Rare 1950s Sophie Gimbel of Saks Fifth Avenue Black Silk Ribbed Textured Dress z-archive-pinks The dress retails its tags

The dress retails its tags

In addition to tall of that I have included a snap of the original sketch and fabric swatches from the boxed book set "Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture: L'oeuvre Integral 1962-2002"

Item# E488

A ring of paste rhinestones are applied directly to the fabric and this turns into the centre tassel

Elle France

Rare 1950s Sophie Gimbel of Saks Fifth Avenue Black Silk Ribbed Textured Dress z-archive-pinks The dress retails its tagsThis wonderful little black dress is from the time period that Sophie Gimbel was designing the Saks in house ready to wear line. Her pieces were very expensive and she was known as being one of the best designers in America. Most were as close to demi couture as one could get at this time and like this one, had extraordinary little details and were extremely well made. Sophie worked at Saks from 1931 through to 1969 and the label on this one dates it