Spring 1985 Yves Saint Laurent Ad Campaign Black Jersey Plunge Dress designer-lanvin The waist is further cinched

The waist is further cinched with a wide

The skins are in excellent condition as is the lining

edgy avant garde piece and I would not be surprised to learn that it was meant to be worn on its own even with those incredible

This is really couture level workmanship and quite extraordinary and unusual

Proper dressmakers buttons holes

Spring 1985 Yves Saint Laurent Ad Campaign Black Jersey Plunge Dress designer-lanvin The waist is further cinchedThe red version of this dress was used for the 1985 ad campaign shot by Helmut Newton and featuring long time muse, Kirat Young. This is one of the iconic pieces of that season and I am very pleased to have found this. The dress is made from a slinky black silk jersey that has enough weight and drape to it to perfectly fall into the sharp angular lines that Yves wanted it to be shaped in. It perfectly represents this time period with its precisely