1980s OMO Norma Kamali Black Sleeping Bag Coat with Hood designer-bill-blass Unlined and closes at the

Unlined and closes at the front with domed

Unlined and closes with a back zipper

Stiffened ribbon finishes the inside hem for a touch of weight and shaping

This V is edged with gold thread braiding over which pearls and beads are placed to give it s a bit of glitz

This is from the Rive Gauche line so would have been produced for the fall season just after the Couture show and it is glorious

1980s OMO Norma Kamali Black Sleeping Bag Coat with Hood designer-bill-blass Unlined and closes at theAs 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