Fall 1991 Ady Couture Lausanne Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Copy Wool Patchwork Suit w Silk Top designer-emma-domb The contrasting band of fabric

The contrasting band of fabric on the bottom is a piece that is added

To accomplish this it would have had to have been all pre-planned out prior to cutting that fabric so that the print would exactly follow the cut and lines of the dress

Reference Photos: (1-2) S/S 1999 Thierry Mugler Runway Collection

The print is crisp and it looks fresh and new

The dress has a halter style bodice that is bordered with a contrasting print

Fall 1991 Ady Couture Lausanne Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Copy Wool Patchwork Suit w Silk Top designer-emma-domb The contrasting band of fabricThis 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