1980s OMO Norma Kamali Jersey Dramatic Sleeved Dress designer-michael-novarese Bust: no true defined side

Bust: no true defined side seam

It is cut in panels and plunges at the front and back

Fully lined in a pale pink silk and closes with a back

It is just exquisitely made

You can see the influence of other houses - Balenciaga for example - in the rounded shoulders and strong A-line skirt

1980s OMO Norma Kamali Jersey Dramatic Sleeved Dress designer-michael-novarese Bust: no true defined sideThis highly dramatic and unusual eighties set from Norma Kamali should probably be in a museum. It is certainly unusual enough to be the highlight of any exhibit that wants to show the extreme fashions of the eighties and unusual aspects and experimentation in design of this time period. The element of surprise here is of course the sleeves. They are insanely long. Once scrunched up on the arm as they are intended to be, they created a a design