Spring 2004 Yves Saint Laurent by Tom Ford Black Silk Chiffon Dress designer-bill-blass Off the hanger it looks

Off the hanger it looks like a bot of nothing but once on the mannequin I realized that it has very good lines and drape

It still retains its little early size tag at the neck and was created with some of the best sequin work I have ever encountered

In the book Alexander McQueen these feather capes are remarked up in particular as being a nod to the Native American culture

Reference runway photo: VogueRunway

Spring 2004 Yves Saint Laurent by Tom Ford Black Silk Chiffon Dress designer-bill-blass Off the hanger it looks"It was woman as dandy." declared Tom Ford. That was his comment to Vogue's Sarah Mower. Her review talked about 'the sinuous twenties and thirties feel he (Ford) melded into satins and chiffons for YSL's Spring collection. Together with the major frizzed hairdos and sexy high heeled spectator shoes in leather and canvas, it added up to a new silhouette for the tall, sexually in control woman Ford envisions as the spirit of modern YSL.' She went on to