Runway Fall 1988 Mary McFadden Couture Red Pleated Dress w Gold Edged Ruffle Detailing designer-biba The color is a touch

The color is a touch brighter gold in person then how it photoed

Pockets along each hip seam

Fused onto and through the silk are gold lurex appliques that give the fabric a two dimensional pop and makes it gleam and glitter in the light

with special orders like this for a couple more years

Runway Fall 1988 Mary McFadden Couture Red Pleated Dress w Gold Edged Ruffle Detailing designer-biba The color is a touchMary 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 need up being made out of a synthetic charmeuse that she sourced from Australia. The fabric was then