{"product_id":"bill-blass-1970s-black-silk-ensemble","title":"Bill Blass 1970s Black Silk Ensemble","description":"\u003cp style=\"line-height: 105%; margin: 3.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eWe think this ensemble comes from the Bill Blass 1974 Resort collection, when silk dresses with shank buttons went down the runway. The pants are made of a different silk than the dress, and do not contain a Bill Blass tag. (This is not unusual by the standards of the time. The pants also have some common Bill Blass features, like a “front” tag.) We nonetheless feel relatively sure they were originally purchased, if not designed, as an ensemble. The person from whom we bought the ensemble inherited it from her grandmother, who likely bought it at either Henri Bendel or Bergdorf’s. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 105%; margin: 3.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 105%; margin: 3.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eBlass seems to have harkened to this piece and its variants in his final show at the helm of the Bill Blass house, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/media.gettyimages.com\/id\/1466609493\/photo\/bill-blass-spring-2000-ready-to-wear-collection-runway-show-and-backstage-beauty-preparations.jpg?s=2048x2048\u0026amp;w=gi\u0026amp;k=20\u0026amp;c=QGXBoOLk0nQhqdDk_tsejEVI1E7f28SDnGJzjPCu7DU=\"\u003eSpring\/Summer 2020\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003edress: bust: 36, waist: 37, hip: 38, length:43.5, pants: waist: 26-32 (elastic), hip: 44, rise: 13.5, inseam: 27.5,  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manifold Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51011096576306,"sku":null,"price":1198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/1763\/1794\/files\/Shot-21_1767.jpg?v=1775427261","url":"https:\/\/www.manifoldvintage.com\/products\/bill-blass-1970s-black-silk-ensemble","provider":"Manifold Vintage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}