1968 Bill Blass Museum Documented Brown Velvet & Silver Thread Coat designer-biba There is a small discreet

There is a small discreet slit on the front and also at the back that gives you ease of movement through the skirt

The silk used is very lightweight and the fabric really holds the shape of the skirt beautifully

Best of all the dated tag gives us the exact year it's from

The entire front is covered with little detailing of pink rhinestones surrounded by beading and placed on top of a little circle of silk organza

I am fairly certain that this is from the 1997 collection

1968 Bill Blass Museum Documented Brown Velvet & Silver Thread Coat designer-biba There is a small discreetBill 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