• This Thea Porter is from the Spring 1972 collection.
• It was made under the creative direction of Thea Porter.
• This is the actual dress that was in the Thea Porter exhibit in 2015 and was lent to them from my personal archives. It even still has the little paper tag that the museum added for their records.
• The twin of this dress was selected for the ad campaign that ran in Cosmopolitan that April. 
• The dress is made out of a pretty deep aubergine coloured light weight cotton voile that has a floral print over its entire surface. This is mixed with panels of a solid red in the same fabric. 
• The shoulders are soft and the sleeves are incredibly wide by the time they reach their ends. Each sleeve is almost 48" around by their bottoms! I love the incredible movement these add when you move.
• The front falls into a V that dips down to meet the wide six inch red band that wraps under the bust and down to the waist.
• The band ads shape and offers stunning contrast to the print. I love how that same red is picked up in a wide band that runs around each sleeve and then a another one that goes all the way around the hem of the skirt.
• The skirt falls from under that and is incredibly full. It is really cut to pick up and mirror the fullness and shape of the sleeves. The skirt has an inner lining of red so when you move or twirl you get another flash of red there as well.
• It is a stunning piece of her work and of course it has the added special province of being a documented museum exhibited piece.
• The dress is lined in a red cotton voile through the body and skirt and the sleeves are unlined. It closes at the back with a zipper. I see two small dark spots on one sleeve. Please see the photo after the label shot.
• Tagged a vintage Thea Porter 14
• Excellent condition with the one minor note above

Sleeves: 23"
Shoulders: no true defined seam
Bust: to 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 15" from neck to bottom of the red band at the waist
Total length: 58" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5847

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• This dress dates to the 1970s maybe early 1980s and is from the Miss O label which was launched in the mid-1970s to attract a younger client to the ODLR brand. 
• This dress is absolutely dreamy. It is made out if a very light in weight silk that has the weight and feel of a silk scarf. 
• Tiny silk straps curve over each shoulder and it is cut to hug the bodice.
• The silk has been draped softly over the inner lining in soft horizontal gathers that wrap all the way around you.
• That stunning red and black floral print that covers the entire dress combined with the soft gathers creates the most gorgeous effect.
• The dress is meant to hug the body and highlight your curves to the waist to create an hourglass feel. Extra long attached ties are set on each side and you can wrap them around to cinch in the waist to add even more shape.
• The skirt falls from under that and it is spectacular. Here you see the genius of Oscar. It curves out from under the waist and expands out in a rounded line. At about the knee, it begins to curve back inwards to the hem.
• This gives you this pretty curve from every angle and the lightness of the silk allows it to move around you fantastically.
• The final perfect detail is how it curves up at the centre front. This allows you to walk and also allows for a flash of bare skin when you walk and move.
• The dress is lined in a black silk through the bodice and the skirt is unlined. It is soft through the inner bodice. It closes with a side set zipper and snaps on the fabric below the waist. It appears to have been worn very little if at all.
• Tagged a vintage ODLR 8
• Excellent condition
  

Bust: to 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 24" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 15" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 57" from top of shoulder to the longest point of the back hem. The slit is 23.5" up from that longest point.

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5846

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• This coat is from the Fall 1970 Malcolm Starr collection.
• It was made under the creative direction of Youssef Rizkallah.
• Youssef joined the Malcolm Starr label in 1969 and remained as the head designer until 1975.
• The years that Youssef headed the line produced some of my favourite pieces, especially those that incorporated quilting and patchwork, like these coats. 
• 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 colour and vividness of his home.
• It is dated based on the very similar piece that was featured in the ad campaign for 1970. 
• The coat is made from a red fabric that feels like a light wool that has a slight ribbed texture to it.
• Onto that, the entire coat is detailed with a combination of a deep blue braiding and blue ric rac that follows the detailing and lines of the coat to emphasize the pattern and cut.
• Elaborate designs run around the hem and panels in the palest possible blue to follow the lines of the coat and then there is a floral patchwork that has been set around the hem and edged by the ric rac. This last design detail anchors all the various parts of the design and gives a pop of contrast to the colour combination.
• The piece can be worn as either a coat or as a dress thanks to the zip front that completely opens. 
• The coat is collarless and it zips up the front. The shoulders are soft and the sleeves widen out to be full at their hem.
• The coat falls from the shoulders and widens out as it nears the hem. I took a shot of it laying flat so you can see the incredible shape that it has. It is quite full by the time it reaches the hem.
• It even has weights in the hem so that once on it falls perfectly in place.
• The coat is fully lined in a hand set pale blue silk and closes down the front with an unpainted silver zipper. I see some faint yellowing and grubbiness to the bottom pale blue panel. There is minor grubbiness to the inner lining around the hem and neck and one pinhole beside the ribbon at the top of the shoulder. Please see the photos after the label shot.
• Tagged a vintage Malcolm Starr medium. 
• Great condition with the notes above.

Sleeves: approx 24.5" and they are just under 13" around the upper arm
Slightly inset shoulders: 14"
Bust: to 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 26" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 57.5" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

 Item# DD5845

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