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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                Amendment No. 11
                                       to
                                  SCHEDULE 13D


                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                           The Leslie Fay Company Inc.
                                (Name of Issuer)


                          Common Stock, $.01 par value
                         (Title of Class of Securities)


                                    527016109
                                 (CUSIP Number)


                             Abbe L. Dienstag, Esq.
                       Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
                                919 Third Avenue
                            New York, New York 10022
                                 (212) 715-9100

                     (Name, Address and Telephone Number of
                      Person Authorized to Receive Notices
                               and Communications)


                                  August 25, 1999
                      (Date of Event which Requires Filing
                               of this Statement)


If the filing person has previously  filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the  acquisition  which is the subject of this  Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d- 1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box: /_/


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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 527016109                                           Page 2 of 11 pages
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1)  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

            DICKSTEIN & CO., L.P.                                     13-3321472
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2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)   [_]

                                                     (b)   SEE ITEM 5
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3)  SEC USE ONLY

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS

             WC
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
    ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)                                                [_]

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

            DELAWARE
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   7)   SOLE VOTING POWER
                        Not Applicable
  NUMBER OF
    SHARES        --------------------------------------------------------------
 BENEFICIALLY      8)   SHARED VOTING POWER
   OWNED BY             395,098 (See Item 5)
EACH REPORTING
    PERSON        --------------------------------------------------------------
     WITH          9)   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        Not Applicable
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  10)   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        395,098 (See Item 5)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11)  AGGREGATE  AMOUNT  BENEFICIALLY  OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
     395,098 (See Item 5)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12)  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
     SHARES                                                     [_]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13)  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
     7.8% (See Item 5)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14)  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
            PN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 527016109                                           Page 3 of 11 pages
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1)  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

            DICKSTEIN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)   [_]
                                                     (b)   SEE ITEM 5
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3)  SEC USE ONLY

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS

             WC
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
    ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)                                                [_]

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

            BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   7)   SOLE VOTING POWER
                        Not Applicable
  NUMBER OF
    SHARES        --------------------------------------------------------------
 BENEFICIALLY      8)   SHARED VOTING POWER
   OWNED BY             52,091 (See Item 5)
EACH REPORTING
    PERSON        --------------------------------------------------------------
     WITH          9)   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        Not Applicable
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  10)   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        52,091 (See Item 5)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11)  AGGREGATE  AMOUNT  BENEFICIALLY  OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
     52,091 (See Item 5)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12)  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
     SHARES                                                     [_]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13)  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
     1.0% (See Item 5)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14)  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
            CO
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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 527016109                                           Page 4 of 11 pages
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1)  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

          DICKSTEIN PARTNERS, L.P.                                  13-3544838
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)   [_]

                                                     (b)   SEE ITEM 5
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3)  SEC USE ONLY

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS

             AF
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
    ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)                                                [_]

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

            DELAWARE
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   7)   SOLE VOTING POWER
                        Not Applicable
  NUMBER OF
    SHARES        --------------------------------------------------------------
 BENEFICIALLY      8)   SHARED VOTING POWER
   OWNED BY             395,098 (See Item 5)
EACH REPORTING
    PERSON        --------------------------------------------------------------
     WITH          9)   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        Not Applicable
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  10)   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        395,098 (See Item 5)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11)  AGGREGATE  AMOUNT  BENEFICIALLY  OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
     395,098 (See Item 5)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12)  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
     SHARES                                                     [_]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13)  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
     7.8% (See Item 5)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14)  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
            PN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 527016109                                           Page 5 of 11 pages
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1)  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

            DICKSTEIN PARTNERS INC.                                   13-3537972
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)   [_]

                                                     (b)   SEE ITEM 5
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3)  SEC USE ONLY

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS

             AF
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
    ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)                                                [_]

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

            DELAWARE
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   7)   SOLE VOTING POWER
                        Not Applicable
  NUMBER OF
    SHARES        --------------------------------------------------------------
 BENEFICIALLY      8)   SHARED VOTING POWER
   OWNED BY             447,189 (See Item 5)
EACH REPORTING
    PERSON        --------------------------------------------------------------
     WITH          9)   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        Not Applicable
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  10)   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        447,189 (See Item 5)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11)  AGGREGATE  AMOUNT  BENEFICIALLY  OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
     447,189 (See Item 5)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12)  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
     SHARES                                                     [_]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13)  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
     8.8% (See Item 5)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14)  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
            CO
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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. 527016109                                           Page 6 of 11 pages
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1)  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

            MARK DICKSTEIN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2)  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)   [_]

                                                     (b)   SEE ITEM 5
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3)  SEC USE ONLY

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4)  SOURCE OF FUNDS

             AF, OO
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5)  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
    ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)                                                [_]

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6)  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

            UNITED STATES
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   7)   SOLE VOTING POWER
                        10,000/1/
  NUMBER OF
    SHARES        --------------------------------------------------------------
 BENEFICIALLY      8)   SHARED VOTING POWER
   OWNED BY             447,189 (See Item 5)
EACH REPORTING
    PERSON        --------------------------------------------------------------
     WITH          9)   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        10,000/1/
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  10)   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        447,189 (See Item 5)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11)  AGGREGATE  AMOUNT  BENEFICIALLY  OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
     457,189 (See Item 5)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12)  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
     SHARES                                                     [_]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13)  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
     9.0% (See Item 5)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14)  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
            IN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

/1/ Consists of 10,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options
held by the reporting person.

