![]() ![]() We make every effort to post your item within 1-3 days of payment. I f you are looking for something that you don't currently find in our shop - let us know we may be able to help you with a special listing! Contact us to see how accommodating we can be :) Obviously, the more expensive the item the longer the time you will have to finalise payment. Yes we do offer flexible layby/layaway options and are open to negotiation as to the time period. If you want the exact colour shade drop us a line and we will give you the Universal Pantone colours that match the item. Whilst we take care with the colour balance of our photos, individual computer monitors register colours differently depending on their calibration. Our photos are taken with a mix of studio and ambient lighting. We apologise in advance if this rare circumstance arises. In the unlikely event that two buyers purchase this item concurrently, payment will be immediately refunded to the latter purchaser. Please drop us a line if your require additional information about this listing. Really a sensational ensemble and a rare find. The hot pants are an optional accessory as the dress can be worn without them. Typically for 1970s dresses it should not reach the floor but finish around the ankle. It is shown here on an US size 2 mannequin without the use of pins. This set is in excellent condition for its age and free from any rips, stains, fading or holes. ![]() * Working back nylon zipper and lined bodice * Extra wide belt, belt lops and large gold buckle * Hot pants are in same contrasting material with elasticised waist and * Skirt has a high opening on left side edged in contrasting material * Classic silhouette with cinched waist and full skirt * Dress features micro-pleating on bodice and skirt * Spectacular 1970s gold lame dress and hotpants Shop vintage Mary McFadden day dresses, accessories and jewelry on 1stDibs today.Bodice Length From Outside Shoulder: 14 inches + 36 cm While her business shuttered in the early 2000s, the beloved designer’s timeless styles endure. In 1976, McFadden won her first Coty American Fashion Critics’ Award, and a few years later, she entered the Coty Award Hall of Fame. A collection of jewelry followed, and in 1977, McFadden patented her “marii” fabric, a pleated synthetic charmeuse that fell “ like liquid gold on the body, like Chinese silk.” So, in 1973, McFadden took the jump, soon becoming known for refreshing kimono-shaped jackets and richly colored pleated dresses that evoke the freedom of a Greek chiton - a far cry from the dull routine office attire for working women at the time. Her colleagues admired the sophisticated garments she made in South Africa and had been wearing to work, and the magazine staffers pleaded to feature her designs, which meant she’d need to go into business in order to make them available to readers. In 1970, following two divorces, McFadden returned to her native New York City and was offered a job as an editor at Vogue magazine. While there, she began to design her own clothing - tunics that featured African prints, made of silk she’d found in Madagascar - because she couldn’t find anything that suited her. McFadden decided to relocate to South Africa with her first husband, who oversaw production of the De Beers mines. Afterward, she spent a short period of time in public relations at Christian Dior during the early 1960s, but she was unsure exactly what would lie ahead for her. ![]() “I fell into it backwards,” she told the New York Times in 1979.īorn in New York but raised on a cotton plantation in Memphis, Tennessee, McFadden spent a few months at the Traphagen School of Fashion in 1956 and moved on to study sociology and anthropology at Columbia University. Fashion, in fact, was not initially on her agenda. Less could have been expected from a well-bred society girl like Mary McFadden, who stepped out of the safe confines of the haut monde to create iconic designs for evening dresses, jackets, skirts and other items inspired by ancient and ethnic cultures and traditions. ![]()
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