1970s Saint Laurent Multi Color Velvet Smock Jacket designer-emma-domb The color is extraordinary and

The color is extraordinary and was most likely a custom dyed hue

Fabrice was known to start a piece based on the beaded bits that he would design and have made and then built a dress around them

The entire bodice is also backed in the same metallic coral and gold as the sash so you get this very subtle shimmer effect through the nude overlay

I just love how it looks right and yet wrong at the same time

1970s Saint Laurent Multi Color Velvet Smock Jacket designer-emma-domb The color is extraordinary andI adore this great little Yves Saint Laurent jacket made of a luxurious black cotton velvet. The cut is loose and easy and reminds me a bit of a painter's smock with a nod to the renaissance. The sleeves are absolutely jaw dropping. Each is cut wide and loose above the cuff and is a trio of colors green. blue and a deep burgundy. The contrast this gives to the black of the torso is fabulous. The body of the jacket is loose and full and it only has a