Runway Fall 1988 Mary McFadden Couture Red Pleated Dress w Gold Edged Ruffle Detailing designer-herve-leger The skirt is a delicious

The skirt is a delicious draped A-line that skims over the hip and falls to the floor in one lovely swoop

It is cut with a slight empire waist and then bottom skirting is cut on a nice wide A-line

Skirt length: 40" from bottom of waist band to hem

but striking because if the print and with a dash of sensuality because of the bareness of the wide collar

Runway Fall 1988 Mary McFadden Couture Red Pleated Dress w Gold Edged Ruffle Detailing designer-herve-leger The skirt is a deliciousMary 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