Incredible Fall 1979 Bill Blass Couture Red Silk Chiffon Dress w Gold Sequins & Mink Cuffs designer-jean-louis-scherrer Reference Photo: Berkley Johnson in

Reference Photo: Berkley Johnson in Pierre Cardin by Jeanloup Sieff

Full width across: 48"

The neckline is the absolute star of the dress a wide wide panel of hand cut silk is hand applied to form almost a bib of what at first glance appears to be feathers

but enough of a weight that when it is on the body

Vogue's Sarah Mower said in part of this collection

Incredible Fall 1979 Bill Blass Couture Red Silk Chiffon Dress w Gold Sequins & Mink Cuffs designer-jean-louis-scherrer Reference Photo: Berkley Johnson inI have had the twin of this dress in the shop a few years ago and I was very pleased to find another. Since we have had that original dress we happened to find the runway photo of the dress firmly dating it to Fall 1979. A similar version of this dress was worn by Slim Keith to attend the Met Museum Gala that year. We have also included a couple of shots of me in the one we had previously to give you an idea of how it is on. And a note to those who