Amazing 1980s Mary McFadden One Shoulder Pleated Two Piece Set Dress w Braided Belt Starter The skirt falls to the

The skirt falls to the floor in a pretty sweep of fabric

dramatic piece whose simple lines offset the drama of the fabric perfectly

Reference Photos:  Photographed for creative purposes by Lily and lilac (Judy inc)

When you move the movement this creates is fantastic

Each sleeve has hidden snaps under the decorative row of buttons on the cuff

Amazing 1980s Mary McFadden One Shoulder Pleated Two Piece Set Dress w Braided Belt Starter The skirt falls to theMary 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