1968 Giorgio Sant'Angelo Purple Applique Velvet Dress w Wood Bead Fringe designer-yves-saint-laurent The other cream Haite Couture

The other cream Haite Couture dress from that same collection uses the same front button treatment but on the top whereas here it was done on the bottom portion of the dress

minimalist feel of the nineties combined with the chicness of the working girl and sharp tailoring that only Alaia can do

There is a hole along the hem on the black side where the silk thinned

The neckline is finished with a padded piping that extends and ties at the back

1968 Giorgio Sant'Angelo Purple Applique Velvet Dress w Wood Bead Fringe designer-yves-saint-laurent The other cream Haite CoutureWhen doing the research to date this lovely dress, I found two references to pieces where Sant'Angelo used the same wood bead fringe that this dress has to finish an edging. One on a jacket photoed on Verushka for Vogue and the other edging a vest that is held in the permanent archives of the Metropolitan Museum. Both were dated to 1968. I found no other images where he used that wood fringing so am confident that this was something particular to that