Exceptional Fall 1983 Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Runway Black Silk Wrap Dress w Bow Detail designer-andre-courreges The bodice is fitted and

The bodice is fitted and then the skirt sweeps out and there are literally yards of fabric in that skirt - the fullness when you see it in person is fabulous

This causes the skirt to pouf up and around you above that seam

The belt is made from tightly spaced rows of white sequins and silver glass tube beads that wrap around the waist to the front and then extend out into the belt end through a beaded buckle

The bust has wide straps that curve up and over each shoulder to sit wide and expose the collarbones

The neckline has a bit of structure with an almost bib like collar detail - all piped in gold metallic piping

Exceptional Fall 1983 Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Runway Black Silk Wrap Dress w Bow Detail designer-andre-courreges The bodice is fitted andThe 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