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Title
Le Smoking
Object Name
'Smoking' Dress, Yves Saint Laurent
Maker
Yves Saint Laurent (Primary maker)
Yves Saint Laurent (Maker)
Date Made
Autumn Winter 1988-89
1992
Autumn Winter 1988-89
Place Made
France: Paris
Paris
Description
Black silk calf length dress, open as a coat c/f, fastening with hooks at waist and press studs lower bodice. Black satin collar with deep reveres to c/f V neck, white satin double cuffs with large white paste cuff-links on long set-in sleeves. Long self tie belt. Back yoke, padded shoulders. Black satin lining. Printed griffe no. 62224 on inner side seam, model no. 73 Owned originally by Mme Charles Mathieu Saint Laurent (Lucienne Andree Mathieu Saint Laurent), mother of Yves Saint Laurent. Lot 67 in sale Histoire de Mode-Histoire de Coeur in aid of La Fondation pour l'Entance at the Musee de la Mode et du Costume, Palais Galliera, Paris on Thursday 19th November 1992
Materials
silk, crepe
Catalogue Number
BELUM.T3580
Copyright
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