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The raiments of her realm.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Elizabeth Wellington
ALLENTOWN, Pa. _ Glitches naturally jump out at fashion designer Mary McFadden as she walks through the Allentown Art Museum, inspecting the first exhibit ever of her work.
"Get rid of it," the petite McFadden commands, pointing to a turquoise and orange tutu hanging from the ceiling. "The horrid thing clashes."
To another observer, the tutu looks stunning next to three tie-dyed purple and yellow chiffon dresses. But the dresses are a part of McFadden's "Fire" collection. And that tutu, well, it's just a tutu.
"It's terrible. It has to go. Get rid of it now," she demands.
Clad head to toe in ivory, the perfectionist clearly expects that everyone will know intuitively which pieces are appropriate for which display.
And there was a time when those in the fashion know could spot a McFadden piece and immediately identify which collection it came from. In the 1970s, McFadden's look married ...
- Mary McFadden still contrary.
- Magazine article from: WWD Wilson, Eric September 25, 2002 700+ words
...Mary's back. A month after Mary McFadden mysteriously closed her signature...priced suit line called the Mary McFadden Collection. The designer said...expensive line, tentatively called Mary McFadden Black Label. McFadden also clarified...
- Mary McFadden owes but license continues.(high-end ready-to-wear operations...
- Magazine article from: WWD Wilson, Eric August 20, 2002 700+ words
NEW YORK -- Mary McFadden's high-end ready-to-wear collection...bears her name, the moderate-priced Mary McFadden Collection launched a year ago by...Industries. Cohn Tanenbaum, president of Mary McFadden Collection, said he's spoken to...
- THROUGH THE AGES WITH MARY MCFADDEN.
- Magazine article from: WWD Wilson, Eric June 3, 2004 700+ words
...Byline: Eric Wilson NEW YORK -- Mary McFadden's home is an ordinary place...Street here, still known as the Mary McFadden Building, without comment, then...Allentown, Pa., will host the first Mary McFadden retrospective, having worked...
- McFadden's Privato pact is terminated. (Mary McFadden Inc., Privato coats)
- Magazine article from: WWD Pogoda, Dianne M. May 17, 1988 700+ words
...RTW REPORT NEWSBEAT NEW YORK -- Mary McFadden, Inc., has terminated its contract...line. In recent months, the Mary McFadden for Privato line was the only...executive vice president of Mary McFadden. "We didn't want them to show...
- Broader course for McFadden. (Mary McFadden Inc., women's apparel manufacturer)
- Magazine article from: WWD Pogoda, Dianne M. February 20, 1990 700+ words
...Course For McFadden NEW YORK -- Mary McFadden, Inc., is on an expansion kick...resort season, and bear the label Mary McFadden Studio. This line will wholesale...company is concentrating is its Mary McFadden Knits, a licensed better-to...
- McFadden leads Privato into expansion. (Privato Inc., women's coats, Mary...
- Magazine article from: WWD Pogoda, Dianne M. January 26, 1988 700+ words
...of a licensing agreement with Mary McFadden late last year, Herb Frichner...and the company, now known as Mary McFadden for Privato, will produce and...but now everything is under Mary McFadden for Privato. Frichner works with...
- McFadden: missing in action.(fashion designer Mary McFadden disappears)
- Magazine article from: WWD Wilson, Eric August 16, 2002 700+ words
NEW YORK -- Where's Mary? Mary McFadden, already one of Seventh Avenue...West 35th Street, known as the Mary McFadden building because of the designer...in extravagant prices in her "Mary McFadden Couture" collection, but also...
- Mary McFadden has eyes on European expansion. (women's designer apparel...
- Magazine article from: WWD October 2, 1990 700+ words
MARY MCFADDEN HAS EYES ON EUROPEAN EXPANSION NEW YORK -- Mary McFadden, Inc., wants to expand to Europe...involve the direct sale of the company." Mary McFadden was out of the country Monday and could...
Source: HighBeam Research, The raiments of her realm.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)