An Hommage to YSL



If I could dress Anne Hathaway for the Oscars, this would be one choice

In an attempt to save time becasue I was running out of the house to go meet some fabulous friends for brunch at City Cafe, I forgot to post this watercolor creation inspired by the great Yves Saint Laurent. Since the Oscars are coming up, I thought that Anne Hathaway could wear this dress during the telecast of the Oscars on February 27. I'm very aware (and not suggesting she should contact me) that she already has hundreds of dresses at her disposal and I'm sure she's got a lot of little people running around Los Angeles and New York (all over Europe) collecting dresses for her to wear. I hope she gets to change gowns at least seven (7) times during what seems to always be a 10 hours show; it's her duty to look great and to showcase some fabulous fashions. She'll probably won't get another chance, so she might as well milk this opportunity dry.

I designed this gown after watching the great documentary I mentioned in the previous post. I studied Yves Saint Laurent when I was a fashion student at the Fashion Institute, thus, my interest in the man that gave women the safari jacket, beautiful peasant blouses, pantsuits and the Le Smoking tuxedo. And that's not all. I couldn't think of someone else other than Anne Hathaway to wear this beautiful royal blue gown that is infused with fantasy, sophistication and minimalism. The skirt is made-up of three layers of silk organza encrusted with royal blue Swarovsky crystals along the edge of each layer. The great voluminous skirt has a deep and long slit on the right side. The top is carefully draped and embedded with small diagonal flat pleats and again its covered with small royal blue Swarovski crystals that fall from the shoulders covering the beautiful princess sleeves and the sexy and modern neckline. This dress is feminine, sexy and powerful; characteristics of a YSL creation. Again, this is my personal interpretation of a modern Saint Laurent dress. Anne Hathaway would look ravishing and simply elegant.