Spring 1986 Yves Saint Laurent Black Crepe & Jersey Dress w Gold Lame Front & Long Sash Belt designer-holly-harp The skirt is made from

The skirt is made from a denim feeling thick cotton canvas fabric that both holds its shape and shapes the wearer

and is fairly straight cut through the body with just a suggestion of shape through the waist

I was very happy to find a version that walked the runway for the Fall 1997 show and the runway shots show you how it looks when in an actual body and the shoulders worn off shoulder like they should be

The twin of this stunning blue crushed velvet maxi dress by Oscar de la Renta is held in the Goldstein Museum of Design (the last photo is their collection archive photo) and they have this dated as being from the 1960-1965 period

Reference Photos: (1) Model in Courreges

Spring 1986 Yves Saint Laurent Black Crepe & Jersey Dress w Gold Lame Front & Long Sash Belt designer-holly-harp The skirt is made fromThis fabulous dress is the twin the dress that walked the fall 1986 Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche runway. I was so pleased to find a shot of it on because it really shows you just how much it comes to life when worn. He did several variations of this look for that season and I have included some photos of the one gold sided version as well since the cut is similar and it gives you some different angles to be able to see how the dress looks on the