F/W 1986 Yves Saint Laurent Black Silk Taffeta Full Skirted Dress designer-teal-traina Bodice: 12" from top shoulder

Bodice: 12" from top shoulder to lowest dip of empire waist

' the accompanying exhibit book for the Alaia exhibit at the Groninger Museum

The photos really don't do it justice in capturing how wonderful the two fabrics work together in person and how they play off of each other

Each is puffed and has beautiful pleat work where they insert into the shoulders

The silk is a fine scarf weight twill silk

F/W 1986 Yves Saint Laurent Black Silk Taffeta Full Skirted Dress designer-teal-traina Bodice: 12" from top shoulderThis is an exceptional Yves Saint Laurent designed silk taffeta dress from the Fall 1986 collection. The same dress in a moire Silk Taffeta was featured in the catalogue that year and I have included the reference photo of that here. The cut is stunning. It has an almost monastic feel to it but with his full skirted look that he was doing during this time period. The skirt is very full and yet the fabric it is still very light. The choice of a silk