Stunning 1970s-80s Mary McFadden Couture White Pleated Dress w Attached Braided Belt Shop By Vintage Designer The skirt is absolutely wonderful

The skirt is absolutely wonderful

The caftan is of course perhaps her strongest signature piece and after the recent

I see a small repair on the back of the waist that is covered where the belt is on

At the top of each shoulder it is open for a little skin to show and this opening is also finished with ruffles

Running around the neckline is a long panel of silk that you can simple let hang or wrap around the neck as I have done

Stunning 1970s-80s Mary McFadden Couture White Pleated Dress w Attached Braided Belt Shop By Vintage Designer The skirt is absolutely wonderfulMary McFadden patented her Fortuny inspired pleating technique just a couple of years after launching her label in 1973. This is from her higher end couture line that had a more limited production and was sold at higher end shops. Mary was known to say frequently that there was no greater beauty than pleated cloth on the human body and she said when she developed her 'marii' fabric that her aim was to have it 'fall like liquid gold on the body, like