1968 Giorgio Sant'Angelo Purple Applique Velvet Dress w Wood Bead Fringe designer-yves-saint-laurent The romper is cut with

The romper is cut with a scoop neckline and  the body is almost like a little A-line dress in shape - it is cut loose and easy through the body and widens out as it near the hem

It is a work of art from one of the great creators of our time

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

light wool jersey and simply slips on and you hook it into place at the waist

pastel sweetness

1968 Giorgio Sant'Angelo Purple Applique Velvet Dress w Wood Bead Fringe designer-yves-saint-laurent The romper is cut withWhen 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