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Designer: Yves Saint Laurent

1936-2008

Medium: Silver snakeskin with black suede
Date: 1977
Country: France
Credit: Gift of Arthur Schwartz
Retro styles were popular throughout the 1970s. Yves Saint Laurent’s “gangster suit” for women, with broad, padded shoulders and pronounced stripes, was perfectly in keeping with high-heeled oxfords and a fedora worn at a rakish angle. The desire for retro continued into the1980s, when many businessmen adopted suspenders and classic ties to go with their “power suits.”
Object Number: 79.169.8
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