Spring 1999 Oscar De La Renta Pale Green Striped Silk Taffeta Billowing Over Dress & Pant Set designer-teal-traina Yma has worn them folded

Yma has worn them folded up and you could wear them either depending on how long you want the sleeves to hang

Each sleeve billows above the cuff and the shoulders are gathered

The cut is done so that there is one extra wide pleat panel of fabric that runs down the front

The fabric has some stretch but the cups do not

You can see that in one of the reference photos they have draped the sleeves s an option

Spring 1999 Oscar De La Renta Pale Green Striped Silk Taffeta Billowing Over Dress & Pant Set designer-teal-traina Yma has worn them foldedThis billowing silk taffeta dress and pant sent was shown in two color ways on the Spring 1999 runway; this green and taupe set and a blue stripe and yellow pant version that has a slightly different sleeve. The twin of the blue version was exhibited as a part of the 2016 Oscar de la Renta: The Retrospective exhibition at de Young Museum, San Francisco, curated by Andr Leon Talley. The exhibit was broken into different themed galleries and this dress