Description
This stunning vintage Bill Blass evening gown is from the designer's Spring Summer 1994 runway collection. The bold colors and unique design of the dress will take your breath away! The fabric is a luxurious smooth silk featuring oversized watercolor dots in lovely shades of orange, pink, red and lime green on a white background.
This is one of our favorite dresses this year and we especially love the signature Blass halter design that creates such a unique V panel in the front. Bill Blass showed this dress in a variety of colors on the runway and we are showing the dot version and a solid white version so you can see how the style of the dress looked when worn. Because this dress is one that probably won't ever come around again, we are so happy to have found it!
Bill Blass designed dresses for women who wanted to wear nothing but the very best and he really understood how to design for the uniquely American woman. Because he made it his mission to travel across the country and meet the buyers and and his clientele, he learned what women wanted to wear and respected the specific lifestyle and aesthetic of American women in particular. His reputation is unmatched as an American designer and his relationships with his clientele was something for which he was very determined to maintain. He will go down in history as one of the greatest American designers of all time.
Condition: Excellent
In order to best determine fit, measure yourself or a garment of a similar style that fits you well. Compare those measurements to those on the item description.
All of our pieces have been professionally cleaned and arrive ready to wear.
Measuring & Fit Guide
We offer a large selection of designers and manufacturers that span the 20th and early 21st century. Sizing varies greatly, so we have outlined our measuring and size estimating process.
The best way to know if a vintage item will fit you is to take a garment that fits you well, similar to the one you are interested in purchasing, and measure it the way we measure ours.
We lay all garments flat and measure as follows*:
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BUST - under arm to under arm across the front and then double that measurement. |
Measure the WAISTBAND, widest part of the HIPS, widest part of the THIGH on one leg and width of the CUFF, then double those measurements |
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WAIST - find the smallest part of the garment if there isn't an obvious seam for the waist and measure across and then double that measurement. |
LENGTH - Measure from the top of the waistband to the bottom of the cuff along the side seam. | |
| HIPS - Find the largest part of the hip area and measure flat, then double that measurement. | RISE - Measure from the crotch to the top of the waistband. | |
| LENGTH - from the nape of the neck or the top of the shoulders, depending on the style of garment. We will measure to the waist when applicable, so that you can determine if it will fit your torso, and then a waist down measurement. | INSEAM - Measure from the crotch to the bottom of the cuff along the inside seam. | |
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SLEEVES - measure from the top of the shoulder seam to the end of the sleeve. When we think that the arm opening is particularly small, we will provide that measurement as well.** |
*Fabrics with stretch will have some give, we will try to mention the range of measurements that will fit comfortably.
**With dolman sleeves, the size is an estimation based on the waist as the body seamlessly joins the sleeve. 
Feel free to email us with specific questions about specific measurements that we may not have included that you need to know in order to feel confident about your purchase. If you have a particularly long torso, short legs, long arms, etc.. we can help you determine whether or not a garment will work for your body.
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Description
This stunning vintage Bill Blass evening gown is from the designer's Spring Summer 1994 runway collection. The bold colors and unique design of the dress will take your breath away! The fabric is a luxurious smooth silk featuring oversized watercolor dots in lovely shades of orange, pink, red and lime green on a white background.
This is one of our favorite dresses this year and we especially love the signature Blass halter design that creates such a unique V panel in the front. Bill Blass showed this dress in a variety of colors on the runway and we are showing the dot version and a solid white version so you can see how the style of the dress looked when worn. Because this dress is one that probably won't ever come around again, we are so happy to have found it!
Bill Blass designed dresses for women who wanted to wear nothing but the very best and he really understood how to design for the uniquely American woman. Because he made it his mission to travel across the country and meet the buyers and and his clientele, he learned what women wanted to wear and respected the specific lifestyle and aesthetic of American women in particular. His reputation is unmatched as an American designer and his relationships with his clientele was something for which he was very determined to maintain. He will go down in history as one of the greatest American designers of all time.
Condition: Excellent
In order to best determine fit, measure yourself or a garment of a similar style that fits you well. Compare those measurements to those on the item description.
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