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Looks 80s to me

The faded tag isn’t a brand tag. It’s the ILGWU Union tag used between 1974-1995 You can read more about it here in our label resource https://vintagefashionguild.org/label-resource/union-labels/

Judging by the address this isn’t the same company as Fashioned by Flobert

Flobert of Florida definitely did accessories Here is a 1953 ad

Welcome Sarah!

They look so similar yet different in some ways to Ottoman vests. The outer fabric and the trim somehow look wrong to me. I am by no means an expert but I am originally from a country that was under the Ottoman Empire’s control and oppression for 500 years so much of the history and imagery is...

It’s most likely an WPL number which were the numbers prior to RNs. 12079 comes up with Montog Inc though out of California so perhaps a different number

Welcome Jane!

I see your label in the label resource. It’s the last one dated 1970s. That said, the care label on yours looks newer to me. At least in the US, you weren’t allowed to use care symbols without also using words prior to the 90s

It’s Brevise and I see a number of ads for them from England ranging from 1955 to 1975. They were coats for the shorter figure (5’2” and under)

Zamasport was the licensed manufacturer for Gucci between 1993. and 2000. Then in 2000, according to WWD, Gucci announced the acquisition of a women’s wear factory from Italy’s Zamasport Group, purchasing the division of Zamasport that had produced and distributed Gucci’s women’s RTW collection...

I see numerous ads for the shop starting in 1946 and ending in 1964 Here is one of the earliest

Looks 40s to me

I see references to the Saks Fifth Avenue Folio Collection as early as 1978 so this trademark might be for a later version. That said your dress looks 90s to me

It was a catalog meant to be a bit more upscale than say the Sears catalog

Thanks Maggie. I had done quite a bit of research about it and have it still in progress in the LR Committee but had come up with some head scratchers that have kept me from completing it.

According to @Jonathan who is the curator of the Fashion History Museum in Canada: “The numbers before 1997 are not identified - every CA registration number issued by the Canadian Competition Bureau up to and including 1997 has a 1997 issuance date because that is when they digitized their...

Where are you located?

Here is a history of the earlier years through 1919

Yes it is. Although they had many different addresses throughout the years, I can see records dating to at least 1940 at the address on your label

Really amazing!

Sounds like Silknit manufactured for Catalina Here is an ad from 1941

If it were me and I was planning to sell it, I wouldn’t “safely conclude” that, since you don’t know for sure and I would at most state that it could be one in the listing description.

This particular ad was from The Baker Co but they were sold at various stores. Like Maggie said Beau Brummell was the manufacturer who would have sold them to various retailers

These came in a set with a tie. Here is an ad from 1946 and a close up of the text

They look 90s to me

The RN search is here https://rn.ftc.gov/Account/BasicSearch but that won’t help you date directly. There is a formula you can use loosely to establish the earliest it could be from but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t done decades later as RN numbers can be used for many many years This is the...

It was definitely ready to wear based on many of the article mentions about them which were all about ready to wear fashion from Paris

I also found a comment on some fashion blog that read: “Hello, here is a page on Jane Lend's work, if you are interested since you have chosen a dress to illustrate -Dresses in Rome on April 10, 1964-. Have a nice day. Muriel Lendower” Sadly it’s very old and there is no link but being signed by...

Based on this listing in a 1956 business directory, I suspect the name of the person behind the brand is Joseph Lendower manufacturing dresses and sets for women. The business was located at 53, Rue du Faubourg - Poissonnière, Paris and transferred in May 1956 to 12, rue Tronchet as far as I can...