<PAGE>

                        Amendment No. 11 to Schedule 13D

            This amends the Schedule  13D dated  August 15, 1997 (the  "Schedule
13D"),  as amended by Amendment  No. 1 dated August 21,  1997,  Amendment  No. 2
dated August 28, 1997,  Amendment No. 3 dated September 5, 1997, Amendment No. 4
dated September 10, 1997,  Amendment No. 5 dated  September 19, 1997,  Amendment
No. 6 dated  September  24,  1997,  Amendment  No. 7 dated  November  10,  1997,
Amendment  No. 8 filed March 10, 1999,  Amendment  No. 9 filed on March 25, 1999
and amendment  No. 10 dated May 13, 1999 by Dickstein & Co., L.P.  ("Dickstein &
Co."),  Dickstein Focus Fund L.P. ("Dickstein Focus"),  Dickstein  International
Limited  ("Dickstein  International"),   Dickstein  Partners,  L.P.  ("Dickstein
Partners"),  Dickstein Partners Inc.  ("Dickstein Inc.") and Mark Dickstein with
respect to the Common Stock, $.01 par value (the "Common Stock"),  of The Leslie
Fay Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company").  Notwithstanding this
Amendment  No.  11,  the  Schedule  13D  speaks  as  of  its  respective  dates.
Capitalized terms used without  definition have the meanings ascribed to them in
the Schedule 13D.

            I. Items 5(a) and 5(c) of the Schedule 13D  "Interest in  Securities
of the Issuer" are amended and restated in their entirety as follows:

            "(a) The Reporting Persons  beneficially own an aggregate of 457,189
shares of Common  Stock,  representing  approximately  9.0% of the Common  Stock
outstanding.   Dickstein  &  Co.  owns  395,098  of  such  shares,  representing
approximately 7.8% of the Common Stock outstanding, Dickstein International owns
52,091 of such  shares,  representing  approximately  1.0% of the  Common  Stock
outstanding,  and Mark Dickstein owns 10,000 of such shares,  which are issuable
pursuant to currently exercisable options and which represent approximately 0.2%
of the Common Stock outstanding./2/"

            "(c) On August 17,  1999,  each of  Dickstein & Co.,  and  Dickstein
International  elected to receive  from the  Company,  $7.00 in cash in exchange
for,  respectively,  200,000 and 50,000  shares of Common Stock  pursuant to the
Company's  merger  with a  subsidiary  described  in a  prior  amendment  to the
Schedule 13D.

             Under the terms of the merger,  electing shareholders received cash
for  0.7781893  of their shares as to which they had made a cash  election.  The
merger  was  consummated  on  August  25,  1999,  and on that  date the  Company
purchased 155,638 shares from

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2  Percentages  are  based  upon  5,053,000  shares  of  Common  Stock  reported
outstanding in the Company's press release issued August 25, 1999.


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<PAGE>

Dickstein & Co. and 38,909 shares from Dickstein International Limited.

             Except  for the  transactions  described  above none of the persons
identified  in Item 2 has effected any  transactions  in the Common Stock during
the past 60 days."


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<PAGE>

                                    SIGNATURE

           After reasonable  inquiry and to the best knowledge and belief of the
undersigned,  the  undersigned  certifies that the information set forth in this
Statement is true, complete and correct.

Date:  August 30, 1999

                             DICKSTEIN & CO., L.P.

                             By: Alan Cooper, as Vice President of
                             Dickstein Partners Inc., the general
                             partner of Dickstein  Partners, L.P.,
                             the general partner of Dickstein & Co., L.P.

                             /s/ Alan Cooper
                             Name: Alan Cooper

                             DICKSTEIN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

                             By:  Alan Cooper, as Vice President
                             of Dickstein Partners Inc., the
                             agent of Dickstein International
                             Limited

                             /s/ Alan Cooper
                             Name: Alan Cooper

                             DICKSTEIN PARTNERS, L.P.

                             By:  Alan Cooper, as Vice President
                             of Dickstein Partners Inc., the
                             general partner of Dickstein
                             Partners, L.P.

                             /s/ Alan Cooper
                             Name: Alan Cooper

                             DICKSTEIN PARTNERS INC.

                             By:  Alan Cooper, as Vice President


                             /s/ Alan Cooper
                             Name: Alan Cooper


                             /s/ Mark Dickstein
                             Name: Mark Dickstein


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