Prettiest 1960s Yves Saint Laurent Stoffler Fabrics Yellow Brocade Dress w Clear Beads Pinks Bohemian Chic" Laura McLaws Helms

Bohemian Chic" Laura McLaws Helms and Venetia Porter

The dress is a fun piece with its bold stripes and dense coverage of sequins

The waist nips in with a soft bow detailing on one side and the fabric is gathered in and up towards this detail

Bodice: 15" from neck to actual

Prettiest 1960s Yves Saint Laurent Stoffler Fabrics Yellow Brocade Dress w Clear Beads Pinks Bohemian Chic" Laura McLaws HelmsThis dress is a fascinating little bit of the YSL history. In the late 1960s early 1970s you could buy YSL Vogue patterns and YSL approved fabrics in fabric stores and at fabric counters in the US and make a dress from an approved pattern book. This pattern book was a guide that recommended which sewing patterns went with the approved fabrics. Stoffler was one of the fabric distributors for this project and this dress has the label showing that