Fall 1981 Yves Saint Laurent Silver Silk Dress w Lace Netting & Sequin Detailing designer-janice-wainwright Each layer is very full

Each layer is very full and is finished at its individual hem with a stiffened inner tap so that it has some structure and doesn't just lie limp

It is tagged a vintage UK14

This piece shows his love of minimal seaming and a simple design

exuberantly eighties piece by Nina Ricci

Even though this is a dress that was probably produced in the eighties and has lots of those eighties elements (dots and gathers anyone

Fall 1981 Yves Saint Laurent Silver Silk Dress w Lace Netting & Sequin Detailing designer-janice-wainwright Each layer is very fullThe lines of this dress are pure Yves Saint Laurent for this time period. It is just extraordinary. For the skirt of the dress he has used a silver grey silk taffeta. This fabric choice gives it the volume that you see and helps to support the edging that circles the entire hem. For that he chose a black, sequin detailed lace. This same sequin and lace fabric was then used for the bodice. The dress is suspended from the shoulders by two thin silk