Mary McFadden[1] (born 1938 in New York City) is an American art collector, editor, and fashion designer.[2]

Education and career

She attended the Ecole Lubec and the Sorbonne, and later the Traphagen School of Fashion and Columbia University.[2]

She was working as the director of public relations for Dior New York in 1965, when she married a merchant for DeBeers diamonds and relocated to South Africa.[3] From 1968-1970 she was an editor for South African Vogue, as arranged by Diana Vreeland.[2]

In 1976 she began the clothing company Mary McFadden Inc.[4] From 1982-83 she was the President of the Council of Fashion Designers of America.[5]

She has also licensed her name to many products such as eyewear, footwear, home furnishings, and sleepwear.[3]

Notable awards

Doctor of Fine Arts, Miami International Fine Arts College, 1984; American Printed Fabrics Council Tommy Award, 1991; Honorary Degree from Columbia University, School of General Studies.Visionary Woman Award, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, 2008.

Personal life

McFadden has claimed to be married at least eleven times, but declared that some of these marriages were "only spiritual".[3]

McFadden is known to have been married to, in chronological order:

External links

References

  1. ^ a b Charlotte Curtis, "Mary McFadden Married to Philip Harari at St. Bartholomew's; Former Dior Aide is Wed to Director in De Beers Group", The New York Times, 26 September 1964
  2. ^ a b c José Blanco F.; Patricia Kay Hunt-Hurst; Heather Vaughan Lee; Mary Doering (23 November 2015). Clothing and Fashion: American Fashion from Head to Toe [4 volumes]: American Fashion from Head to Toe. ABC-CLIO. pp. 3–. ISBN 978-1-61069-310-3.
  3. ^ a b c d e Francesca Sterlacci; Joanne Arbuckle (30 June 2017). Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 319–. ISBN 978-1-4422-3909-8.
  4. ^ Francesca Sterlacci; Joanne Arbuckle (26 October 2009). The A to Z of the Fashion Industry. Scarecrow Press. pp. 157–. ISBN 978-0-8108-7046-8.
  5. ^ "NMWA Celebrates the work of American Fashion Designer Mary McFadden in Mary McFadden: Goddesses | National Museum of Women in the Arts". Nmwa.org. 2009-08-30. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  6. ^ a b "NMWA Celebrates the work of American Fashion Designer Mary McFadden in Mary McFadden: Goddesses | National Museum of Women in the Arts". Nmwa.org. 2009-08-30. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  7. ^ Sharon G. Hoffman; Amanda M. Mott (2008). Moore College of Art & Design. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 23–. ISBN 978-0-7385-5659-8.
  8. ^ Hyde, Nina S. (1978-05-28). "Fashion Notes". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  9. ^ https://cfda.com/members/profile/mary-mcfadden
  10. ^ Holly Price Alford; Anne Stegemeyer (25 September 2014). Who's Who in Fashion. Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 259–. ISBN 978-1-60901-969-3.
  11. ^ https://moore.edu/about-moore/press-room/press-releases/mary-mcfadden-receives-visionary-woman
  12. ^ Fair, Vanity. "Introducing the International Best-Dressed List 2017 Hall of Fame". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  13. ^ "Ireland Calling, MCFADDEN – SCOTTISH SONS OF LITTLE PATRICK". Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  14. ^ http://www.columbia.edu/cu/pr/96_99/19089.html
  15. ^ https://cfda.com/members/profile/mary-mcfadden
  16. ^ a b c d Elizabeth Sleeman (2001). The International Who's Who of Women 2002. Psychology Press. pp. 348–. ISBN 978-1-85743-122-3.
  17. ^ New York Media, LLC (26 March 1990). New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. pp. 40–.
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