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Yves Saint Laurent

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Yves Saint Laurent
A sensational haute couture sleeveless cocktail dress from Yves Saint Laurent's African inspired collection, Spring, 1967, the bodice and skirt made up of bands of imitation mother-of-pearl shells, imitation coral drops and beads and orange vermicelli sequins, the open peep-through midriff strung with a beadwork lattice of imitation coral, wood and metal vari-shaped beads, the skirt terminating in a deep fringe of copper-coloured raffia, with Yves Saint Laurent, Paris printed label numbered 15122

Literature

Envoy magazine, Vo.1.No.1. May, 1967, pp.12-13

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Lot Essay

In a feature on Margot Fonteyn Fonteyn - Prima Ballerina Assoluta, Envoy Magazine, Vol.1, No.1, May, 1967, Fonteyn is pictured in an Yves St. Laurent's Paris salon trying on a similar dress to the one in this lot decribed in the caption as ...one of his [YSL's] new African-inspired dreses wth a peep through midriff..

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