Outstanding 1991-92 Yves Saint Laurent Deep Pink Cut Devore Velvet w Black Under Pattern One Shoulder Dress Demi-Couture The hem is finished with

The hem is finished with a ruffled detail in the same gauze cotton

Panels of that same pink chiffon attach under the waist band in pretty panels at the front and back - by only placing them on the front and back he cleverly allows the uber fitted bandage skirt underneath to be glimpsed - a sort of subverted sexuality

This treatment would have been done directly fused onto the fabric and has an almost 3D effect

The dress wraps around and is secured through the inner waist with snaps and hooks to keep it in place

The dress was shot for an editorial for Mirabella magazine and it appears twice in the book 'Bill Blass: An American Designer'

Outstanding 1991-92 Yves Saint Laurent Deep Pink Cut Devore Velvet w Black Under Pattern One Shoulder Dress Demi-Couture The hem is finished withThe Shrimpton Couture Archives The amazing dress is almost certainly from the Spring or Fall 1992 collection. Charlotte Gainsbourg were a very similar one in 1991 and it was probably one that was made for her in advance and then he did more for the runway later that year after she had worn it. It was made under the creative direction of Yves Saint Laurent We have included the Fall 1992 ad campaign with a very similar dress in leopard so that you can