1980s Mary McFadden Couture Blue & Deep Dusky Pink Pleated Dress w Extra Long Braided Belt designer-altuzarra This is an important

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These curve around and follow the shape of the jacket running across the front and over each sleeve

Finding pieces like this from this era that are this beautiful is becoming harder and harder so I am always happy to have an amazing piece come into the shop

pretty air about it that it literally makes me happy just to look at it on the hanger

It really does a wonderful job of combining a chic silhouette with a bit of a "vamp" feel

1980s Mary McFadden Couture Blue & Deep Dusky Pink Pleated Dress w Extra Long Braided Belt designer-altuzarra This is an importantMary McFadden patented her Fortuny inspired pleating technique just a couple of years after launching her label in 1973. By the eighties she had many licensing agreements and her dresses were being made on a larger scale. She called her pleated fabric 'marii' after her own name. She went around the world to source the fabric she wanted and her pieces ended up being made out of a synthetic charmeuse that she sourced from Australia. The fabric was then