Spring 1980 Mary McFadden Black & Ivory Cross Over Plunge Front & Back Pleated Dress designer-mollie-parnis The waist has just a

The waist has just a suggestion of shape and the skirt falls to the floor from there

5" flat across from side seam to side seam the inside dress

There are numerous breaks in the netting and a tear above one cuff to the netting

which extend 2" past the bottom of the band

Spring 1980 Mary McFadden Black & Ivory Cross Over Plunge Front & Back Pleated Dress designer-mollie-parnis The waist has just aMary 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