Wonderful c.1974 Yves Saint Laurent Brilliant Floral Print Strapless Cotton Dress w Top Stitched Gathers designer-bottega-veneta Both the jacket and skirt

Both the jacket and skirt are fully lined in silk with ribbon edge finishes and hand finished

It zippers to close at the front and has pockets on each side

This creates a substantial pattern at the front of the caftan and around the back of the neck and also finished each cuff

The pelts are soft and supple and have a bit of a pale almost blush undertone to them in certain lights

Comprised of huge smoky stones strung and separated with filigreed gold spacers

Wonderful c.1974 Yves Saint Laurent Brilliant Floral Print Strapless Cotton Dress w Top Stitched Gathers designer-bottega-veneta Both the jacket and skirtThis dress has a print that was used in and around the 1974 collections. Similar prints were also used slightly earlier. It was made under the creative direction of Yves Saint Laurent The colours in the cotton are amazing. It has held the colour extremely well and they are as crisp and vibrant as the day it went on the shop floor. Yves was a master at choosing the fabrics that were the perfect compliment to the prints that he used. This dress is no