Vogue reflects on the finer details of fashion’s ultimate alternative wedding dress silhouette.

You’ll be hard-pressed to find a more frequently referenced bridal suit than that worn by Bianca Perez-Mora Macias on 13 May, 1971. Brides-to-be looking for the perfect wedding dress with a desire to swerve tradition will be particularly familiar with Yves Saint Laurent’s tailored two-piece, famously worn by the Nicaraguan socialite to marry Mick Jagger, nine months after meeting at a rock concert in France.