Fall/Winter 1983-84 Yves Saint Laurent Patron Haute Couture Silk Sack Dress Couture Runway Rare With the Miu Miu collection

With the Miu Miu collection coming for fall and its strong forties inspired silhouettes

I feel a smaller frame could wear this well and it would just drape with a looser fit

1947  /  (2) Nina Ricci Strapless Evening Gown by Maurice Tabard

The draped collar is set so that it flows right into the "sleeve" and the result leaves the entire shoulder bare

Fall/Winter 1983-84 Yves Saint Laurent Patron Haute Couture Silk Sack Dress Couture Runway Rare With the Miu Miu collectionThis dress that classic Yves Saint Laurent sack dress cut and silhouette from this time period. It is entirely done by hand and the silk is of the highest possible grade. It feels stupendous on. These sack dresses really played on volume and cut and though you find then in various fabric for his Rive Gauche line the Patron, or Haute Couture examples are far rarer. The Patron Original label was used for two purposes it would indicate a gown custom made