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It is nipped in at the waist by a 3 and a half inch band of bead work and the skirt and bodice fall loose and open above and below this banding
matching fabric sash that ties to define the waist more
The color is amazing - more of a soft version of the blue than what has photoed and I love the subtle bit of a white undertone that runs through it
NOTE the photos make it appear yellowish along one side - it is not
Spring 1980 Mary McFadden Black & Ivory Cross Over Plunge Front & Back Pleated Dress designer-isabelle-allard It is nipped in atMary 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
