Fall 1977 or Fall 1980 Ady Couture Lausanne Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Copy Gold Metallic Thread Jacket designer-narciso-rodriguez Fully lined in a black

Fully lined in a black silk and buttons down the front as seen

It narrows at the hem and at the front is a bias cut draped panel that emphasizes a girls shape without adding any bulk or volume on the actual hips

The bandeau bust line has cups overlaid and these are set to give extra volume there with each curved and peaked

I lowered my price quite a bit on this to accommodate for these small flaws and none of the breaks are so large as to detract or take away from this extraordinary textile and in my opinion the old and well done repairs only add to the immense beauty of this shawl

Upon close inspection you realize that there are actually little lions worked into the design

Fall 1977 or Fall 1980 Ady Couture Lausanne Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Copy Gold Metallic Thread Jacket designer-narciso-rodriguez Fully lined in a blackThis dress was made by hand in the atelier of Ady Couture who was based in Lausanne Switzerland. Ady herself was a couture trained seamstress and headed a team who had full permission of the Haute Couture houses she worked with to make the designs they showed in Paris for clients based in Switzerland and the surrounding areas. She would purchase the couture fabrics from the couture houses along with the patterns and then make the actual dresses in her