Fall 1980 Bill Blass Couture Sequin Skirt & Organza Pouf Top Dress Set designer-geoffrey-beene The skirt is also fitted

The skirt is also fitted and just below the knee

It closes at the back with a series of hand covered snaps down the back and these also close the exterior skirt over the zipper that closes the inner lining

It is strapless and the base of the dress is elasticized so that it is like wearing a tube top

The fabric is lighter in weight then you would think at first glance

photographed by Kourken Pakchanian from Vogue

Fall 1980 Bill Blass Couture Sequin Skirt & Organza Pouf Top Dress Set designer-geoffrey-beene The skirt is also fittedI 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