Exceptional Fall 1983 Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Runway Black Silk Wrap Dress w Bow Detail designer-yves-saint-laurent The design and use of

The design and use of drawstring ties to create shape on this suit is so very cutting edge for the time and to be quite frank

It holds you in and sculpts the body but without the elastic of a true "bandage" dress

The bodice is strapless with an attached tie at the centre that ties up and around the neck to hold it in place

/  (6) Rita Ora

Exceptional Fall 1983 Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Runway Black Silk Wrap Dress w Bow Detail designer-yves-saint-laurent The design and use ofThe twin of this dress walked the runway for the Fall 1983 YSL Haute Couture collection. It was made under the creative direction of Yves Saint Laurent. The dress would have been completely made by hand in the Paris atelier In this collection Yves paid homage to Paris. He told French Vogue that the collection was dedicated to "the prestige of Paris, as I knew it when I first arrived That is why it reflects many things from my youth, my first