Divine Fall 1979 Yves Saint Laurent True Haute Couture Blue Silk Harlequin Print Dress w Ruffled Cuffs designer-mary-katrantzou It comes with its original

It comes with its original extra long sash that you can use to cinch in the waist and dramatically change the way the dress looks and sits on you

Chapman is renowned for being one of Marlyn Monroe's favorite designers and it is easy to see why - this dress is cut to highlight every curve and give you some if you need them

It is set in those beautiful rounded pleats that you see on the outer skirt and gives the support needed to hold those shapes

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Bust: approx 17" flat across from side seam to side seam

Divine Fall 1979 Yves Saint Laurent True Haute Couture Blue Silk Harlequin Print Dress w Ruffled Cuffs designer-mary-katrantzou It comes with its originalThis dress is from the Fall 1979 Haute Couture Yves Saint Laurent collection. It was made under the creative direction Yves Saint Laurent. The 1979 collection was an a homage to Picasso and Diaghilev. Yves had been to an exhibit on Picasso costume and set designs for Diaghilev's ballet Russes. At the time he told French Vogue that he had been on a different path entirely for the collection but then he saw the exhibition and "my collection took on the