1968 Bill Blass Museum Documented Brown Velvet & Silver Thread Coat designer-halston Note that this was photoed

Note that this was photoed on a size 2 mannequin and barely fit

Bust: open with no true side seams through the bust area

A fine lace net sits over an inner nude silk lining and I love how it is constructed so that the lace feels more opaque as it nears the bottom

Personally I would wear as is and not be bothered about it at all as it is very even and very light

1968 Bill Blass Museum Documented Brown Velvet & Silver Thread Coat designer-halston Note that this was photoedBill 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