1981 Yves Saint Laurent Embroidered Silk Taffeta Full Maxi Skirt designer-biba The full skirt is balanced

The full skirt is balanced by a nipped in waist and this is exactly the balance between the shoulder and skirt that one desires with dresses from this period

Flat knife pleats run down each side at the front and down the center of the back as well

The color is unbelievable and it would have been dyed by hand and then had that amazingly beautiful print screened onto it a complex layered technique

I am almost certain that this is an unlabeled Oscar de la Renta boutique dress

1981 Yves Saint Laurent Embroidered Silk Taffeta Full Maxi Skirt designer-biba The full skirt is balancedIn an amazing testament to construction and pure joy of form, this extravagant full length skirt by Yves Saint Laurent is perfection. The skirt is made of a rich combination of a black silk taffeta that has a scattering of little embellishments that to me look like little flames. Each of these are individually embroidered into the fabric with a coral red edging and a metallic gold thread center. These cover the surface of the skirt quite extensively