This article is about the fashion designer Bill Blass. For the fashion house of the same name, see Bill Blass Limited.
Bill Blass
Born
William Ralph Blass
(1922-06-22)June 22, 1922
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Died
June 12, 2002(2002-06-12) (aged 79)
New Preston, Connecticut, US
Education
Parsons School of Design
Label
Bill Blass Limited
Awards
Coty Award seven times;[1] Fashion Institute of Technology Lifetime Achievement Award, 1999[1]
William Ralph Blass (June 22, 1922 – June 12, 2002) was an American fashion designer.[1][2] He was the recipient of many fashion awards, including seven Coty Awards and the Fashion Institute of Technology's Lifetime Achievement Award (1999).[1]
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leaving the BillBlass and Givenchy edition coupes. For 1983, the Givenchy Edition was shifted to the Continental, leaving the BillBlass coupe and Pucci...
in the BillBlass Suit", Nora Ephron wrote that when Shrimpton posed for a Revlon advertisement in an antique white Chantilly lace dress by Blass, minutes...
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popular, many prominent womenswear designers, including Pierre Cardin and BillBlass began also producing menswear in the style. Cardin in particular would...
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renovation. The Catalog Room was renamed in 1994 for fashion designer BillBlass, who gave $10 million to the NYPL. The Main Reading Room was closed in...
specially-coordinated exterior and interior combinations. Named after Cartier, BillBlass, Givenchy, and Emilio Pucci, each version of the Designer Edition received...
walked for Tibi in Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2008, Peter Som's BillBlass Fall 2008 Collection at Saks Fifth Avenue on April 2, 2008, Carson Kressley's...
soldier-artists went on to have a major impact on art in the postwar US. BillBlass, Ellsworth Kelly, wildlife artist Arthur Singer, and Art Kane were among...
hair, makeup, and overall crispness, was legendary. As fashion designer BillBlass once remarked, 'I never saw her fail to capture anyone's attention. You...
gowns, and suits made by luxury designers, including James Galanos, BillBlass, and Oscar de la Renta. Her white, hand-beaded, one shoulder Galanos 1981...
culture has historically been hesitant in the use of midriff-baring styles. BillBlass commented: It is too difficult. Women will much more readily wear bare-back...
" in four variations, in consultation with notable fashion designers (BillBlass, Cartier, Givenchy, and Pucci). Each package featured an individually...
Playboy, and worked with some of fashion's best-known names, including BillBlass, Gianni Versace, Valentino Garavani, Azzedine Alaïa, Pino Lancetti, Halston...
home" for people including Princess Margaret, Princess Grace of Monaco, BillBlass, Joan Collins, Mick Jagger, King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan. [citation...
designers and labels as Dior, Gucci, Jean Paul Gaultier, Versace, Hugo Boss, BillBlass, Calvin Klein, Moschino, Marc Jacobs and DSquared².[citation needed] Holbrook...
with color, trim, and interior choices specified by fashion designers (BillBlass, Cartier, Givenchy, and Pucci). Each carried the designer's signature...
"filthy b***h". She walked the runway for designers like Bob Mackie and BillBlass as a fashion model.[citation needed] Means began performing stand-up comedy...
against American designers (Oscar de la Renta, Stephen Burrows, Halston, BillBlass, and Anne Klein, who brought along her assistant, Donna Karan). With a...
began a career as a fashion model. She achieved success, working for BillBlass, Oleg Cassini, and Pauline Trigère. In 1954, she married the English businessman...
Herrera, Nicole Miller, Elie Saab, Victoria's Secret, Bella Freud, and BillBlass, and has been considered to be a top model. Ingrid Seynhaeve at Fashion...
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