Dramatic 1970s Bill Blass Red Silk & Black Velvet Strapless 'Flame' Dress designer-louis-vuitton I see one tiny storage

I see one tiny storage mark on one hip

Fully lined in a deep red silk with the sleeves left unlined

A faux button front has four huge buttons set waist coat style

the edge of each inner seam is painstakingly wrapped in a thin banding of silk chiffon

This cut was the height of sexy for this time period and considered very daring

Dramatic 1970s Bill Blass Red Silk & Black Velvet Strapless 'Flame' Dress designer-louis-vuitton I see one tiny storageThis 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