From an early 50s "new look" platter hat

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From a 50s dress ensemble.

A brown label

70s Paganne long black and white op art dress.

Chester Weinberg dress -I believe- dating from the early 70s:

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From a post-war 1940's skirt suit, Neiman Marcus Pietro:

From a 1950's Milgrim cocktail dress, sold at a store called Yezzi in Pittsfield, MA and Albany, NY. Lizzie, can you edit out the Yezzi label if you don't want it?

From a dated 1937 tuxedo tail coat:



Richman Brothers was established in 1877 in Portsmouth, Ohio. Self described as "The World's Greatest Clothing Factory", the company had 31 menswear stores in 30 cities by 1928. They also sold their suits and tuxedos by mail. Woolworth's bought the Richman Brothers company in 1969, and closed its 260 stores in 1992 after an unsuccessful attempt to sell the subsidiary.

From a modern men's sweater:

Lane Bryant, from a mid-40s dress...or so I'm presuming. Feel free to correct! The skirt is made of 11 narrow gores; side metal zipper.

[img]http://www.materialgirlbags.com/eBay/lanebryant.jpg[/img]
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Please credit my babylon mall site for this one, thanks!



Very early Ungaro label 1965 - 1966 - This was sold from his 1st shop before opening up on 2 avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris


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here is the outfit




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This from a late 40's clutch swing style coat with a fur trimmed hood.


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It is a little fuzzy it read Angeuque by Country Tweed

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From a 1960's blouse:



William Filene owned several small mercantile stores in Lynn and Salem, MA as well as Bath, ME before consilidating his businesses into one 5 story building on Washington Street in Boston in 1890. The store, called William Filene & Sons, was believed to be the largest in Boston devoted to women's ready-to-wear clothing and accessories, relatively new additions to a market dominated by custom made clothing at the time. This business model proved so successful, that Filene's expanded it original store 4 times over the years, in 1905, 1912, 1951, and 1973. Opening day of the expanded Filene's store on September 3, 1912 drew 235,000 people, a number equal to 1/3 of the entire population of the city of Boston. During the early years, the store was divided into many glass fronted "storefronts" that housed separate departments, such as "Women's Motor Apparel Store" and "Lingerie Corset Store". Girl's clothing was added in 1904, and men's and boy's wear were added to the new store opening in 1912.

In 1922, Filene's opened its first branch store in Providence, RI, and in 1929, Filene's joined with Lazarus's of OH, Shillilto's of OH, and Abraham & Straus of NY to form Federated Department Stores. Bloomingdale's joined the Federated Stores in 1930.

In 1928, Filene's was the first American store to have a rush shipment of the newest fashions sent from Paris on the Graf Zeppelin. In 1935, Filene's was the first store in New England to add air conditioning. In 1951, Filene's was again first to install automatic elevators.

In 1988, May Departments Stores purchased Filene's from Federated Stores, largely due to the fact that Federated purchased the Jordan Marsh chain, another old Boston department store chain, to convert to the Macy's brand.

In 2005, Federated Department Stores purchased May Department Stores for $17 billion. As part of the purchase, all remaining Filene's stores were converted to Macy's stores or closed. The last Filene's logo disappeared from the original stores in the summer of 2006.

Source material:
The Boston Globe
Boston Landmarks Commission Study Report

From a 1950's dress:

Thanks again, everyone. I've saved everything from Susan's Country Tweeds down, but we are in the middle of some work on the resource and any additional labels can't be added until it is finished. I'll let everyone know when we are all updated!

Lizzie

From a 1950's full skirted dress. This is a printed label.

From a late 1950's hat. This was one of Filene's high end specialty in-store shops.

From a 1980's sweater dress:

A couple of labels and one hang tag.

Early 70s trench by Pierre D'Alby. The only info I was able to find was in the label resource under JEAN-CHARLES DE CASTELBAJAC - he designed for D'alby in Paris.





1973/74ish Day dress - Jonathan Logan by Mel Ross - label and hang tag

40's kamehameha shirt

90s Kamehameha shirt

50's catalina...a little different than the one we already have--this is in color. late 50's shirt.

Another Pierre d'Alby from a 70s virgin wool knit dress:



And a 60s Op Art Maggy Rouff scarf:

Hi Lizzie,

I was able to find some information in French about the label Pierre d'Alby (no such person). It is now known as Zyga. Zyga's small online history blurb only says that it was well known from the 70s to the 90s for its pret-a-porter (ready to wear) clothes. However, a few other sites that list the main players of the 60s scene in chronological order state that it was a frontrunner starting in 1958 with Daniel Hetcher as designer - 1958 was cross-referenced and sounds right as info on Daniel Hetcher, who started his own ready to wear line in 1961, states he did the initial designs for Pierre d'Alby.

