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From an early 90s Valentino skirt suit.

This label is in a lovely silk print blouse from the 1980s. Made in Italy. This looks familiar to me but I can't place it... Help, please!

My husband's mom has a set of these that are decorated to look like Santas and Snowmen. She has a running joke every Christmas, where she cleverly hides them in our Christmas gifts or stockings. :12:

Some of MC's close friends and family in Portland have set up a website that has a lot of information on it. Here is a message from MC's friend Pattie: "We have been very concerned about how to get the word out to MC's many dear online friends. I would appreciate it if you would distribute...

Vogue, May 15, 1940 p79 Vogue, June 1945, p 118

The Tillett brothers, (James and Leslie) were just two of the North American or European designers who produced fashions and textiles in Mexico during the 1940s. Tina Leser used their handprinted textiles in some of her designs during the 1940s. Through their shops, “Tilletts of Taxco,” the...

As a young designer from Texas, Tom Brigance grabbed the attention of the fashion world in 1940 when he introduced a line of gleaming white swimwear intended for “moonlit bathing.” His 1942 spring collection, titled “Marimba Rhythms” received enthusiastic attention in the fashion section of...