1968 Giorgio Sant'Angelo Purple Applique Velvet Dress w Wood Bead Fringe designer-yves-saint-laurent There is a hole along

There is a hole along the hem on the black side where the silk thinned

The other cream Haite Couture dress from that same collection uses the same front button treatment but on the top whereas here it was done on the bottom portion of the dress

Hand finished inside and monogrammed "Stella Sharp" (which in our opinion is a pretty kick ass name)

The owner of this is motivated to sell and it is a brand new price now - about 1/2 of what it was previously

The romper is cut with a scoop neckline and  the body is almost like a little A-line dress in shape - it is cut loose and easy through the body and widens out as it near the hem

1968 Giorgio Sant'Angelo Purple Applique Velvet Dress w Wood Bead Fringe designer-yves-saint-laurent There is a hole alongWhen doing the research to date this lovely dress, I found two references to pieces where Sant'Angelo used the same wood bead fringe that this dress has to finish an edging. One on a jacket photoed on Verushka for Vogue and the other edging a vest that is held in the permanent archives of the Metropolitan Museum. Both were dated to 1968. I found no other images where he used that wood fringing so am confident that this was something particular to that