Malcolm Hall (born Malcolm Halter, on 14 December 1947), is a British fashion designer, known for his flamboyant, tailored suits in velvets, satins, silks and brocades.
Launched in 1972, the Malcolm Hall label quickly gained a celebrity following. [1]
Malcolm Hall suits were worn by ABBA, according to Simon Sheridan's The Complete ABBA. [2]
The Retro Gallery at MalcolmHall.net displays photographs of rock musicians wearing Malcolm Hall clothes as shown in the table. [3]
Who | What |
---|---|
Paul McCartney | jackets; with guitar ca 1974; and ' Wings era' singing into microphone |
Brian Eno | suit ca 1974 |
Ian Hunter of Mott the Hoople | jacket ca 1973 singing into microphone |
Bill Wyman of The Rolling Stones | white suit |
Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin | white suit at the Riot House Hollywood; and another ca 1972 |
Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of ABBA | white suits with a baggage trolley at Waterloo station |
David Cross of King Crimson | gold suit; playing the fiddle |
The Arrows | dark suits; with drum kit on Granada TV show |
Billy Preston | white suit; at piano 1975 |
jacket made for Tony Curtis | "embellished midnight blue velvet jacket" on stand; "sold at auction" |
Mud (band) | various suits ca 1974 |
On 17 September 2011, the Malcolm Hall jacket made for Tony Curtis was sold at the Property from the Estate of Tony Curtis auction. [4]
The Manchester Art Gallery's collection theme "Recycled Fashion" explains "Fashion in the early 1970s built on the decorative freedom of the later sixties to produce a riot of vibrantly patterned extravagant clothing for both men and women...English designers like ... Malcolm Hall ... produced superbly tailored and yet imaginative outfits for their wealthier London male clientele". [5]
The Victoria and Albert Museum's national collection "Theatre Costume" includes a "Painted satin and gold cord" stage costume made by Malcolm Hall for Jimmy Page, the flamboyant guitarist of rock group Led Zeppelin (and donated by Page to the museum); the costume, a suit in ivory-coloured satin, is "known as the 'Egyptian' costume because of the symbols prominent on the back of the satin jacket" – the "Eye of Thoth", "Nut (noot), Goddess of the sky"; a winged disk which "some believe ... is based on the appearance of the sun's corona during a solar eclipse." The museum concludes "the ivory satin costume itself would have been highly eye-catching; Page's wild performance style was reflected in his stage outfits." [6]
As well as his shop in London W1, Malcolm Hall ran a manufacturing operation from his Islington factory, supplying stores worldwide with his ready-to-wear clothes. According to the Malcolm Hall website, the company today still "creates exquisite, rock-inspired, suits in velvets, satins, leathers, silks, denims, and rich brocades, which are shipped internationally." [7]
From 1995 to 2003 Hall collaborated with designers including Catherine Walker on gowns for Princess Diana, Bruce Oldfield and Anouska Hempel. [8]
More recently, Malcolm Hall has been working with private customers in bridal and women's evening wear, as well as relaunching his label with a new rock-inspired collection of suits. [9]
Malcolm Hall serves as expert "consultant fashion designer" to tailoring tutors TutorCouture. [10]
Malcolm Hall (born Malcolm Halter, on 14 December 1947), is a British fashion designer, known for his flamboyant, tailored suits in velvets, satins, silks and brocades.
Launched in 1972, the Malcolm Hall label quickly gained a celebrity following. [1]
Malcolm Hall suits were worn by ABBA, according to Simon Sheridan's The Complete ABBA. [2]
The Retro Gallery at MalcolmHall.net displays photographs of rock musicians wearing Malcolm Hall clothes as shown in the table. [3]
Who | What |
---|---|
Paul McCartney | jackets; with guitar ca 1974; and ' Wings era' singing into microphone |
Brian Eno | suit ca 1974 |
Ian Hunter of Mott the Hoople | jacket ca 1973 singing into microphone |
Bill Wyman of The Rolling Stones | white suit |
Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin | white suit at the Riot House Hollywood; and another ca 1972 |
Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of ABBA | white suits with a baggage trolley at Waterloo station |
David Cross of King Crimson | gold suit; playing the fiddle |
The Arrows | dark suits; with drum kit on Granada TV show |
Billy Preston | white suit; at piano 1975 |
jacket made for Tony Curtis | "embellished midnight blue velvet jacket" on stand; "sold at auction" |
Mud (band) | various suits ca 1974 |
On 17 September 2011, the Malcolm Hall jacket made for Tony Curtis was sold at the Property from the Estate of Tony Curtis auction. [4]
The Manchester Art Gallery's collection theme "Recycled Fashion" explains "Fashion in the early 1970s built on the decorative freedom of the later sixties to produce a riot of vibrantly patterned extravagant clothing for both men and women...English designers like ... Malcolm Hall ... produced superbly tailored and yet imaginative outfits for their wealthier London male clientele". [5]
The Victoria and Albert Museum's national collection "Theatre Costume" includes a "Painted satin and gold cord" stage costume made by Malcolm Hall for Jimmy Page, the flamboyant guitarist of rock group Led Zeppelin (and donated by Page to the museum); the costume, a suit in ivory-coloured satin, is "known as the 'Egyptian' costume because of the symbols prominent on the back of the satin jacket" – the "Eye of Thoth", "Nut (noot), Goddess of the sky"; a winged disk which "some believe ... is based on the appearance of the sun's corona during a solar eclipse." The museum concludes "the ivory satin costume itself would have been highly eye-catching; Page's wild performance style was reflected in his stage outfits." [6]
As well as his shop in London W1, Malcolm Hall ran a manufacturing operation from his Islington factory, supplying stores worldwide with his ready-to-wear clothes. According to the Malcolm Hall website, the company today still "creates exquisite, rock-inspired, suits in velvets, satins, leathers, silks, denims, and rich brocades, which are shipped internationally." [7]
From 1995 to 2003 Hall collaborated with designers including Catherine Walker on gowns for Princess Diana, Bruce Oldfield and Anouska Hempel. [8]
More recently, Malcolm Hall has been working with private customers in bridal and women's evening wear, as well as relaunching his label with a new rock-inspired collection of suits. [9]
Malcolm Hall serves as expert "consultant fashion designer" to tailoring tutors TutorCouture. [10]