Fall 1981 Yves Saint Laurent Silver Silk Dress w Lace Netting & Sequin Detailing designer-janice-wainwright It is tagged a vintage

It is tagged a vintage UK14

It is by Prada so already you know its of high quality and well made

The lining in the jacket is vertically quilted in rows

Even though this is a dress that was probably produced in the eighties and has lots of those eighties elements (dots and gathers anyone

This piece shows his love of minimal seaming and a simple design

Fall 1981 Yves Saint Laurent Silver Silk Dress w Lace Netting & Sequin Detailing designer-janice-wainwright It is tagged a vintageThe lines of this dress are pure Yves Saint Laurent for this time period. It is just extraordinary. For the skirt of the dress he has used a silver grey silk taffeta. This fabric choice gives it the volume that you see and helps to support the edging that circles the entire hem. For that he chose a black, sequin detailed lace. This same sequin and lace fabric was then used for the bodice. The dress is suspended from the shoulders by two thin silk