Iconic Fall 1982 Ady Couture Lausanne for Yves Saint Laurent Silk Leopard Print Dress w Draped Panel designer-frank-usher and a long fluid skirt

and a long fluid skirt

This tops a simple skirt that curves over the hips and widens out a touch as it nears the hem

Five jewelled buttons on each sleeve for a total of 17 crystal buttons

In 1981 he added a ready-to-wear line called Vollbracht Too of which this set is from

Sleeves: approx 21" from natural shoulder

Iconic Fall 1982 Ady Couture Lausanne for Yves Saint Laurent Silk Leopard Print Dress w Draped Panel designer-frank-usher and a long fluid skirtThis dress was made by hand in the atelier of Ady Couture who was based in Lausanne Switzerland. Ady herself was a couture trained seamstress and headed a team who had full permission of the Haute Couture houses she worked with to make the designs they showed in Paris for clients based in Switzerland and the surrounding areas. She would purchase the couture fabrics from the couture houses along with the patterns and then make the actual dresses in her