It would be good to know if he started as pret-a-porter or not, but I am coming up empty handed on that front. And to date, I have only found 70s pieces. I am not sure if you want to include this in the resource, but I prepared this short blurb in case. Please feel free to edit:

The label, Pierre d'Alby, was one of the first players in France to become part of the explosive 60s scene. The label was created by Zyga Pianko in 1958 and a very young Daniel Hetcher was hired to design the first six collections.

Other well known designers such as Agnès B, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Feycal Amor, and Nicole Fahri designed for the label.

In the 90s it changed its name to Zyga, in honour of its creator.

From this dress:

Gosh....from the color scheme that would be my first guess...

I'm all caught up in adding labels, so thanks to everyone!

From a 1960s Dior mink hat.

From a 1930's fur muff:

Lizzie,

These two labels are from vintagegriffin.com. I told her I'd post them for her, as I thought you would definitely want them for the resource:

From a 1915 Lanvin opera coat:



From a 1919 Lucile dress:

Here's a clear Gunnies label for you:

Here's a clearer Bianchi label for you from a 1960s evening gown.

Here's a nice Will Stienman 50's party dress label. It's really well made and while I've seen the label around before I don't know much about it.
And thanks Lizzie for all your time you put into the label reference

From a circa 1926 Milgrim dress


From a late 50s Deweese dress & also a 50s swimsuit


From a 1965 swimsuit

1920's Gano Downs dress. I had no idea they'd been around so long.

Thanks for all these great labels!

And thank you, Lucy. Your kind words made my day.
Lizzie

Hi Lizzie!! Did you see my Digby Morton label and bio further down the page?

Just realised I had this different Sarah Whitworth label, I've no idea when the labels changed but I'm guessing this is a late 80s one!

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From a late 1980s red silk mini bustle dress

Liz

Oh great label mistress, here is an NRA label from inside a clutch purse. Sorry for the finger - the label was inside the mirror pocket. Very tight quarters.

Thanks all. I couldn't use the Deweese labels as they are too small. I size all photos at 200, so these were too distorted. I'd love to have them if you have larger shots!

Mid 1920's House of Adair label.





The House of Adair made beaded dresses in France for export to the US, UK and Canada. Their production peaked in 1924-25.

Rose Bradford

I think she deserves her own little entry with what little I know of her so far.

Rose Bradford was the designer employed by the Radley firm in the late Sixties to adapt the original designs of Ossie Clark into affordable licensed pieces under the Radley label (once they had come to the financial rescue of Alice Pollock and Ossie's boutique, Quorum). Bradford seems to have been an extremely talented designer in her own right, designing under her own name for both the Radley and Quorum labels in the Seventies, but was always overshadowed by the many other designers Radley employed over the years. She is also rumoured to have wholly designed some pieces which were sold as Ossie Clark garments, as an experiment to see if this could work without Clark's involvement.



From a mid-1970s Fifties-inspired gingham dress

(there's also the late 70s Rose for Radley label under the Radley entry now)

Albert Capraro studied at Parson's School of Design in New York. After graduation, he worked for two years for milliner Lilly Dache, before moving on to work as a designer for Oscar de la Renta in 1966. In 1974, Capraro formed his own company. He is best known for his designs worn by first lady Betty Ford.



This label is from a late 1970's evening palazzo pants suit.

Lizzie, my submissions need to be credited to coutureallurevintage.com, not coutureallure.com which someone else owns. Thank you!

Dereta of London









In 1947 when Dior was called to the Queen's presence to privately show his ready-to-wear New Look dresses to the princesses, Dereta also managed to make seven hundred New Look style suits despite the shortage of fabric and English clothing coupons. The clothing firm of Dereta is just one of the clothing names one would see becoming popular in ready-to-wear in department store boutiques in the UK at this time. In the early 50s quality brand name clothing gained in popularity and Vogue magazine put its stamp of approval on Dereta, as well as Jaegar, Brenner Marcus, Rima, and Mary Black.

Here is a 40's JC Penney Tag from a long line bra.

Here is a 40's Mirra Line label from a nos corset. I can't find any info on the comp.

1950's Camp corset label.

Finally got a handle on the whole Aristos/Ariella thing because I got this really early label dress and was determined to find out when it became Ariella!

