Incredible Spring 1990 Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Runway Look 50 Ivory Silk Dress Strapless It ties behind the back

It ties behind the back of the neck and there is a low set zipper at the back

The jacket is cut to skim over the chest

The embroidery is done in a autumn feeling combination of colors and the patterns covers the dress from just below the shoulders to the hem

I see a couple of tiny scattered blue spots at the front that look like they are in the actual weave of the fabric

Skimming over the waist and curving slightly back out over the hips because of the bias cut of the silk

Incredible Spring 1990 Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Runway Look 50 Ivory Silk Dress Strapless It ties behind the backThe twin of this dress walked the runway for the Spring 1990 Haute Couture collection. It was made under the creative direction of Yves Saint Laurent. Its twin was shown under a jacket on model Gloria Burgess and we found the original sketch of the dress in my YSL folio. I thought it interesting to see that Gloria was not the original model intended for the dress and that there was a change by Yves as to who wore it on the actual runway and you can