1971 Yves Saint Laurent Gold & Black Velvet Dress designer-hanae-mori The bow was a recurring

The bow was a recurring motif

The fabric of the body is all a poly jersey and has stretch

- this gives them a great fit which is needed since the top part of them shows with the way the top is cut

It ties on either side of the waist through silver grommets picking up from a corseting detail

1971 Yves Saint Laurent Gold & Black Velvet Dress designer-hanae-mori The bow was a recurringThis dress is made from a combination of a inky black velvet through the body with a gold flowers in a black silk chiffon adoring the sleeves and skirt. The floral design is made from a combination of gold lame eyelash thread and curving lines of velvet fused onto the silk. At the from of the dipped neckline sits a pretty flower made from velvet, feathers and beads. The lines through the body are long and lean and have an almost flapper quality to the