Fall 1983 Ady Couture Lausanne for Yves Saint Laurent Silk Black Velvet Bodice Dress w Emerald Green Silk Skirt designer-celine The exterior is a fine

The exterior is a fine black velvet that is cut almost box like with a slight widening as it near the hem

100% polished cotton

Unlined and made of his signature "bandage" knit - this one a cotton mix

It looks to have never been worn and is like new

Mary was known to say frequently that there was no greater beauty than pleated cloth on the human body and she said then when she developed her 'marii' fabric her aim was to have it 'fall like liquid gold on the body

Fall 1983 Ady Couture Lausanne for Yves Saint Laurent Silk Black Velvet Bodice Dress w Emerald Green Silk Skirt designer-celine The exterior is a fineThis dress was made by hand in the atelier of Ady Couture who was based in Lausanne Switzerland. Ady herself was a couture trained seamstress and headed a team who had full permission of the Haute Couture houses she worked with to make the designs they showed in Paris for clients based in Switzerland and the surrounding areas. She would purchase the couture fabrics from the couture houses along with the patterns and then make the actual dresses in her