A day dress of beige crêpe, the front opening bodice with press-stud fastening, high neckline and bat-wing three-quarter length sleeves, to a pleated knee-length skirt over a straight skirt and bow detailing to waistline, labelled YVES SAINT LAURENT, P.E. 1962 No 15, FIRST YEARS GROUP
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A day dress of beige crêpe, the front opening bodice with press-stud fastening, high neckline and bat-wing three-quarter length sleeves, to a pleated knee-length skirt over a straight skirt and bow detailing to waistline, labelled YVES SAINT LAURENT, P.E. 1962 No 15, FIRST YEARS GROUP

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A day dress of beige crêpe, the front opening bodice with press-stud fastening, high neckline and bat-wing three-quarter length sleeves, to a pleated knee-length skirt over a straight skirt and bow detailing to waistline, labelled YVES SAINT LAURENT, P.E. 1962 No 15, FIRST YEARS GROUP
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Provenance
Part of one of Yves Saint Laurent's early collections. A contemporary black and white photograph illustrating Madame de Mérindol modelling the dress with Yves Saint Laurent in his studio was re-produced on the front cover of Figaro Madame on the 19th January 2002
Exhibited
The Yves Saint Laurent exhibition held at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from December 14 1983 to September 2, 1984
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

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