Well Documented Spring 1992 Yves Saint Laurent Ad Campaign Pouf Sleeve Silk Pink Floral Dress designer-norman-hartnell The fabric is a silk

The fabric is a silk chiffon and it has little medallions woven through the silk that I like to think are stylized four leaf clovers

Very light and easy to wear but would wear well and not wrinkle easily

I love the floral print with its pink colour palette

The fabric is signed on the inner hem salvage "Summer Day" by Boll Poole for Onondaga Silk - who were a US based silk mill that provided custom fabric for couture and high end design houses as far back as 1933

These glimmer in the light and add an extra layer of texture

Well Documented Spring 1992 Yves Saint Laurent Ad Campaign Pouf Sleeve Silk Pink Floral Dress designer-norman-hartnell The fabric is a silkI recently had a version of this dress in the shop that had a darker backdrop to the flowers. I am so pleased to have another one so soon. This one is even a little more special because it is an exact match to the one we have so much documentation on. The twin of this dress was used for the 1992 ad campaign that was shot by Helmut Newton. That campaign featured the beautiful Karen Mulder. It was also featured in Vogue that season on the equally