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I know how you feel Nicole. Our four days doing the museums in Washington blew me away... and they didn't even have much clothing on display! Toronto is so... not in league with the big guys. We have some very nice collections - Bata Shoes, Textile Museum, occasionally the Royal Ontario Museum...

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Kaisu Heikkilä was also exported to Canada. I had a great maxi/mini and top set from them which I sold on Etsy a few years ago and wish I hadn't....

I am TOTALLY stealing this installation idea....

http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/09/vintage-shopping-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html#

It looks late 70s to me... toaster cover or tea cozy?

There really isn't anything you can do because the metal on the threads is so thin that any type of cleaning to return any lustre to the tarnish will remove the metal entirely. Vacuuming is about the best you can do.

Buffering the hard edge of any hanger is a good idea and you can do that by wrapping the bar with tissue paper (cheapest method), or by padding them with polyester batting and covering them with unbleached cotton. I hang cotton dresses and wool suits, but as you collect 1930s you may want to box...

Where is the estate sale?

I agree Nicole - it looks just prewar to me.

accordion pleating? However, is it pleating or piping?

It's that period after the war before the New Look takes over - c. 1947-48ish - low necklines are popular then.

You can leave the old one up... I just bought this one!

Great Jeans! I wonder if they were worn by a black girl because of the black panther.

They are from the Balkan region but where exactly I don't know... I think they are Albanian or Macedonian - somewhere around there - if you go north the opanke are plain and if you go south you get enclosed shoes, so its somewhere in between...

These are from northern India and are called khussa, although similar shoes are worn in Eastern Pakistan. Dating is difficult because they are a traditional style, however, these look like lame thread embroidery so 1930s-50s. By the 60s-70s lurex thread is used instead and they don't tarnish...

I agree, it looks 1940ish on the nose.

I have had luck with graphite powder that you can buy in a squeeze bottle for lubricating old door locks, especially on cars. Works very well, and although it is dark grey powder, it brushes off fabric and doesn't stain.

This is what could of/should have been done with the Suddon collection up here....

I think it was a slow introduction and change-over. I know punch-card tags were still on clothing in the early 1980s, although that system was being phased out. Interesting that you mentioned QR codes. My impression is that QR codes are dying out... they certainly aren't as prevalent here as...

Algo is still in business but the company stopped manufacturing in Canada in 1996: http://kickshawproductions.com/blog/?p=1345

PS: they were also worn by women who had a gimp or prosthesis.

They are late 20s - the heel shape is the late 1920s 'Spanish' heel. Tall laced and button boots weren't common after about 1924 but tall boots were still being made. There was a fetish quality to them (especially with the high heels) and are often seen in naughty postcard images... These show a...

Late 70s

It reminded me of the dress Geena Davis wore in Beetlejuice, but I looked it up and it had a looser waist, but the print is very similar:

Looks 80s to me - I remember they were popular with women who wanted a vintage look and saw them worn with straw hats and flat shoes

Nice piece! I see a robe too as it would require a sash to close it. If it was a coat I would expect a buckled belt or a button at the hip to close it.

What she really did was buy an old dress for the fabric. Every dress can't be saved -- if it had stained underarms it would be easier to appreciate her transformation but it was a great condition, albeit just an average nylon taffeta cocktail dress from the 1950s... What is worse is when someone...

It looks early 80s to me with the full sleeve and skirt, especially if its made from corduroy - I dont' recall corduroy being used much past 1982...