Sale 5001
London, South Kensington
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30 October 2008
Price realised
GBP 10,000
Estimate
YVES SAINT LAURENT (1936-2008) A TWO-PIECE 'SAFARI' SUIT 1968, khaki cotton drill, laced at the breast, the knickerbockers with leather-bound buckles, with designer's label Rive Gauche (2)
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Literature
A. Fukai (ed.), Fashion: The Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute, Cologne, 2002, pp.562-563 (examples illustrated)
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