Divine Fall 1979 Yves Saint Laurent True Haute Couture Blue Silk Harlequin Print Dress w Ruffled Cuffs designer-mary-katrantzou It is sleeveless and the

It is sleeveless and the upper portion of the bodice is a single layer of the silk so that it has a touch of transparency

All of the edges and collar are also densely beaded and sequinned so that you get this brilliant metallic feel and incredible raised texture over the entire thing

It is constructed from a steel grey wool that is warm and has a decent weight to it

The skirt falls to the floor from there gently curving outwards to the hem

Divine Fall 1979 Yves Saint Laurent True Haute Couture Blue Silk Harlequin Print Dress w Ruffled Cuffs designer-mary-katrantzou It is sleeveless and theThis dress is from the Fall 1979 Haute Couture Yves Saint Laurent collection. It was made under the creative direction Yves Saint Laurent. The 1979 collection was an a homage to Picasso and Diaghilev. Yves had been to an exhibit on Picasso costume and set designs for Diaghilev's ballet Russes. At the time he told French Vogue that he had been on a different path entirely for the collection but then he saw the exhibition and "my collection took on the