Exceptional Fall 1983 Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Runway Black Silk Wrap Dress w Bow Detail designer-estevez The best of his work

The best of his work are the pieces like this that are dripping with bead work

a slim notched lapel

There are a tiny amount of missing sequins and beads here and there but they can easily be replaced by stealing some from under the hems

Bust: 13" flat across from side seam to side seam

The proportions where daring and the cuts and drape perfection

Exceptional Fall 1983 Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Runway Black Silk Wrap Dress w Bow Detail designer-estevez The best of his workThe twin of this dress walked the runway for the Fall 1983 YSL Haute Couture collection. It was made under the creative direction of Yves Saint Laurent. The dress would have been completely made by hand in the Paris atelier In this collection Yves paid homage to Paris. He told French Vogue that the collection was dedicated to "the prestige of Paris, as I knew it when I first arrived That is why it reflects many things from my youth, my first