Fashion

[ECBG]

I was looking through my closet to take things to consignment and came across fantastic silk scarves and an embrodered silk vest.  They were in the origonal boxes and I never thought to get them out.  Now I wear other things!

[PhilaLady1]

How fun to find those items !   I remember Mary McFadden on QVC.   I can recall pretty little evening bags or clutches, I think.....

[Vivian]

I really wish I had saved the designer garments I bought at QVC years ago. QVC brought in talented designers and gave them enough leeway to create some fantastic clothes. I especially remember Louis del Olio's creations. All I can say is WOW!

[Pearlee]

What were her tiny thin pleats called again?  There was a name for them.  I was tempted once to buy a QVC skirt that was featuring those pleats during one of McFadden's shows.

[Kachina624]

@Pearlee  Crystal pleats? 

[Pearlee]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@Pearlee  Crystal pleats? 

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@Kachina624  Thanks but no, that's not it.  But you prompted me to search for it online and I was thinking of Marii pleats, those thin long pleats that stayed in the fabric and didn't come undone.    

[Nonametoday]

• Accordion, Box, Cartridge, Fluted, Fortuny, Honeycomb, Kick, Organ, Plisse, Rolled, Watteau, Kingussie
• taken from the pleat wikipedia.

[Pearlee]

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@NameAlreadyTaken wrote:

• Accordion, Box, Cartridge, Fluted, Fortuny, Honeycomb, Kick, Organ, Plisse, Rolled, Watteau, Kingussie
• taken from the pleat wikipedia.

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@Nonametoday, as I posted above to Katchina24, I  found the pleat name I was looking for.  It was the one mentioned often when McFadden sold her clothes on QVC.  

I don't ever recall any of the others in your post being mentioned on air during a McFadden show other than Fortuny, which was not the one I was trying to think of. 

[Nonametoday]

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@Pearlee wrote:

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@NameAlreadyTaken wrote:

• Accordion, Box, Cartridge, Fluted, Fortuny, Honeycomb, Kick, Organ, Plisse, Rolled, Watteau, Kingussie
• taken from the pleat wikipedia.

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@Nonametoday, as I posted above to Katchina24, I  found the pleat name I was looking for.  It was the one mentioned often when McFadden sold her clothes on QVC.  

I don't ever recall any of the others in your post being mentioned on air during a McFadden show other than Fortuny, which was not the one I was trying to think of. 

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NAT:  I am sorry, I did not make myself clear.  Mari(ano) is the given name of Fortuny.  I just was interested if there were other pleat names and was just giving the information to any and all who wanted it on pleats.  I thought you knew that Mari was a nick name she gave Fortuny whose given name is Mari.  Sorry to create confusion.  Best wishes for a fun day.

[Pearlee]

@Nonametoday  My info was the following from the    site (I won't post a link lest the Mods not like it).   It distinguishes Marii from Fortuny which is why I did also.  The following is what I meant in my post.

"Unlike Fortuny, who is remembered for his nearly permanent pleating of silk, McFadden uses synthetic fiber to achieve a permanent pleat in her designs. When McFadden first began designing in about 1975, she used pleated silk, which was then hand-painted or otherwise embellished. McFadden was dissatisfied with the tendency of the silk pleats to come undone, so quickly she switched to a synthetic pleated textile. Called 'Marii,' this synthetic charmeuse was woven in Australia , dyed in Japan and pleated in the United States. To protect the specific process, McFadden trademarked Marii."

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