1990s Yves Saint Laurent Black Stretch Jersey Strapless Dress w Original Hang Tag designer-richard-tyler Reference photo credit: unknown

Reference photo credit: unknown

The print is fine and detailed with Asian warriors prancing across the dress on battle dressed horses

Some of the butterflies are almost ghostly in the way that they are printed onto the silk and they are incredibly beautiful

As they reach the bottom hem they widen out and then are cinched back in with a tie that runs through the seam at the bottom

McQueen's idealisation of the feminine form continues with an exaggerated hour-glass silhouette

1990s Yves Saint Laurent Black Stretch Jersey Strapless Dress w Original Hang Tag designer-richard-tyler Reference photo credit: unknownThis is a great dress from YSL that still has its original Rive gauche hang tag on place. It is a dress whose strength lies in its simplicity. There is a certain sexiness caused by the illusion that the entire dress is just suspended in place on the body. And it actually is but in a way that it stays perfectly safe on the body. It is made from a deep black stretch jersey and there is also bands of elastic at the top of the bodice and at the seam under