Marie Saint Pierre couture, long dress set. Vintage Quebec. 90s.

Marie Saint-Pierre ensemble, couture designer. Long dress and jacket in shades of gold and copper.
Long sleeveless dress with a straight tube bodice with 2 thin double spaghetti straps and long dolman sleeve jacket.
The finesse of the assembly and the choice of the crumpled fabric which is placed like a tube gives an elegant, modern and timeless ensemble.
The 100% acetate crinkle fabric is soft and lightweight and is listed as one size.

Here are some articles picked up online that well describe the style and history of this prolific and talented Quebec designer.
"Marie Saint Pierre, a Montreal fashion designer known for her high-end women's ready-to-wear that combines luxury, functionality and performance. Inspired by architecture, she designs minimalist silhouettes with unexpected volumes, cut from technical materials."
The Crumpled (1995)
She opened her first boutique-workshop on Saint-Denis Street in Montreal. It was there that she imagined the famous crumpled fabric that would become her signature for many seasons.
"The fabric orders placed at the Première Vision Salon in Paris never arrived at Marie Saint Pierre's studio and, two weeks before the presentation in Toronto of the fall-winter 1995-1996 collection and the Paris fashion shows, Marie Saint Pierre had to find a solution. It was on rue Saint-Hubert that she bought "silk taffeta" and "boiled wool". She immersed some fabrics in salt water and, as they dried, the fabric creased. The challenge was to permanently fix this creased effect. "I put my creativity to work!"
The queen of crumpled fabric draws on the ages to create a timeless style that pushes the boundaries of functionality. Her signature: a new aesthetic that is both nostalgic and resolutely modern.
Her favorite materials, boiled wool, mesh, lace and crumpled taffeta, are nods to the past while being avant-garde in their treatment. “I don’t get hung up on trends. I have anchor points in the past, the present and the future,” says the designer.
His sense of line and deconstruction is reminiscent of that of Japanese designers.
"My clients are not fashion victims. They are committed women. You find them in concert halls, as well as at benefit evenings. They have both their feet in the arts and a social conscience."

Marie Saint Pierre has received numerous awards, including an Honorary Scholarship from the Montreal Fashion Group (1986), the Woolmark Canada Prize (1990) and the Vidal Sassoon Award for Designer of the Year chosen by buyers - Toronto, ready-to-wear (1995). In 2002, the Montreal Chamber of Commerce also named her a Perle rare for her community involvement and, in 2006, the YMCA awarded her the Femme de mérite award for her spirit of initiative in Quebec. In 2009, she was named a Knight of the NATIONAL ORDER OF QUEBEC, which recognizes her positive influence in the province.
She was the first fashion designer admitted to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2017.


Measurements taken flat:
Dress
Armpit to armpit: 21 1/4 inches or 54 cm.
Size: 12 1/2 inches to 16 inches stretched or 32 cm to 41 cm.
Length 52 inches or 132 cm.

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