Rare Spring 1964 Cristobal Balenciaga Haute Couture Pale Mint Green Sculpted Silk Taffeta Dress designer-erdem A killer Yves Saint Laurent

A killer Yves Saint Laurent jacket made of a blanket finish wool and detailed with thick wool braiding that was one of his signatures

At about the knee the lower skirt flares out in from an slightly angled seam

high end Asian silk

The overlay slips over that and creates a beautiful movement to the dress because this light is as light as air

There's a small spot on the front of the coat and I photoed that for you

Rare Spring 1964 Cristobal Balenciaga Haute Couture Pale Mint Green Sculpted Silk Taffeta Dress designer-erdem A killer Yves Saint LaurentThe Shrimpton Couture Archives This is an incredible and very rare Haute Couture dress by house of Balenciaga. Made under the creative direction of Cristobal Balenciaga It is completely made by hand and would have been made in his Paris atelier. This particular mint green silk was used in both the Spring 1963 collection and the Spring 1964 collection. We did find a reference photo of a skirted ensemble that has a similar feel to this one from 1963 and