1968 Giorgio Sant'Angelo Purple Applique Velvet Dress w Wood Bead Fringe designer-yves-saint-laurent minimalist feel of the nineties

minimalist feel of the nineties combined with the chicness of the working girl and sharp tailoring that only Alaia can do

light wool jersey and simply slips on and you hook it into place at the waist

The inner dress is as simple sheath with a low plunging bodice made of a double layer of the fabric and is cut with a deep plunge

The neckline is finished with a padded piping that extends and ties at the back

1968 Giorgio Sant'Angelo Purple Applique Velvet Dress w Wood Bead Fringe designer-yves-saint-laurent minimalist feel of the ninetiesWhen doing the research to date this lovely dress, I found two references to pieces where Sant'Angelo used the same wood bead fringe that this dress has to finish an edging. One on a jacket photoed on Verushka for Vogue and the other edging a vest that is held in the permanent archives of the Metropolitan Museum. Both were dated to 1968. I found no other images where he used that wood fringing so am confident that this was something particular to that