Fall 1989 Ady Couture Lausanne Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Copy Green Metallic Suit designer-ruben-panis with a more fitted bodice

with a more fitted bodice and then gently widens out until it reaches the hem

You can get a sense of just how much movement it has in that wonderful reference photo I have added here

Jenny Lewis "dazzled the fashion world with her exquisite Chinese silk gowns

It closes with a gold frame and clasp and has gorgeous gold chains for the handles and more gold is picked up on the bottom with the little notched gold feet

It weighs ounces and is a very pretty 40s piece

Fall 1989 Ady Couture Lausanne Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Copy Green Metallic Suit designer-ruben-panis with a more fitted bodiceThis dress was made by hand in the atelier of Ady Couture who was based in Lausanne Switzerland. Ady herself was a couture trained seamstress and headed a team who had full permission of the Haute Couture houses she worked with to make the designs they showed in Paris for clients based in Switzerland and the surrounding areas. She would purchase the couture fabrics from the couture houses along with the patterns and then make the actual dresses in her