Cover  By Saint Laurent, a great jewelled evening look: long, narrow aubergine jersey dress, the sleeves and turtle neck of bright pink jersey beautifully embroidered and beaded. It is one of his designs to be in the State of Israel Bonds Organisation's annual fashion show. Each year this venture travels America and this year for the first time it is to open in Israel-in Jerusalem on December 1-with Yves Saint Laurent the star of the evening. Photograph by Jeanloup Sieff.
Photographers  Brian Duffy, Jean-Loup Sieff

FASHION AND BEAUTY
66 Very Important Presents, photos Brian Duffy
76 The great indoors: the shirtwaisters; cover-ups; Vogue Patterns
82 Gem session
86 The 31 ideal
90 Young Ideo's time switch; head winds of change
104 Beauty: the art of camouflage
106 Party people, photos Jean-Loup Sieff
112 The grand gesture, by Saint Laurent, photos Irving Penn
125 Worm winter night flights

PEOPLE AN D IDEAS
5 Spotlight
65 In Vogue
74 I like Christmas ...
84 Religious art--in isolation
88 Some grousing wishes, by Mary Holland
96 Roves in retrospect
102 The precious fake

SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS
40 Shop Hound sets the festive scene
110 Gifts for the gourmet, by Robert Carrier
115 Travel in Vogue: The loose loves carved on the temple of stones, by Roderick Cameron
123 Monte Carlo, by Barbaro Tims
129 A Christmas to remember
137 Spotlight on eating out
144 Hostess page, by Elizabeth Kendall
149 Books for cooks, by Robert Carrier