Collection Online

Ensemble
1971 {autumn-winter 1971–72}

Medium
wool, leather

Measurements
(a) 49.0 (centre back) 35.4 cm (width) (vest)
(b) 2.4 × 38.3 cm (belt)
(c) 116.5 cm (centre back) 36.2 cm (waist, flat) (dress)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty and the Campbell-Pretty Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2018
© Yves Saint Laurent, Paris

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
France

Inscription
(a) label, centre back, woven in black and red on white synthetic fabric: MADE IN/ FRANCE / SAINT LAURENT / rive gauche / PARIS
(b) stamped in silver on brown leather: YVES SAINT LAURENT / PARIS

Accession Number
2018.330.a-c

Department
International Fashion and Textiles

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

Physical description
Long sleeve dress with high collar, button down front, box pleated skirt to mid-calf worn under multi-coloured vest and burgundy leather belt. The dress is patterned with camel, red, oyster and green on a black ground.