1968 Bill Blass Metallic Vogue Documented Metallic Gold & Taupe Brown Coat or Dress promo Andre Courreges began his career

Andre Courreges began his career at Balenciaga and when he did suits you can see the influence of that strict tailoring mixed with the mod and easy style of street wear at the time

Inside the bodice of the inner dress is a beautifully made silk satin corset that is boned

The collection is luxurious and romantic but melancholic and even austere at the same time

The colors are as brilliant as they were the day this was made and the print makes it instantly recognizable as being a Pucci

I have put filling in the sleeves so you can see how lovely they are

1968 Bill Blass Metallic Vogue Documented Metallic Gold & Taupe Brown Coat or Dress promo Andre Courreges began his careerBill 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