{"product_id":"1991-yves-saint-laurent-cotton-safari-dress","title":"1991 Yves Saint Laurent Cotton Safari Dress","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis safari dress was designed by Yves Saint Laurent for the Spring\/Summer 1991 collection, revisiting one of the house’s most important and enduring designs. Saint Laurent first introduced the safari jacket on the runway in 1967; by 1969 it had entered his Rive Gauche ready-to-wear collections and would be reworked many times throughout his career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis example was acquired by Circa in Paris from a prominent YSL fashion archive sale more than a decade ago and bears no conventional designer, size or composition labels, retaining only an obscure archive or model number. An almost identical version of this dress was shown on the Spring\/Summer 1991 runway, cut with long sleeves and styled with a wide woven leather belt. The design has exaggerated shoulders, short batwing sleeves and a sharply cinched waist. Tailored from substantial khaki cotton, the dress has an open collar with wide lapels and a button-through front finished with large tortoiseshell-effect buttons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour oversized patch pockets sit across the bust and skirt, each with a buttoned flap closure, retaining the utilitarian character of Saint Laurent’s original safari designs while exaggerating their proportions. Belt loops circle the waist, although the original belt, if indeed the dress had one, no longer remains. The garment is unlined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn excellent vintage condition with no issues of any note. As an archive piece, it has no conventional size or care labels, so please refer to the sizing information below. Its a generous size and we estimate a good fit for up to a UK 12 or US 8 and bigger if you have a good waist measurement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMEASUREMENTS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBUST - 44 in. (112 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWAIST - 30 in. (76 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHIP - 52 in. (132 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLENGTH - 45.5 in. (116 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CIRCA VINTAGE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57202340135290,"sku":null,"price":595.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0398\/5978\/1798\/files\/1980s_Yves_Saint_Laurent_Cotton_Safari_Dress_1_514fd35d-0963-4449-bae7-44bf4fdee3c6.jpg?v=1787658657","url":"https:\/\/www.circavintage.com\/products\/1991-yves-saint-laurent-cotton-safari-dress","provider":"CIRCA VINTAGE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}