Fall 1983 Ady Couture Lausanne for Yves Saint Laurent Silk Black Velvet Bodice Dress w Emerald Green Silk Skirt designer-gina-frattini The label was a favorite

The label was a favorite of fashion insiders and was worn by It girls and rock stars

The elastic in the shoulder does seem to be partially gone in some places so I think this one hangs perhaps a bit more off then shoulder then originally intended but I have chosen to leave it as all original and sell it for less then what I would normally price it for

The bodice is entirely cut on the bias leaving it loose around the waist

By 1944 she had been awarded the Coty award

Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam with stretch

Fall 1983 Ady Couture Lausanne for Yves Saint Laurent Silk Black Velvet Bodice Dress w Emerald Green Silk Skirt designer-gina-frattini The label was a favoriteThis 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