1970s Malcolm Starr Bold Print Dress with Quilted Skirt designer-gucci The dress was so avant

The dress was so avant garde in its day

there is a heavy banding of hand applied silver glass tube beads that are are tightly spaced and densely applied

Item# DD2189

Made of a printed green silk chiffon its a beautiful piece

It closes with a side painted metal and nylon zipper

1970s Malcolm Starr Bold Print Dress with Quilted Skirt designer-gucci The dress was so avantThis 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 appliqu and the Ecole des arts decoratifs in Paris. The fabric used is unusual in that it feels like a light wool. It