1970s Bottle Green Yves Saint Laurent Velvet Smock Coat designer-malcolm-starr The print has art feeling

The print has art feeling paisley type design with contracting borders

It can be worn as a light evening coat since it opens completely Each sleeve buttons to close and there is one button missing on one cuff

Perhaps one of the most iconic of all the YSL pieces

Bodice: 13" from shoulder to top waist seam

Waist: 15-17" flat across from side seam to side seam

1970s Bottle Green Yves Saint Laurent Velvet Smock Coat designer-malcolm-starr The print has art feelingI love this great little Yves Saint Laurent coat made of a luxurious deep green velvet. The cut is loose and easy and reminds me a bit of a painter's smock with a nod to the renaissance period thrown in for good measure. The sleeves are fabulous with each of them cut wide and loose above the cuff. The body of the jacket is loose and full and it only has a closure at the top neck. The shoulders are strong and it widens as it nears the hem. The fullness