1978 Important Silk Taffeta Yves Saint Laurent Set designer-thea-porter It is feather light and

It is feather light and you are barely conscious of wearing anything

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The photos do not come close to doing the amount of fabric in the cape justice

It slips on and falls into place in a somple sheath

Every Ossie Clark dress is special but when it's an Ossie done with a Celia Birtwell print

1978 Important Silk Taffeta Yves Saint Laurent Set designer-thea-porter It is feather light andThis is an exceptional silk taffeta, tiered and ruffled ball gown skirt paired with its matching top and original sash. In the "Yves Saint Laurent" book, published by The Metropolitan Museum 1984, a dress with similar ruffle treatment is shown and mention made of the sleeve treatment that year. This Rive Gauche version would have been based on that Haute Couture gown from the 1977 78 collection. Yves designed these "poetic taffeta gowns in what might