1980s OMO Norma Kamali Black Sleeping Bag Coat with Hood designer-bill-blass The depth of the rich

The depth of the rich glossy black silk velvet and how it feels as it skims over the skin is amazing

Unlined and closes at the front with domed

I love the band at the waist that gives it a bit of visual definition but still keeps the easy to wear cut

The entire dress is hand finished and immaculately made

Unlined and closes with a back zipper

1980s OMO Norma Kamali Black Sleeping Bag Coat with Hood designer-bill-blass The depth of the richAs 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