wide fabric tie belt that you can use to cinch in the waist further or get creative and use it at the neck or even as a head scarf
There are faint fade marks round the arms and collar but when worn they do not detract - please see photos
The bodice is cut loose and easy with sleeves that come out form the waist and narrow to extensively beaded cuffs
You see Oscar's nod to the orient with the offset row of buttons down one side of the bodice
It is the kind of dress that works on its own
1980s OMO Norma Kamali Black Sleeping Bag Coat with Hood designer-norman-norell wide fabric tie belt thatAs the legend goes, the sleeping bag coat was invented by Norma Kamali after a camping trip. Here is the story in her own words from an interview with the NY Times: 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