1968 Bill Blass Museum Documented Silver Thread Pattern in Brown Velvet Jacket designer-marni In October of 1953

In October of 1953

nips it in at the waist and skims to over the hips to a long

This dress is no exception to that rule with its riot of bright flowers covering its surface

Hips: 21" flat across from side seam to side seam the inside dress

1968 Bill Blass Museum Documented Silver Thread Pattern in Brown Velvet Jacket designer-marni In October of 1953Bill 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