Spring 1978 Yves Saint Laurent Off Shoulder Voluminous Smock Dress designer-emanuel-ungaro Amazing and insanely sexy pin

Amazing and insanely sexy pin up dress with a flapper edge by Lilli Diamond

It closes with a series of buttons down the front and these are all hidden under the front panel of fabric It is utterly gorgeous

Bodice: 11" from neck to first sequin band

I love the little puffed top detail - its like he took a french beret and coutured it up

Spring 1978 Yves Saint Laurent Off Shoulder Voluminous Smock Dress designer-emanuel-ungaro Amazing and insanely sexy pinYves did a series of these oversized dresses that fell off the shoulder and into that great expanse of volume for the 1979 Haute Couture show and then that silhouette trickled down in the Rive Gauche collection that season and the next. This one is an unusual example of the look in that it is made out of a light and airy cotton voile rather then his usual silk taffeta's and chiffon that you see more often. The dress is cut to be very oversized and has