Spring 1985 Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Pink Silk Dress w Purple Bodice & Long Front Panel Detail designer-hermes / (4) Alexandra Shipp in

/  (4) Alexandra Shipp in Valentino during Paris Fashion Week

This was the strongest dress of the collection and its twin was worn by Halle Berry that year and also in a blue version by Jennifer Garner

It simply slips on and then molds to your body from head to toe with the fabric conforming to your curves

Woven through that is a muted gold thread that adds a soft metallic shimmer over the entire dress

You just slip it over the head and you are done

Spring 1985 Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Pink Silk Dress w Purple Bodice & Long Front Panel Detail designer-hermes / (4) Alexandra Shipp inThis amazing dress is from the Spring 1985 Haute Couture collection. It was made under the creative direction of Yves Saint Laurent. The dress would have been made completely by hand in the Paris atelier. The reference photo we found is of a version with a different sleeved, more covered bodice but has that same long front trailing panel down the front. The dress has a very Old Hollywood 1940s feel that I love. This is an era that Yves often touched