Aristos/Ariella

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From a late 1960s suede mini dress

Aristos Constantinou opened his Aristos boutique on Carnaby Street in 1966. In 1971, he was joined by his brother Achilleas and together they formed Ariella Fashions Limited. Hence the label being 'designed by Aristos'. They expanded from these premises into Duke Street, Oxford Street, Newburgh Street and more on Carnaby Street. In the 1970s, Punch Magazine described them as 'the power of Carnaby Street'.

They were so successful that they began to supply their clothes, wholesale, to large retailers. By 1974 their headquarters were in Marylebone, a showroom in Great Portland Street and nine retail shops including branches in Chicago and Lausanne, Switzerland. They eventually moved to larger headquarters in Wood Green, but the retail side of the business was being overtaken in importance by the wholesale operations.

In 1985, Aristos died and Achilleas decided to shut down the retail arm of Ariella completely to concentrate on the wholesale division. They received many fashion awards in the Eighties and Nineties, and Achilleas founded many important organisations within the British Fashion industry including the British Fashion Council and the British Fashion Design Protection Association (which protects the interests of designers and has helped to change copyright law).

They have worked with such designers as Anthony Price and Christina Stambolian. They now specialise in evening, cocktail and occasionwear and casino uniforms.

Info came from www.ariella.co.uk

I doubt we can use this, because of the copyright but I found these lovely images of the original Aristos boutique on Carnaby Street! Gosh, I really wish the street still looked like that

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From a 1980's Pauline Trigere dress, sold by Holt Renfrew.

Late 1960's Edith Flagg

From a silk-lined mohair skirt suit dating from the late 1960s.

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Lizzie, this is pretty long, please let me know if you'd like me to condense it:

Born in 1940 in Boston, Alfred Fiandaca is the 3rd generation clothing designer from his Italian-American family, having worked alongside his father as a child. He moved to New York City when he was 17, where he studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology and the now former Traphagen School of Design.

His career started in 1960, when he moved back to East Boston. He soon had a big break when the wife of then newly-elected Massachusetts Governor, John Volpe, asked him to design a new suit and gown for the inauguration.

His early 60s designs were "wife dressing," designed to highlight the wealth and prestige of a woman's husband, and political wife dressing became a Fiandaca specialty. Fiandaca went on to design for more presidential First Ladies and would-be First Ladies than any other designer, including Lady Bird Johnson, Nancy Reagan, Joan Kennedy, Kitty Dukakis, and Muriel Humphrey.

To supplement his couture collection, Fiandaca introduced a "boutique line" in 1967, with a design philosophy (and price) geared toward the younger set.

In the 1970s, Fiandaca dressed Louise Fletcher when she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. He has had a long list of celebrity clients, including Raquel Welch, Audrey Hepburn, Connie Francis, Lauren Bacall, Jayne and Audrey Meadows, Nancy Sinatra, Julie Andrews, Dionne Warwick, Shelley Winters, Joan Rivers, Stephanie Mills, Cher, Oprah Winfrey, Janet Langhart Cohen, Natalie Jacobson, and Susan Lucci. His clients also include many in the social elite.

In 1985 Fiandaca designed a dress for Joan Collins to wear on the television show Dynasty. The suit dress cost $3,200, the most expensive outfit ever commissioned for television at that time. It appeared for just 3 1/2 minutes!

In the 80s Fiandaca became increasingly known for "fantasy night looks," extravagantly beaded, sequined, layered and otherwise opulent styles. To this day he is revered for his evening and wedding gowns.

In 1996, after years of mainly wholesale sales to illustrious department stores, Fiandaca opened his first retail store in Palm Beach, and a second a year later in New York.

Fiandaca garments are in the collections of the Costume Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Chisholm Halle Wing of Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, and the Kent State University Museum.

Thank you Lizzie, Queen of the Label Resource!

Bow when you say that, Maggie!

Not too long at all. One of the best things about the new website is that we no longer have to worry about the length of the resource information.

Thanks!

Lizzie

Lizzie, I know our Vanity Fair info is not posted right now, but can you grab these images for use at a later time? These are from a late 40's - early 50's NOS nightgown which still has the original hang tag.

Not the greatest picture, but this shows the progression of the Henri Bendel Young Timers label. This one is from a late 50's - early 60's cusper evening dress.

I found a bit more info about Victor Stiebel that could be included in his label... He worked as a designer for the House of Reville for three years before opening his own house in 1932. After working for Jacqmar starting in 1946 he reopened his own house in 1958 but closed in teh summer of 1963 due to poor health.

