1978 Important Silk Taffeta Yves Saint Laurent Set designer-gucci Rare haute couture item used

Rare haute couture item used for the Lacroix Paris runway and not previously available in the US

Waist: approx 15" flat across the inside back from side seam to side seam

making it feel amazing on

Item# DD1154

Exceptional twenties flapper coat or jacket that is made of a beautiful black silk velvet accented at the collar with snow white ermine

1978 Important Silk Taffeta Yves Saint Laurent Set designer-gucci Rare haute couture item usedThis is an exceptional silk taffeta, tiered and ruffled ball gown skirt paired with its matching top and original sash. In the "Yves Saint Laurent" book, published by The Metropolitan Museum 1984, a dress with similar ruffle treatment is shown and mention made of the sleeve treatment that year. This Rive Gauche version would have been based on that Haute Couture gown from the 1977 78 collection. Yves designed these "poetic taffeta gowns in what might