Fall 1979 Bill Blass Ivory Silk Ruffle on Ink Black Velvet Strapless Dress designer-attico This fabric allowed his prints

This fabric allowed his prints to be displayed at maximum advantage

It bodice skims over the torso and has pretty flat bows at the top of the shoulder

The care to piece this together after carefully hand dying it this color must have taken hours and hours

The sleeves are left unlined and are very wide and cut and set on an angle giving them an almost kimono feel

Fall 1979 Bill Blass Ivory Silk Ruffle on Ink Black Velvet Strapless Dress designer-attico This fabric allowed his printsI am very pleased to begin presenting a collection of Bill Blass pieces from a woman who was a close personal friend of Mr. Blass for many years. Many of these pieces were custom made or tweaked specifically for her and all of them are in exquisite condition, having been stored and cared for properly over the years. These are rare and hard to find example of his work from the late 1970s and into the 1980s. Some may be the only version of its kind that