Beautiful Fashion Designs by Bill Blass in the 1960s

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Born 1922 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, American fashion designer Bill Blass was the recipient of many fashion awards, including seven Coty Awards and the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Lifetime Achievement Award (1999).

Fashion designs by Bill Blass in the 1960s
Blass’s clients, many of whom were also his friends, included Happy Rockefeller, Brooke Astor, Nancy Kissinger, Jessye Norman, Gloria Vanderbilt and Patricia Buckley.
Blass, longtime a heavy smoker, died of throat cancer in 2002, ten days away from his 80th birthday. Take a look at these vintage photos to see beautiful designs by Bill Blass in the 1960s.
Marilyn Ambrose in wool monk dress with leather thong belt by Bill Blass for Maurice Rentner, Wool Bureau Inc. ad, Vogue, September 1, 1960

Anne St. Marie in pink doubled chiffon sleeveless top and slim skirt by Bill Blass for Maurice Rentner, coiffure by Coiffures Americana, photo by Bert Stern, Vogue, May 1961

Dorothea McGowan in silk suit of tobacco, pink and black, sleeveless jacket tops pink bodice and black skirt by Bill Blass for Maurice Rentner, hat by Emme, jewelry by Hattie Carnegie, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, February 1, 1961

Pia Kazan in pale, shimmery Paisley dress and jacket in gray, beige and sand with a sand colored belt by Bill Blass for Maurice Rentner, hat by Lilly Daché, photo by Karen Radkai, Vogue, April 15, 1961

Jean Shrimpton in civet print shirtwaist dress of silk organza by Bill Blass for Maurice Rentner, hat by Sally Victor, photo by Karen Radkai, Vogue, April 15, 1962

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