Yves Saint Laurent Pencil Skirt

Size: US 2, verified in store by the Second Season expert.

Label: 38 (French sizing of the original brand).

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

Measured flat: waist 31 cm (12.2 in), length 55 cm (21.7 in).

Condition: very good, pre-owned

Fully lined

Brand: Yves Saint Laurent

Colour: midnight navy, tone-on-tone satin side stripe

Cut: pencil, knee length, high waist, fitted flat waistband with shallow pleats, inverted kick pleat at the front

Closure: side zip, waist tab and hook

Line: Rive Gauche

Made in: France

Did you know? On 26 September 1966, Saint Laurent became the first couturier to open a ready-to-wear boutique under his own name, at 21 rue de Tournon in Paris. Rather than a lower priced version of haute couture, he conceived this ready-to-wear as a completely separate collection.