Fall 1985 Unlabeled Ady Couture for YSL Black Silk Hip Swag Dress w Pink Bow Print designer-tina-lesser The pants slip on to

The pants slip on to wear with elastic on the waist and pockets on each hip

This dress is fitted and has lots of lovely details you just don't find in modern versions

I love how the striping of the ribbon applique has been used to define the neck

I am very pleased to have found not only the date of the collection that this skirt is from but the dramatic video clip showing the runway footage of the piece in action as it was twirled and show to its greatest advantage on the runway

one on a sleeve and one on the back shoulder

Fall 1985 Unlabeled Ady Couture for YSL Black Silk Hip Swag Dress w Pink Bow Print designer-tina-lesser The pants slip on toThis 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