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A WHITE SILK JERSEY GRECIAN WEDDING GOWN
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A WHITE SILK JERSEY GRECIAN WEDDING GOWN

YVES SAINT LAURENT, PRINTEMPS-ÉTÉ 1973

Fermé1 December 2011

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A WHITE SILK JERSEY GRECIAN WEDDING GOWN
YVES SAINT LAURENT, PRINTEMPS-ÉTÉ 1973
with high, empire line, softly draped bodice, with full, flowing sleeves
labelled Yves Saint Laurent, stamped 35745

Worn by Bettina, Dior's muse and model.

Note du spécialiste

L'Officiel - YSL Retrospective, 1973
Compare also Yves Saint Laurent Retrospective, Art Gallery of New
South Wales, 1987, page 120, dated 1973.

This wedding dress closed the catwalk show of 1973 and shocked the viewing public by its Grecian simplicity and lack of frills.

See sketch of this model, reproduced here by kind permission of the Pierre Bergé Foundation.