Incredible Fall 1993 Yves Saint Laurent Runway Black Silk Chiffon Dress W Ruffle Full Sleeves designer-lanvin They are laid out over

They are laid out over the fabric edge to edge and cover both pieces entirely

He won the Coty Award in 1968 and his work is on par with couture

Even more amazing is that the very photo that appeared in Vogue was republished and used in the 2012 book Saint Laurent

The collar is high and again gathered there

I consider most of his pieces demi-couture for that very reason

Incredible Fall 1993 Yves Saint Laurent Runway Black Silk Chiffon Dress W Ruffle Full Sleeves designer-lanvin They are laid out overThis is an interesting dress because Yves used the same pink feather styling that he did in this collection for a longer but very similar Haute Couture version that season. On the runway this dress was styled with a pink feather collar and then produced without. From a practical stand point it does make it far easier to get multiple wears out of it. It otherwise is identical to the runway version in design. Yves was a designer who mixed and matched