Dramatic 1970s Bill Blass Red Silk & Black Velvet Strapless 'Flame' Dress designer-louis-vuitton A faux button front has

A faux button front has four huge buttons set waist coat style

The upper arms are cut wide as was Yves signature cut in this period

Elastic through the waist  and bias cut silk allows for some flexibility in sizing

the edge of each inner seam is painstakingly wrapped in a thin banding of silk chiffon

Parts of the design that follow the silver curving parts have a fringe detailing made out of the tube beads

Dramatic 1970s Bill Blass Red Silk & Black Velvet Strapless 'Flame' Dress designer-louis-vuitton A faux button front hasThis is a striking little dress that is made from a combination of a heavy red silk and an inky black velvet. It is done to give the illusion that the red silk has been wrapped around the inner strapless black dress. To give more depth to that illusion a large swatch of the silk is gathered and wrapped over the bodice and then rises above one shoulder in the most dramatic way. This appears to anchor the fabric that wraps around the bodice to the back