1971 Yves Saint Laurent Gold & Black Velvet Dress designer-adrian green and blue

green and blue

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I see one spot that is lost in the folds and if held to the light perhaps a tiny pinhole or two but nothing alarming

I love that you can wear it loose and rather straight through the waist

We did find a photo reference and believe this to be from French Vogue

1971 Yves Saint Laurent Gold & Black Velvet Dress designer-adrian green and blueThis dress is made from a combination of a inky black velvet through the body with a gold flowers in a black silk chiffon adoring the sleeves and skirt. The floral design is made from a combination of gold lame eyelash thread and curving lines of velvet fused onto the silk. At the from of the dipped neckline sits a pretty flower made from velvet, feathers and beads. The lines through the body are long and lean and have an almost flapper quality to the