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I've never seen a Lilli Ann with a printed lining.

I remember my sister wore dresses like this when she worked in an office in Toronto in 1973/74. They often had matching shorts/panties, and she wore them with platform sandals, long straight hair, and big hoop earrings.

Postwar 40s at the earliest, but I think more likely mid-late 1950s because they are good quality, and likely made for a more mature, established client. The cups are cut with a seam which suggests a more torpedo shape - typical of that era's silhouette, and the skirts are cut quite full, also...

Gucci moccasin loafers with snaffle links are typical of Gucci footwear - definitely trademarks of the company. Problem is they have made essentially the same style of version of the same thing since the late 1960s, so dating them is nearly impossible - its down to subtle differences that can...

Maybe it will give more opportunity for shops that specialize in target markets, like quilters. We don't have Joanne up here in Canada - we have Len's mills and Fabricland which deal exclusively with fabrics and home sewing - no hobby stuff - that's all carried by Michael's.

It's post 1978 because of the logo (it was Simpson Sears before 1978), and pre c. 1995 due to the coloured care logos (which stopped in the mid 90s due to NAFTA).

I know its not vintage, but a popular source for fabrics etc...

It looks like a cross-body beaded purse with cord strap - late 1970s/80s, and probably made in India - I bet it's an Indian brand of zipper.

I wonder if she was the one who started that whole Indian industry of beading and embroidery those cocktail dresses with jagged hems that were so popular in the mid 80s. I found a vintage shop in London that had a rack of them for 15 pounds each! They were closing and I didn't have time to look...

English label - that makes sense - printed labels are typical

That's quite... unsubtle! The highish waist accented by the purple ribbon is a late 50s feature - 58ish I would think, since the hem is still quite long. The ties are possibly loops that were cut - and were intended for hanging to remove some of the weight off of the straps, but I see it has...

I don't think it's old old - maybe made for theatre or carollers? 1960s? not older.

I had never heard of Frederick Loeser & Co., but it turns out that that department store's Garden City branch only existed between 1937 and 1950 (when it was bought out by Abraham and Strauss), so I think its pretty safe to say 1940s, considering it wasn't around much more than that decade.

If Cliff doesn't take....

Can you post a pic of the label?

As much as I would love to have it for the collection (we have a fair number of stewardess/airline hostess/attendant uniforms (whatever the PC name is these days...) We just got a Pacific Western uniform from the same year - 1969, but the hat and scarf are missing...) The best home for it would...

There aren't serial numbers on Gucci footwear - there might be production numbers for internal factory information on the inside of the quarters - along with the sizing. The VFG doesn't authenticate items, so it's best to look at the quality of manufacturing - if there are high quality materials...

I think we have the exact dress in black moire. The donor we got it from couldn't remember exactly when she wore it but she remembered the boyfriend she had at the time bought it for her as a birthday or Christmas gift (it was a size too small, so she only wore it a few times). it dated...

looks 68/69 to me!

This one was definitely inspired by Courreges - although several designers were doing similar looks in 66/67, like Jean-Marie Armand. It's well made, probably couture, and likely French, but without a label... I wouldn't be surprised if it originally had matching trousers, or a matching coat.

It looks like an 'apres' pool or beach coverup to me - 1960s

I think it was just a typo - they were probably trying to delete their own comment.

I am thinking 1949-50

I don't know, but I suspect the BP ink stamp is a date '20, June 1952', so postwar.

meandering vine?

1960s - early/mid- 1962-67

We can't authenticate here - but I don't see any reason to query whether the label is original to the garment as the label is sewn into the seam.

The CA number is for Montreal manufacturer Irving Samuel, who was in business from 1947 to 1995. He was known for high-end fashion, and was the best, or one of the best of Canada's RTW manufacturers. He was the type of manufacturer who likely bought toiles from Dior and did legal knock-offs...

What's the full CA number? The last two digits are obscured by the '10' size tag. It looks 70s to me - hard to tell without seeing it mounted or handling it in person. I've never seen that label before, but Dior had a LOT of different labels, and in the 70s, designer labels were scrambling for...

LOL - LOVE the label! As far as I know there are no clothing manufacturers in Saskatoon - it's not a large city, and fashion is not its milieu... The European sizing is interesting - suggests it was made abroad... I have never heard of Marck's , but a search online shows up other examples with...