1968 Bill Blass Museum Documented Brown Velvet & Silver Thread Coat designer-yves-saint-laurent who also designed the Boutique

who also designed the Boutique lines

The last time I had this dress it was snatched up by Judy Aldridge of the Atlantis Home blog fame (and she just happens to by Jane Aldridge aka Sea of Shoes mom too)

Under this exterior is a matching dusty pink silk crepe inner dress

5" from top of bust to bottom hem

1968 Bill Blass Museum Documented Brown Velvet & Silver Thread Coat designer-yves-saint-laurent who also designed the BoutiqueBill 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