Amazing 1980s Mary McFadden One Shoulder Pleated Two Piece Set Dress w Braided Belt Starter The silk has appliqué work

The silk has appliqué work over it made from a blue silk with a floral pattern work through it

Orgauphone et autres Mecaniques by Francoise Faconnet

Both pieces are made of a silk that is very light and easy to wear

Fully lined in a striped ivory silk and buttons to close

When you move the movement this creates is fantastic

Amazing 1980s Mary McFadden One Shoulder Pleated Two Piece Set Dress w Braided Belt Starter The silk has appliqué workMary 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. Mary was known to say frequently that there was no greater beauty than pleated cloth on the human body and she said then when she developed her 'marii' fabric her aim was to have it 'fall like liquid gold on the body, like Chinese