silver toned beads that trail over the dress with denser clusters of beads worked through the design. The waist is highlighted with a banding formed from rows of silver tones tube beads. I love the classic sexy, fitted hourglass shape and the low dipped neckline at the front! It is a thing of beauty and the work done to make it is just incredible! Excellent condition

Fully lined in a pale silk crepe. Closes with a hand set, painted back zipper.

Bust: 16.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 15" from shoulder to waist
Skirt: 38" from waist to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD1604

This garment has been professionally cleaned, pressed and is odor free. Thoroughly checked over before shipping, it will be ready to wear upon arrival.

This Malcolm Starr silk gown is absolutely stunning. The combination of color and print underneath that densely beaded surface is spectacular. It's elegance and refined while still feeling fresh and sexy. The dress has a simple and classic cut - it is a simple sheath with a slightly defined waist and a long, lean skirt that cascades to the floor. It is sleeveless with a scooped front and low V at the back. The bodice is cut to suggest the softest of draping and the skirt cascade to the floor in a column of silk. The silk twill base has a huge floral pattern screened onto it in soft greys and pinks on an pale yellow. Onto this and following the floral pattern are silver interior, clear glass tube beads that are hand applied. The effect is beautiful the gown shimmers in the light as a result. This beading is done head to toe and give the gown an incredible weight, though once in it feels perfectly balanced and comfortable. Excellent condition!

Fully lined in a off white tissue silk. It closes with a painted back metal zipper. Hand applied bead-work and finished. I see no major bead loss. There is one small mark on the bodice that may lighten further with additional cleaning - its hard to spot because of the immense amounts of beads. Please super size the photo to see.

Bust: to 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 16" from neck to waist
Skirt: 35" from waist to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD2311

This garment has been professionally cleaned, pressed and is odor free. Thoroughly checked over before shipping, it will be ready to wear upon arrival.

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 among some of my favorites and in particular his pieces that utilize quilting and patchwork are truly iconic. Rizkallah was born in Egypt and studied at the Ecole de dessin appliqué and the Ecole des arts decoratifs in Paris. His designs seem to combine that sense of couture lines that he gained in Paris with the color and vividness of his homeland. The coat falls to the floor in a fabulous expanse of light white silk and wool mix. The collar and front, as well as those spectacular sleeves and intricate hem, are all edged with a soft yellow velvet mixed with a floral print cotton. Elaborate designs adorn each sleeve and all around the hem and these are huge and dramatic. They suggest a vivid sunset and I love the use of a gold colored faux leather that gives them a touch of glitz. The sleeves are split deliberately to the elbow to the huge, wide cuffs fall down and put when you move so that you can see that design perfectly. It is dramatic, and wonderful and rare. Excellent condition

Fully lined in a hand set white silk and closes down the front with hook & eye. Perhaps the teeniest of grubbiness along the edge of the hem but appears otherwise to have never been worn.

Sleeves: 24.5"
Shoulders: 14.5"
Bust: 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 15.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 60" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# C419

This garment has been professionally cleaned, pressed and is odor free. Thoroughly checked over before shipping, it will be ready to wear upon arrival.

I always love being able to date a piece and when this wonderful little Malcolm Starr dress landed in my studio I instantly remembered seeing it before. Its twin was used in a 1971 Harper's Bazaar editorial. The dress is a glamorous take on the more fitted silhouette of the day. The base fabric has a slight stretch to it and a gorgeous pattern that has a slight far East feel to it. Over this is are glossy clear sequins that entirely cover the dress. Each is hand sewn into the fabric and spaced perfectly apart so that the entire dress has the feel of being covered in a glassy skin that catches the light as you move. Each of those little squares was hand applied and it is surprisingly light and fluid in person. The neckline is cut with a high collar and the sleeves are long and slim. The shape is kept simple and the fabric will hug your curves. At the front there is a high center slit that allows you full movement. It looks wonderful on. The simplicity of the cut combined with the high glamour of the fabric and sequins give it an incredible high end feel. Excellent condition.

Fully lined, including the sleeves, in a black stretch nylon and it closes with a back painted metal zipper.

Sleeves: 23.5"
Shoulders: 14.5"
Bust: 17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 19.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 56" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD2840

Reference Photo: Harper's Bazaar, 1971. Photo by Chris Von Wangenheim.

This garment has been professionally cleaned, pressed and is odor free. Thoroughly checked over before shipping, it will be ready to wear upon arrival.

Seriously a stunning dress - this golden gown from Malcolm Starr is an absolutely amazing piece. It is done entirely in gold with a gold net overlay that tops a nude and cream interior. Onto the net is a gorgeous design that appears to be all done entirely by hand. It utilizes a gold braid that creates a 3D effect as it sits atop the net. This is set in little curves swirls and loops over the entire dress. A thicker band of the same braiding adorns the edges of the neckline and runs around the waist and down the front. Then, onto this are scattered crystals mixed with sequins and beads that catch the light as you move. The entire dress glints and shimmers in the light and it is startling beautiful in person. The cut is simple with a sleeveless bodice and V front and the skirt widens out as it nears the hem. Excellent condition

Fully lined in a combination of nude netting in the upper bodice and a cream silky rayon through the rest. Closes with a back painted metal zipper on the interior lining and fabric covered buttons and loops on the exterior dress that sits over that. Grubbiness to the hem's edge of the lining but this of course is not apparent when on.

Bust: 16-17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 13" from shoulder to bottom of waist detail
Skirt: 39" from bottom of waist to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD2668

This garment has been professionally cleaned, pressed and is odor free. Thoroughly checked over before shipping, it will be ready to wear upon arrival.

This wonderful dress by the Malcolm Starr label is made from a batik print cotton in a mix of pinks and reds. It is not your typical feeling Malcolm Starr as far as the fabric choice but the beaded belt that cinches in the waist is perfectly on brand. The print is hand screened onto a beautiful crisp cotton and would have had to have been all pre-planned so that the design follows the cut and lines of the dress. This technique uses extra fabric and is often too cost prohibitive to do properly on modern day garments. It plunges low at the front with a crossed over effect and the sleeves are kept long and lean to balance that out. The skirt flows out from a nipped in waist and it is cut quite full to fully show off the batik print. The front of the skirt is open with a high slit that runs up the center. This is deliberate and it gives you the versatility to wear this over a capri, full pant or any length shorts if you want more bare skin to show. The wide belt is densely covered in hand applied beads to add a touch of glitz to the whole thing and adds extra shape. It is just fabulous and a real beauty. Excellent condition.

Unlined and closes with a back metal zipper. The belt closes with hook and eye that could be adjusted or moved to get the perfect fit.

Sleeves: 22"
Shoulders: 14.5"
Bust: 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 13" from neck to waist
Skirt: 35" from waist to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD1300

Reference Photos: Amanda Lee Shirreffs for her weekly column on our blog, Curated. (Photos by Erin Leydon) Click here to see the full column >

This garment has been professionally cleaned, pressed and is odor free. Thoroughly checked over before shipping, it will be ready to wear upon arrival.