1968 Bill Blass Museum Documented Silver Thread Pattern in Brown Velvet Jacket designer-bonwit-teller The top slips on with

The top slips on with elastic through the neckline and shoulders

Note that this one is flawed - there are areas of a very

The cut is simple and very chic with a wrapped front that gives you a nice plunging V

The dress is a simple sheath with little capped sleeves to give it that chanel shoulder Karl loved

There is a wide inner waist stay that hooks to close and the inner dress zips to close

1968 Bill Blass Museum Documented Silver Thread Pattern in Brown Velvet Jacket designer-bonwit-teller The top slips on withBill Blass became the head designer at Maurice Rentner in 1959 and soon after that his name started to appear on the labels. In 1970 he bought out the Maurice Rentner label and re launched it under his own name. These Bill Blass for Maurice Rentner pieces are some of his earliest and you will find many of them, like the twin of this coat, in museum collections throughout the world. A version of the coat was also shot on Verushka that year. It is