Yves Saint Laurent Pleated Skirt

Size: US 4, verified in store by the Second Season expert.

Fit: low-rise, sits at the top of the hips.

Brand note: Rive Gauche skirts and trousers tend to run small at the waist.

Measured flat: waist 38 cm (15.0 in), length 50 cm (19.7 in).

Condition: very good, pre-owned

Brand: Yves Saint Laurent

Colour: magenta, tonal pink buttons

Cut: mini, drop waist sitting at the top of the hips, pleats stitched flat over the hips opening into a flared hem, wide contoured waistband with pointed buttoned tabs front and back

Closure: concealed back zip

Pockets: 2 decorative flap pockets at the hips, each with a tonal button

Line: Rive Gauche

Did you know? On 26 September 1966, Saint Laurent became the first couturier to open a ready-to-wear boutique under his name, at 21 rue de Tournon in Paris's 6th arrondissement. He conceived this ready-to-wear as a completely separate collection, not as a lower priced version of haute couture.