Rare Yves Saint Laurent Fall Winter 1988 skirt suit in magenta, teal and navy, a design seen on the runway that season and shown in the exhibition Yves Saint Laurent: Formes at the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris in 2023 and 2024.

The jacket is pieced from panels of matte and satin-faced cloth: magenta shoulders, teal side panels, a slate green center front, periwinkle triangles at the peplum, navy sleeves and a plain black back. Every seam is outlined in black braid, which gives the whole front the look of a hand-drawn diagram. The neckline is collarless and round, and five faceted black buttons close it down the center front. Strong padded shoulders sit over a fitted waist, and the hem flares into a short peplum. The matching skirt is a straight teal pencil cut with a gathered waistband, a pointed button tab and a side zip.

Wear the full suit for its intended, sharply graphic effect, or break it up and pair the jacket with black tailoring and the skirt with a simple knit. This is Saint Laurent's art- and architectural-inspired colorblocking, and the complete jacket and skirt together is the way collectors look for it.

Measurements laid flat: US S-M

Jacket
Shoulder to shoulder: 46cm / 18.1in
Chest: 47cm / 18.5in flat (37in circumference)
Length: 60cm / 23.6in
Hem: 55cm / 21.7in flat (43.3in circumference)
Sleeve: 57cm / 22.4in
Neckline width: 19cm / 7.5in

Skirt
Waist: 33cm / 13in flat (26in circumference)
Hips: 43cm / 16.9in flat (33.9in circumference)
Length: 54cm / 21.3in