Fall 1982 Yves Saint Laurent Heart Print Black & White Suit Set designer-thierry-mugler The shape that you see

The shape that you see is all done with beautiful curving vertical seams so that there is no line to break the sweep of the eye

The dress that goes over these has a loose and easy cut that has an almost cape like feel to it

The bow in particular was an important element of the collections that year and it is the highlight on this dress

Item# JA46

Well made piece and has a Bonwitt Teller label

Fall 1982 Yves Saint Laurent Heart Print Black & White Suit Set designer-thierry-mugler The shape that you seeI have had a similar suit in the ship from the 1982 collection that had the musical note patterns from that year. I believe that this is from the same collection. Aside from the different print the cut is identical to that one I had. The heart print is an important one for Yves and he used it first in the 1971 collection that has since become a cornerstone collection. I have included some reference photos here so that you can see the progression from