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The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion

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Yves Saint Laurent, Paris (French, founded 1962)
Yves Saint Laurent (French, b. Algeria, 1936–2008)
Two Ensembles, fall/winter 1976–1977
Left: Red silk chiffon; green silk faille; green silk velvet; multicolored, printed silk chiffon; Length at CB (a): 23 1/2 in. (59.7 cm) Length at CB (b): 43 in. (109.2 cm) Overall (d): 99 1/2 x 45 in. (252.7 x 114.3 cm); Right: Red silk faille crepe with bead embroidery; red faille and gold braid; red twill with soutache trim; Length at CB (a): 27 in. (68.6 cm) Length at CB (b): 44 1/2 in. (113 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gifts of Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1979 (1979.329.6a–d) and (1979.329.7a–c)
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