Dramatic 1970s Bill Blass Red Silk & Black Velvet Strapless 'Flame' Dress designer-leonard-paris Item# S805

Item# S805

Inside is a full boned bodice with garter belts attached as well as a series of inner hooked stays running down the back to hold the dress in place

Note there is a older

Dresses of this age are rarely 100% perfect and this one does have some small areas that are starting to show weakness

Dramatic 1970s Bill Blass Red Silk & Black Velvet Strapless 'Flame' Dress designer-leonard-paris Item# S805This is a striking little dress that is made from a combination of a heavy red silk and an inky black velvet. It is done to give the illusion that the red silk has been wrapped around the inner strapless black dress. To give more depth to that illusion a large swatch of the silk is gathered and wrapped over the bodice and then rises above one shoulder in the most dramatic way. This appears to anchor the fabric that wraps around the bodice to the back