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Looks great!

Vintage magician's trick scarf. The audience would only see the colored ribbons in the corner, then sleight-of-hand would "transform" them into this scarf.

Fringed and studded deerskin riding skirt.

Rick says they had a company store that sold jackets, hats, coffee cups, model planes, and other things with the McDonnell Douglas logo. He thinks that's where your scarf may have come from.

My husband started working for McDonnell Douglas in the 1980's, and he doesn't remember any event where something like that was given out. Can you show a picture of the planes that are on the scarf? That may be a clue as to when it was made.

The "Made in El Salvador " makes me think this was made later. There was clothing exported from there during the 1960's but it was made from locally grown cotton, not polyester.

Jonathan, do you still want this? If so, send me your address and I'll mail it to you.

On my computer screen, the beads look like some kind of rock and the large pendant looks like it was carved from bone or seashell. Ivory, even when it was legal to hunt and import, has always been a fairly expensive material, so it would more likely be carved by an artist with better craftsmanship.

Hi Jan, i'd love to hear about the history, and see your memorabilia! I'm so glad you found this forum. Ookoo

I like polyester too! I commute by bicycle and keep a vintage dress rolled up in my backpack. It doesn't wrinkle, the colors are still vibrant after 40-50 years, and it can be machine washed and dried. It also holds its shape better than wool or cotton knits.

On Thanksgiving morning I did a 5k "Turkey Trot" wearing a '70's Leslie Fay dress.

I've thought of trying to sell them on ebay, but cosidering the time it takes to photograph each item and all the flaws, then do the listing, packing, and shipping, it wouldn't be worth my time for just a few dollars.

That's just it, these have crossed over the line into the non-wearable category. The thrift stores here don't want them. I'm not crafty enough to make them into other things, although I always save buttons.

What do you do with vintage clothes that are too damaged to wear, but too good to throw away? I don't mean couture or designer items that still have some collector value, just department store dresses from the 50's or 60's with bad stains or fades or other issues. I have some 40's dresses that...

Here's a couple of Eel's twitter pics: More of her hat photos :wub: