Well Documented Spring 1983 Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Runway Look 53 Silk Floral Dress designer-joy-stevens The neck is cut quite

The neck is cut quite wide across the shoulders for a little peek of collarbone

/  (2) Leighton Meester (as Blair Waldorf) in Oscar de la Renta

This is a classic and sculptural Beene and very sexy

and up the side on the other side are finished with a wide ruffled hem

lame feel to them which makes the brocade pattern really pop

Well Documented Spring 1983 Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Runway Look 53 Silk Floral Dress designer-joy-stevens The neck is cut quiteThe twin of this dress walked the runway as Look 53 for the Spring 1983 Haute Couture collection. It was made under the creative direction of Yves Saint Laurent. The dress would've been made entirely by hand in the Paris atelier. On the runway it was shown under a jacket when the model first came out and then she removed the jacket. I love that this shows you how versatile these little dresses can be. We also found the fabric noted in a WWD editorial