1968 Bill Blass Metallic Vogue Documented Metallic Gold & Blue Coat or Dress designer-vetements Perhaps a touch richer in

Perhaps a touch richer in color in person

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

The semi-transparency is also used in the deep V in the back and for the last couple of inches of the hem

full sleeves with a cuff are the perfect finish

1968 Bill Blass Metallic Vogue Documented Metallic Gold & Blue Coat or Dress designer-vetements Perhaps a touch richer inBill 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