Hi Lizzie, one to add to Mirsa. This is from the muff of a hooded maxi coat, muff outfit and I'm pretty sure it's a cusper - late 60s, early 70s.



This is from a late 60s mens mod irish tweed coat. I also have a label on the coat that says Burberrys' Irish Tweed - let me know if you would like to post that as well.



A more recent Henry Bendel from a semi-40s style jacket (only shorter):



Treacy Lowe does not appear on the resource and information on her or the house (???) is no where, but much of her 70s stuff appears to sell well in the vintage world, especially her silks. This label is from a 70s maxi cotton dress.

J.C Penney Label - reversible, pleated, plaid skirt - need info

Hello all. Pleated, Highland Wool, Plaid, Reversible skirt-- I am looking for help to determine the date/age of this garment and/ anything else you might happen to about this garment, possible value today. Might this label be qualified to be included in Label Resource? Thanks! ( Sorry, but I believe these are > 200 pixels across and don't have the time right now to make the adjustment.)

#1 - Label - Under the woman's name, the label reads 'Imported Exclusively for J.C. Penney Co. In. Below the inserted name reads 'Highland Plaid' ---
then '100% Wool WO??ED' and then 'Tailored in Canada'
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#2 - The closure, Double buttons, metal zipper
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#3 - The Skirt-- It's reversible!
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#4 - Detail of fabric
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Hi Lizzie,

This comes from a red 1977 Adidas Europa nylon jacket/sweater - zippered front, stripes down the arms and logo on left breast:

Here is a Lanvin Castillo, from a 1950's dress. We have one but this is a lot clearer. Please credit Terri S. Thanks !

Late 1940's New Look era full skirt dress:

Hi Lizzie, this label and hang tag are from an 80s cashmere skirt. Unlike the 80s Krizia label in the resource, this is made in Hong Kong, not Italy, and titled Mirrors of Krizia. The typeface matches the last 80s Krizia label in the resource.

From an early 1960's bikini - a al Annette Funicello:

From a late 70s, early 80s Kenzo two-piece woman's suit:

From a late 50's early 60's Pink Beaded Wiggle Dress. I was informed the Mayfair 2086 may be the phone number of the boutique.

From an early 1960s (I believe, please see photo) pullover sweater in botany wool:

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This is from a 90s jean shirt:

Australian-born Richard Tyler began to learn his craft from his seamstress mother, training as a tailor. His career as a designer took shape when he created stage clothes for Elton John, Cher, Rod Stewart and Diana Ross. In the mid-1980s Tyler began to coalesce his signature style, debuting a menswear line.

Tyler's womenswear line debuted in 1989, responding to the clamor by both sexes for his finely-hewn menswear creations. He had developed a look that was classical and tasteful, yet funky and with a certain strut that managed to inspire a generation of young L.A. designers and put L.A. on the fashion map. As Diane Keaton said "He cuts a suit and literally transforms your body."

The seamstresses and tailors working for Tyler were well-compensated and among the best available, creating the impeccable tailoring that was Tyler's trademark. A Chicago retailer once marveled that his pieces were so perfectly wrought that they could be worn inside out.

In the mid-1990s, Anne Klein & Co. appointed Tyler to be head designer, but his work for Anne Klein ended with Tyler's designs being too edgy for the company's core clientele.

Without breaking stride, Tyler's designs for Richard Tyler Couture earned him three Council of Fashion Designers of America awards in a row, with the first in 1993 when he was named "best new talent" at age 46. More recently, Tyler has designed an eveningwear line and accepted a commission from Delta Airlines to create their staff uniforms. While still much admired, fashion has turned away somewhat from Tyler's polished construction and elegant style. Down from 150 employees, at the time of writing (1/2007) he has 30 people on his payroll.

From a woman's early 90s navy pinstriped blazer:

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Thank you Lizzie!

from a pair of 1980s Gaultier leggings.

Courtesy of SuperSwell*

Just cleaning out lots of label images i don't think i have ever posted

From an early 1970s girls/teen Poncho

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New York Creation Label from an early 50s hat.
Front
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Back
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Mystery Label - don't know who Regina is....yet
from a 1940s ladies hat
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From a 1920's dress by Julius Garfinkle and Co. I note with interest that the label says Washington...Paris, as this was a Washington based department store and certainly would not have had a Paris branch. Maybe they maintained a buying office in Paris before the war?

Hey, Lizzie! Can we have a new 2007 Label thread? This one is getting really long................................................................................................

Not sure if you had this for Lingerie.

Linda Underlovelies label from 1950's nylon peignoir set.