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What a lovely dress! We have some information on the label resource: https://vintagefashionguild.org/resources/item/label/london-town/ Here's another thread that mentions London Town, Mayfair. https://forums.vintagefashionguild.org/threads/who-was-angela.72368/#post-706800

Wedding shoes perhaps? For the bride.

To me a trench coat has many more details, eg epaulets,, storm flaps etc etc. It’s also usually double breasted and yes, belted. The term has has morphed but i think its origins are military. As in WW1 in the trenches I wouldn’t call this a trench coat. Overcoat or rain coat works.

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Do you mean it changes colour depending how the light falls on it? It might be a changeant fabric like shot silk https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_silk we can’t help with value, sorry, see the forum rules

That’s great news that you can legally sell it, I hoped that would be the case, and how wonderful that you kept the documentation to prove it. ‘The Act’ in the USA refers to the Endangered Species Act which is also dated 1973, so your purchase in 1967 is definitely pre-Act. (The CITES...

Here’s a case study on Vicuna conservation in Bolivia. Having a tightly controlled trade in the fibre is actually helping the species recover. The unrestricted ‘open access’ exploitation nearly made them extinct in the 1960s. It is a success story but the species still needs protection to keep...

It is illegal and has been for a long time, though I realise many people don’t know this. Vicuñas were nearly made extinct for their coats, because many animals didn’t survive being trapped and shorn, and it’s easier to shear a dead animal than a live one. There were only 6000 animals left...

Agree with this. In the USA, it's under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - but I don't know how helpful they are. Sales within a state are covered by state law, and some states are much stricter than others. Vicuna is on CITES Appendix 1, which gives the greatest protection...

The only thing that might help is if you can separate the fabric threads into each individual ply. Each thread will be made of at least two plies, and it’s possible that one ply will be 100% vicuña and another 100% cashmere. However if the two types have been blended at the carding stage and...

Ooh look. here's a photo of CA Christey, Shirtmaker in Quadrant arcade. Looks to be circa 60s?

Can't really help with the tie, but can confirm that all the arcades off Regent Street are very very posh, at least today. Not sure about mid 20th Century. They tend to house small boutiques, so it's possible it was a small business/maker/tailor, catering to the very well-heeled, rather than a...

Well done!

Thanks Kizzy! I still haven’t got around to using my cold tape, so I appreciate the tips.

Hmm that doesn’t tell me much!

@Ranch Queen Vintage new label if we can work out the dating.

What a lovely shirt, especially in pure wool. I would guess 80s or 90s. I hope someone else can narrow it down. is there a care label anywhere, eg in a side seam? It would be good to add it to the VFG label resource, with your permission?

Oh interesting! And unlike the recent one, those look like knitting needles.

Those don't look like knitting needles. If they are meant to be knitting needles, it has been designed by someone who doesn't know what knitting needles really look like. Knitting needles don't taper from one end to the other.

Early 70s was my first thought too

Please note this thread is over 10 years old.

I ve never thought they mean anything, just a geometric design. I suppose it’s possible they are meant to suggest knitting needles

You probably got it from the trademark info in the link I posted, as it matches. However it seems that Lilia smith western wear started earlier but perhaps was not trademarked?

Our own MagsRags has a Lilia Smith Exclusive dress that is clearly the same maker - same script signature: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/838581575/80s-drop-waist-dress-embroidered-pink A trademark search brings up Lilia Smith Exclusive registered in 1989 for women's clothing...

Hopefully someone will have information for you. I see what you mean, but I’m still certain it’s Smith. None of the other possible readings are likely, and the script is good for smith

A quick search for Lilia Smith Western Wear brings up loads of results, so I’m now sure it’s Smith

I think it might simply be Smith, with the final stroke of the h being a little long and low

That’s great you found an answer. It does make sense, and it makes sense that commercially made shoulder pads would be serged