Fall 1980 Mary McFadden Pleated Two Colour Sleeve Dress w Bead Detail designer-joy-stevens Five more of them follow

Five more of them follow the curved line down the front of the skirt

Made of a knit that is crossed stitched in tiny vertical rows that give it an amazing amount of structure and keep it from loosing its shape

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

The design is on point and the construction is very good

Fall 1980 Mary McFadden Pleated Two Colour Sleeve Dress w Bead Detail designer-joy-stevens Five more of them followMary 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