This a great little black dress by Yves Saint Laurent. I love that to wear it you just slip your arms through the straps and the it just wraps around you and buttons in place to close.  This wraps it around your curves in the most fantastic way. The fabric is a black cotton that is heavy enough to give the dress some structure. At the front the wrap creates a deep V and the top payer creates a curve of fabric that runs past the nipped in waist and over to the side of the hip. The straps are wide and gathered into where they attach to the top. The curve over each shoulder and dip down the back to meet in the middle. This leaves most of your upper back exposed and bare. The skirt chic pencil silhouette.. I love the bold square cut white buttons with their faceted finish at their tops. These are what keep the dress in place and act as an anchor to the straps at the front end at the back. On the side opposite to where it buttons there is a slash pockets on the one hip. This not only adds an easy feel to the dress when you are wearing it but also adds to the illusion of more shape and balances the curve created by the buttons on the other side. This slight flare at the top help give the hips a bit of an hourglass feel. Everything about the cut of the dress is done to highlight the curves of the body. It is wonderful. Excellent condition

The skirt is lined in a black silk and the bodice is unlined. It wraps and closes with buttons and hidden snaps and flat hooks along the inner waist. A pocket on one hip. Tagged a YSL 38. You could potentially move the buttons and snaps to get up to half an inch to an inch up or down from the listed measurements.

Bust: to 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist at inner waist stay: 13" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: approx 15" from top of bodice to waist
Skirt: 21" from waist to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD4172

This garment has been professionally cleaned, pressed and is odor free. Thoroughly checked over before shipping, it will be ready to wear upon arrival.