Fall 1977 or Fall 1980 Ady Couture Lausanne Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Copy Gold Metallic Thread Jacket designer-narciso-rodriguez The pleat work is the

The pleat work is the star of this piece

Fully lined in a black silk and buttons down the front as seen

The bandeau bust line has cups overlaid and these are set to give extra volume there with each curved and peaked

The dress is cut as simple as can be - it s simple shift

Upon close inspection you realize that there are actually little lions worked into the design

Fall 1977 or Fall 1980 Ady Couture Lausanne Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Copy Gold Metallic Thread Jacket designer-narciso-rodriguez The pleat work is theThis dress was made by hand in the atelier of Ady Couture who was based in Lausanne Switzerland. Ady herself was a couture trained seamstress and headed a team who had full permission of the Haute Couture houses she worked with to make the designs they showed in Paris for clients based in Switzerland and the surrounding areas. She would purchase the couture fabrics from the couture houses along with the patterns and then make the actual dresses in her