1968 Giorgio Sant'Angelo Purple Applique Velvet Dress w Wood Bead Fringe designer-yves-saint-laurent Hand finished inside and monogrammed

Hand finished inside and monogrammed "Stella Sharp" (which in our opinion is a pretty kick ass name)

There is a hole along the hem on the black side where the silk thinned

Shoulders: approx 14" but no true seam

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

The inner dress is as simple sheath with a low plunging bodice made of a double layer of the fabric and is cut with a deep plunge

1968 Giorgio Sant'Angelo Purple Applique Velvet Dress w Wood Bead Fringe designer-yves-saint-laurent Hand finished inside and monogrammedWhen 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