Flower girl ensemble — Yves Saint Laurent

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Artist: Yves Saint Laurent
Date: 1976
Medium: (a) silk, metallic thread, cotton, nylon, metal, glass
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Collection: Costume Institute
Culture: French
Credit line: Gift of Yves Saint Laurent, 1978

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