c1907-1920 Mariano Fortuny Pleated Muted Raspberry Silk Gown designer-adele-simpson I love these Malcolm Starr

I love these Malcolm Starr pieces - they really are works of art and the best of the sixties/seventies arts and crafts movement

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For the length of her career

The fabric used for this killer clutch was taken from 1960s maxi dress

The halter that goes over the head has no closures

c1907-1920 Mariano Fortuny Pleated Muted Raspberry Silk Gown designer-adele-simpson I love these Malcolm StarrSimilar Fortuny gowns are held in museums and private collections world wide and they are becoming increasingly hard to find. A version in green is a part of the permanent collection at The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (pictured). The description of that gown is so wonderful I thought I would share it with you here verbatim: "Mariano Fortuny created a number of variations of his pleated silk gowns. In this model, he combined