1968 Bill Blass Metallic Vogue Documented Metallic Gold & Blue Coat or Dress designer-vetements The effect is stark and

The effect is stark and dramatic but soft and feminine at the same time

Perhaps a touch richer in color in person

hand applied sequins are scattered over the fabric and follow the gold lines of the fabric

Done is a beautiful red with gold toned metal logo buttons

The top is unusual in that the straps come up and out of both the black layer of fabric and the purple layer

1968 Bill Blass Metallic Vogue Documented Metallic Gold & Blue Coat or Dress designer-vetements The effect is stark andBill 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. Blass was arguably one of the most famous of all the American