Mary Adams, owner of Mary Adams the Dress and author of The Party Dress Book, designs and creates party and wedding dresses. Her creations have been featured on Good Morning America and in New York magazine, the Village Voice, and other publications. She studied art at the University of Oregon, from which she received a Bachelor of Fine Art degree in printmaking. An early pioneer of the fashion movement on the Lower East Side, Mary opened her studio in 1984 on Ludlow Street and relocated to Murray Hill in the spring of 2008, where she is currently located.