Important Spring 1993 Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture One Shoulder Silk Crepe Dress promo The discs are hand linked

The discs are hand linked together one by one to create the shape and form that you see

Laug was one of the grand Italian Couturiers who would now be considered to have designed "Alta Moda" the Italian equivalent of Haute Couture

Crosses over and buttons onto place at the front with a zipper underneath

however by then he was also experimenting with tiers and layers rather then one flowing length to the floor as we see here

Important Spring 1993 Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture One Shoulder Silk Crepe Dress promo The discs are hand linkedThe New York times said of this collection at the time; 'Yves Saint Laurent did it. With sophistication and authority in his collection for spring and summer, he gave validity to couture, the high end of the fashion industry. There was no desperate groping: this is the way the most expensive clothes in the world should look, he seemed to say. As the showings sailed into their final days, he re established himself today as the king of couture." after