Fantastic Fall 1986 Yves Saint Laurent Runway Strapless Deep Purple-Blue Hand Gathered Velvet Dress designer-ruben-panis Love the notched collar

Love the notched collar

This is from the era that both Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli were designing for the label and for this particular collection they brought in Celia birtwell

Built in boning through the bodice

The bodice is cut to skim over you and the shoulders extend out to the sleeves with no seam there

The bodice is made of a double layer of the jersey and the skirt is fully lined in silk organza

Fantastic Fall 1986 Yves Saint Laurent Runway Strapless Deep Purple-Blue Hand Gathered Velvet Dress designer-ruben-panis Love the notched collarThe twin of the dress walk the runway for the Fall 1986 collection. It was made under the creative direction of Yves Saint Laurent On the runway it was shown in both this colour and also in a red. The dress is constructed in a way that creates its unusual gathered velvet technique. It is also what gives it an amazing tactile feel when its touched. The colour of the velvet is a beautiful deep purple that in certain lights has a touch of a blue