1968 Bill Blass Museum Documented Silver Thread Pattern in Brown Velvet Jacket designer-bonwit-teller The collar is large and

The collar is large and oversized

Each sleeve is quite special with a huge turned up cuff that ends in two angled points

The top slips on with elastic through the neckline and shoulders

The cut is simple and very chic with a wrapped front that gives you a nice plunging V

The dress is a simple sheath with little capped sleeves to give it that chanel shoulder Karl loved

1968 Bill Blass Museum Documented Silver Thread Pattern in Brown Velvet Jacket designer-bonwit-teller The collar is large andBill 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