Fall 1980 Mary McFadden Pleated Two Colour Sleeve Dress w Bead Detail designer-joy-stevens heavy cream silk that falls

heavy cream silk that falls wonderfully and is of very high quality

The design is on point and the construction is very good

unworn condition with the original ODLR hang tag still in place

I have had a similar pieces to this one in the shop in the past and I think this one is one of the best I have had with its gorgeous pops of pink

It is set on a stiffening back panel that keeps the shape and gives it a slight feel of structure

Fall 1980 Mary McFadden Pleated Two Colour Sleeve Dress w Bead Detail designer-joy-stevens heavy cream silk that fallsMary 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. Earlier pieces like this one had much of the work in them finished by hand and were done in house. She called her pleated fabric 'marii' after her own name. She went around the world to source the fabric she wanted and her pieces