Yves Saint Laurent

Check out this print ad for YSL, featuring a back-buttoned take on the classic checkered skirt.

The skirt comes from the YSL Spring 2007 collection - you can see it here on the runway:

Backstage

The major sites covering runway shows, like style.com and firstview.com, almost never feature photographs of the models' backs - even if the designers took time to add rear detail. Sometimes the only way to catch some of the back buttoned details is via the backstage photos, like this one from the Yves St. Laurent Fall 2006 collection.


And here are a couple from the Spring 2006 collection by Proenza Schouler.

Intro

So why a blog about back-buttoned apparel? Well, why not. Just about everything else has its sites and blogs, but few exist about this particular topic. A distinctly feminine detail, it was frequently in use historically, but seen fairly rarely today among adult clothing. So here I'll point out some modern examples, like this pretty black dress from Yves St. Laurent's Fall 2000 collection:


So that's about it. Please feel free to comment, especially to share any of your own finds.