Woodmere Art Museum's Mary McFadden Lending Library: members will borrow her original pleated gowns; housed behind the museum's Jewelry Vault; Marii fabric; the first woman to lead the CFDA, 1982
Mary McFadden worked as an editor for Vogue South Africa before her own label. Woodmere's director describes the Lending Library as a way to experience her designs firsthand, and the museum is running member tours of the new space.
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01A MUSEUM WILL LEND OUT MARY MCFADDEN'S ORIGINAL GOWNS: WOODMERE ART MUSEUM IS OPENING A LENDING LIBRARY OF HER WORK.
02ITS MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO BORROW AN AUTHENTIC MCFADDEN FOR THEIR OWN OCCASIONS.
03THE COLLECTION SITS IN A NEW SPACE BEHIND THE MUSEUM'S JEWELRY VAULT.
04MCFADDEN WAS KNOWN FOR PLEATED GOWNS IN A FABRIC SHE NAMED MARII.
05IN 1982 SHE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO LEAD THE COUNCIL OF FASHION DESIGNERS OF AMERICA.