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Cocktail ensemble

Yves Saint Laurent for Yves Saint Laurent1965/1966

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States

Cocktail ensemble: (a) dress of black bouclé with short sleeveless bodice bowed at neck and lower edge with black grosgrain, joined at CF waist to gathered skirt bound to match, leaving midriff partly bare. (b) Coat of black embroidered flowers and leaves with black pompom flower centers; waisted with moderately gathered skirt, collarless with wide black grosgrain bands at neck, waist, front closing and hems. Above knee length.

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  • Title: Cocktail ensemble
  • Creator: Yves Saint Laurent
  • Fashion House: Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, (French, founded 1961)
  • Location Created: Paris, France
  • Physical Dimensions: Length (a): 36 in. (91.4 cm) Length at CB (b): 38 1/4 in. (97.2 cm)
  • Season: fall/winter 1965–66
  • Type: dress
  • External Link: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Collection Online
  • Medium: silk, wool
  • Date Created: fall/winter 1965–66, 1965/1966
  • Culture: French
  • Creator Death Date: 2008
  • Creator Birth Date: 1936
  • Accession Number: 1977.115.17a, b
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