1970s Mary Farrin Four Piece Knitted Skirt Suit 1950s_evening_dress one at the left shoulder

one at the left shoulder and one halfway down the body

8 or small 10 (US 2

There are no labels but this piece has clearly been made by a design house and would have retailed in a very high-end department store in America

NAPE TO WAIST - 37cm/ 14

The dress is constructed from a grey and yellow gold coloured fine woven ribbon silk and tulle with a floral patterned lace bodice

1970s Mary Farrin Four Piece Knitted Skirt Suit 1950s_evening_dress one at the left shoulderThis top, skirt, jacket and scarf ensemble was designed by London label Mary Farrin in the 1970s. Mary Farrin was known as the Queen of the Knits, even supplying Angora knits to Christian Dior and she opened her first boutique in fashionable South Molton Street, London in the late 1960s. This four part look was made in Malta. The fabric is a weighty stretch knit woven with wool in a pale lilac grey with contrasting copper brown stripes. It has a