Iconic Fall 1982 Ady Couture Lausanne for Yves Saint Laurent Silk Leopard Print Dress w Draped Panel designer-bill-blass The top is covered with

The top is covered with a scatter of little round faux pearls that are sewn on in a tighter pattern as you near the top of the shoulder

Covered and yet not

The ties are very long so really play off the luxury of the suede

Bodice: 15" from shoulder to the waist

Iconic Fall 1982 Ady Couture Lausanne for Yves Saint Laurent Silk Leopard Print Dress w Draped Panel designer-bill-blass The top is covered withThis 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