1980s OMO Norma Kamali Black Sleeping Bag Coat with Hood designer-norman-norell The back has a ruffled

The back has a ruffled hem finish slit so you see some leg

The jacket is fully lined in a fine silk and closes with three silk satin covered buttons that are hidden when the jacket is buttoned

The bodice is cut loose and easy with sleeves that come out form the waist and narrow to extensively beaded cuffs

Marvel at the close up shots and yet it is still 100% more in person

Waist: to 20" flat across the back from side seam to side seam

1980s OMO Norma Kamali Black Sleeping Bag Coat with Hood designer-norman-norell The back has a ruffledAs 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