Yves Saint Laurent Fall 1969 Purple Cotton Safari Jacket New arrivals Metal buttons

Metal buttons

Doubled breasted with fabric belt

66cm across waist (closed - hooks can be moved to accomodate larger waist up to 72-73cm)

Sleeves are cuffed without buttons and have enough room for layering

Features meters of blue silk tafetta

Yves Saint Laurent Fall 1969 Purple Cotton Safari Jacket New arrivals Metal buttonsExtremely rare and collectable piece part of the Rive Gauche legacy. Created as part of the 1969 ready to wear collection that featured pieces inspired by military uniforms, later called the 'saharienne' and so forth. Yves himself wore the khaki version to the opening of the Rive Gauche store in London in September 1969. Button up jacket that initially featured a placket and was later converted into a fully buttoning jacket by a talented tailor, the