Rare Early 1980s Norma Kamali Sleeping Bag Coat designer-balmain Length: 23" from top of

Length: 23" from top of the shoulder to hem

Unlined and slips over the head with front ties down the front

There is a slight suggestion of over pressing down the front of the coat but it is only noticeable in certain lights

In 1969 women were foregoing dresses more and more and the pant suit was to become a major trend through the seventies

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

Rare Early 1980s Norma Kamali Sleeping Bag Coat designer-balmain Length: 23" from top ofAs 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,