Spring 1978 Yves Saint Laurent Off Shoulder Voluminous Smock Dress designer-lanvin girl next door kind of

girl next door kind of way Halston has with his pieces

It is still very full without it as photoed

Reference photo by Rico Puhlmann for Harper's Bazaar

Museum worthy and in great condition

Spring 1978 Yves Saint Laurent Off Shoulder Voluminous Smock Dress designer-lanvin girl next door kind ofYves did a series of these oversized dresses that fell off the shoulder and into that great expanse of volume for the 1979 Haute Couture show and then that silhouette trickled down in the Rive Gauche collection that season and the next. This one is an unusual example of the look in that it is made out of a light and airy cotton voile rather then his usual silk taffeta's and chiffon that you see more often. The dress is cut to be very oversized and has