Orange dress with sash by Yves Saint Laurent

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Orange floral dress (a) with sash (b) by Yves Saint Laurent. The dress (a) has a high round neck with no collar, full-length tapered sleeves, and falls at the knee. It is gathered around the waistband to create a full skirt, with the gathered seam covered by the sash (b). There is a slit at the proper left front side of the skirt that reaches all the way to the waist seam, with fabric overlapping slightly. The dress is made from a wool and silk blend fabric with a floral design in red, orange, yellow, and metallic gold threads. It closes at the center back with four (4) large gold metal buttons and one (1) hook-and-eye at the top, and also at the proper left underarm along the side seam with five (5) metal snaps and two (2) metal hook-and-eyes.

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