• This is a gorgeous dress that dates to approximately the 2010s
• It was made under the creative direction of Karl Lagerfeld
• The dress is made out of a simple black silk that is light in weight with just enough structure to hold the intended shape.
• The bodice is strapless with a double panel of black silk that wraps around the entire bodice to create a the feel of a corset peeking out from underneath the top layer. The very top layer is only attached at points on the edge on the neckline so it folds over slightly to create a pretty detail.
• It is meant to be more fitted over the bodice and then nips in with a wide band of the same fabric around the waist.
• It curves back out over the hips and has an extra panel of fabric that falls over the sides of each hip to create a peplum.
• As the skirt nears the hem it flares out around you for a very pretty line.
  
• It is perfectly minimalist and yet still feels like it makes a statement.
• The dress has built-in light boning along each side. It closes with a hidden set side zipper and is fully lined in a black silk. It has its original hangtag attached and was never worn.
• Tagged a vintage Fendi 40
• Excellent condition

Bust: 17-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 13.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 19-20.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 11.25" from top of bodice to bottom 2" band around the waist
Total length: 58" from top of bodice to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5756

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• The twin of this dress walked the runway for the Spring 1998 YSL collection.
• It was made under the creative direction of Yves Saint Laurent.
• The re-defining of a men's tuxedo into a piece suited for women is one of the Saint Laurent most enduring symbols. I love that this dress is a play on that.
• The dress is gorgeous and the black silk fabric itself is part of what makes it so fabulous giving it the perfect amount of drape with some structure.
• In contrast to that silk backdrop is a black silk collar with a matte satin finish that sits against the inky black of the dress underneath. 
• The collar is of course what gives the dress it's fantastic nod to the tuxedo and it becomes a central focus point of the dress.  
• This is a piece that shows his strong tailoring and detailed knowledge of how to cut a piece to best suit a woman's body. 
• The dress crosses over itself and hooks at the side with a large glossy decorative button.
• This creates the perfect slightly curved plunge at the front. The sides near the arms angle up and in towards the collar. This allows the notching of the collar to sit against bare skin. A small detail that is quite genius.
• The waist is nipped in by the wrapped cut of the dress with no horizontal line to break the eye. 
• It glides over the hips and then widens out a touch as it nears the hem. 
• The way that it wraps to close at the one side creates that fantastic flash of bare leg when you move and the front opens with your movement. You can see how fantastic and sensual this feels from the runway photos.
• It is a phenomenal YSL from this time period.
• The dress is fully lined in a black silk and it wraps to close and then hooks at the side of the waist under a decorative button. There is an inner attached silk band that hooks into place to help hold it around you. It appears to have been worn very little if at all.
• Tagged a vintage YSL 36
• Excellent condition

Bust: to 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 13" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 15.5" from neck to inner waist band
Total length: 58" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5757

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• The dress is from the Spring 1983 collection based on the reference photo that we found with a similar design of the cut of the lower skirt.
• It was made under the creative direction of Thierry Mugler 
• The fabric is a black raw silk which has enough structure combined with the extensive seam work to hold the design and intended shape.
• Long vertical panels of the fabric have been pieced together side-by-side from the top of the strapless bodice to the hem of the skirt. The lines become a part of the design and the entire dress has been shaped by the manipulation of the sizing and placement of the strips.
• The bodice is strapless and the tops of the ribbons are set at different heights all around the neckline. Where they rise above the top edge they are not sewn together so you get a very distinctive ribbon feel.
• It is meant to fit the bodice and then curves in at the waist. Inside there is for built-in corset that is lightly boned and holds the dress in place around you.
• From there it curves out and over the hips, comes in slightly just below the knee, and then flares outward again for the lower skirts.
• Just under the knee the panels open up and are no longer stitched together. This is what gives it the added volume there and creates a 'fringed' feel around you.
• Behind the panels are three layers of stacked black silk chiffon When you walk you get that bit of transparency between the the panels and it feel very interesting and unexpected. You get a sense of what that will be like in the runway reference photo.
• The dress is just brilliant in person and better then how it photographed. It is not 100% perfect but it is still an outstandingly beautiful piece.
• The inner nude silk corset acts as the lining behind the bodice. It is lightly boned and closes with its own side zipper. And attached waist hooks to close. The upper part of the skirt is lined in a black silk. Three layers of silk chiffon are attached behind the lower portion of the skirt as described above. The dress closes with a hidden set zipper placed over the inner corset zipper. I see fading on the fabric here and there most notably around the bodice and around the waist. Please see the photos after the label shot. 
• Tagged a vintage Mugler 42
• Excellent overall condition with the note above.

Bust: to 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 10.5" from top of inner edge of the bodice to inner waist
Total length: 53" from top of inner edge of the bodice to hem. The ribbons extend above the top edge of the bodice from 1.5-2.5"

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5758

Reference Photos: Spring 1983 Thierry Mugler.

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