Fantastic Fall 1986 Yves Saint Laurent Runway Strapless Deep Purple-Blue Hand Gathered Velvet Dress designer-ruben-panis The dress is absolutely wonderful

The dress is absolutely wonderful and it really showcases the higher end work that the label was capable of

The bodice is cut to skim over you and the shoulders extend out to the sleeves with no seam there

Built in boning through the bodice

The design is based on a classic sleeved

early North Beach Leather set is entirely hand stencilled by the infamous Ken Fung

Fantastic Fall 1986 Yves Saint Laurent Runway Strapless Deep Purple-Blue Hand Gathered Velvet Dress designer-ruben-panis The dress is absolutely wonderfulThe twin of the dress walk the runway for the Fall 1986 collection. It was made under the creative direction of Yves Saint Laurent On the runway it was shown in both this colour and also in a red. The dress is constructed in a way that creates its unusual gathered velvet technique. It is also what gives it an amazing tactile feel when its touched. The colour of the velvet is a beautiful deep purple that in certain lights has a touch of a blue