highly collectible 1920s cut silk devore shawl is a masterpiece and really a work of art and has the added decadence of multi colored silk fringing giving it a ombre effect - I have never seen this before and it is amazing
The skirt sweeps the floor and literally has yards and yard of tulle that make it up
It is a spectacular explosion of flowers
The skirt is full and has additional under-skirting to give it the fullness that you see
At the time this was cutting edge fabric and quite innovative
Rare Early 1980s Norma Kamali Sleeping Bag Coat designer-balmain highly collectible 1920s cut silkAs the legend goes, the sleeping bag coat was invented by Norma Kamali after a camping trip. From an interview with the NYTimes: "After splitting with her husband, Mohammed (Eddie) Kamali, in the mid 1970s, she took to camping in the woods with a boyfriend. It was cold, she recalled, and I was always getting up at night to go to the bathroom. On one particularly nippy night, she threw on her sleeping bag and sprinted for the bush. As I was running,