In 1969 women were foregoing dresses more and more and the pant suit was to become a major trend through the seventies
At the time this was cutting edge fabric and quite innovative
The combination of the classic 1960s orange and yellows with the starkness of the black is fantastic
highly collectible 1920s cut silk devore shawl is a masterpiece and really a work of art and has the added decadence of multi colored silk fringing giving it a ombre effect - I have never seen this before and it is amazing
The skirt sweeps the floor and literally has yards and yard of tulle that make it up
Rare Early 1980s Norma Kamali Sleeping Bag Coat designer-balmain In 1969 women were foregoingAs the legend goes, the sleeping bag coat was invented by Norma Kamali after a camping trip. From an interview with the NYTimes: "After splitting with her husband, Mohammed (Eddie) Kamali, in the mid 1970s, she took to camping in the woods with a boyfriend. It was cold, she recalled, and I was always getting up at night to go to the bathroom. On one particularly nippy night, she threw on her sleeping bag and sprinted for the bush. As I was running,