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Ruth, I am having problems adjusting to some new features and need your help. I have attached here a screen print of the one that is causing me the most problems and I don't see how to fix it. As you may be able to see, the font and, well, everything on the page is too large. I don't see any...

While researching a British newspaper about something unrelated to vintage fashion, I stumbled across the 1851 article (I hope) you can see on the right side here. It immediately reminded me of a piece of sheet music I bought years before because of the image of Amelia Bloomer in her new...

I forgot to add that the 1958 Silver Spring MD city directory records a Benjamin Zweben living there with his then-wife Joan E. Is there a connection to the shop name? I have no idea, but Joan was not his wife's name when the shop was opened. Also, I found this 1960 ad for a Joan Roberts gown...

I think I have just about run out of resources, so I will post here some of what I found up to now. -- Joan Roberts Inc. seems to have been a business belonging to Benjamin Zweben, a DC attorney -- The 1940 US census for Washington DC records Ruth Zweben's (Benjamin's wife's) occupation as...

I found this article about the opening of the Joan Roberts shop and, in answer to your original question, I am closing in on the Joan Roberts name. I am pretty sure it is not connected to the actress, but I hope to be able to answer that more definitively soon. For copyright reasons, please do...

Thanks. That often helps when searching for ads about the product, and which might have an image of the label.

On the label sewn to the inside seam, what does it say under McGregor? "Good Americ..."

Having just had to change my credit cards AGAIN, for the thousandth time, I won't click on links, as you offered above, but I searched again quickly and I see that the Wikipedia quote I added before was incorrect, as I found this little thing on the Kangol.com website...

I never found a definitive answer for you, but... -- there was an earlier logo (which I forgot to copy) that was simply the word Kangol and two lines dividing the label into four unequal segments, similar to the 1948 one below, but more pronounced -- it looks like the things you call knitting...

Happy to help. The newspaper is the Arizona Republic (and there were many similar mentions in other editions of that paper) and I was able to access it through a Proquest database to which I have access through my graduate school library; try asking your school library about it. Also, many/most...

Here is further evidence in this (part of) one of many ads I found for Lilia Smith blouses...

What a fascinating dress. Excerpt from a 2003 article: "Edgy eveningwear at Mandalay (was a top seller) according to owner Glenn Kay, whose showroom is in the CMC (California Market Center). His diffusion line, Joyce Julian, which began shipping last month to Nordstrom and Bloomingdale's and...

So, Jonathan, how did the OP's buckles attach to the shoes? It seems something must have slid through the loop on the back, but it doesn't look like there are any straps on the red shoes in your photo. (and...did you see my reply to your question?)

Oops...it seems "Madame Francis" was "Monsieur Francis"... and a 1916 article about Mme. Georgette states: "Through sheer merit Madame Georgette won her spurs as a designer premiere vendeuse for Francis. Her originality and sense of colour and line, plus that indescribable quality called...

I only did a fast search, but I found a couple of references to M. Francis of Rue Auber. The first reference I found was in a 1902 article which stated: "M(adame?). Francis, in the Rue Auber, said: 'Whatever are the ideas and motives of the American dressmakers, their object seems difficult...

The earliest mention I found for "Gay-town" Sportswear in Toronto was in a 1956 classified ad. A 1964 ad stated: "Typical of Canada's 450 fashion houses is Gaytown Sportswear." For the accompanying photo it adds "President Manny Kimel, designer Rada Zurducki inspect a new design." I saw many...

I think I finally exhausted my research on Dorian and am more comfortable now that the Dorian of the Styled by Dorian label is NOT designer Miguel Dorian. I found the trademark information for Dorian and there is no apparent connection to Miguel. I also found a detailed work history (up to...

I forgot to add that I am quite sure the Dorian Horchow collection refers to the fashions in the Dorian collection offered by the store Horchow.

This 1970 blurb, for example, is one small reason why I wondered if Dorian Loungewear had a connection to Miguel Dorian, who designed a lot of loungewear...

A 1976 article about licensing designer names stated: "In 1975, the licensing structure grew further with agreements negotiated with...Dorian Loungewear for Halston Loungewear..." I have fallen down a very deep rabbit hole in my attempt to connect Dorian Loungewear to fashion designer Miguel...

Oops...I'd say so: "The Laura Ashley collection is now being made in Canada." I glossed right over that. Sorry.

I don't know if LA was manufacturing in 1973, or was importing items from LA in Wales or England, but it seems the were at least selling in Canada by 1973...

I couldn't find anything anywhere for Maison Vermell, but in the 1940 US census I found an Odell "Varmall" (I think...and it could be the census taker's interpretation of Vermell, with a Louisiana drawl) living in Chicago and her occupation was 'seamstress.' I will keep looking, but this one is...

Claire, I posted messages to your inbox about the article. Please read that/those. Lynne

Thus far I only found/recovered one page of unbeaded Gene Shelly (earlier) fashions. The text that accompanied this 1955 photo stated : "Mrs. Douglas C. Horner arrives home via American Airlines DC-7 flagship. Her Italian-silk suit, with tabbed yoke detail, has fashions log, slim look. By Gene...

Claire, you can see this is from a 1971 article...

Translation of post about Valentino label: "Good morning everyone. Does anyone know this 90s Valentino label? It's a line of men's underwear t-shirts. Thanks for your time."

Two votes from our house for that number being 27049. If you lift the fabric above the number, what is that black ink from/for? Earlier I looked for information about Gene Shelly and IIRC I found some reference to non-beaded Shelly fashions, but we had a power outage that wiped out what I had...

Here is a bit of a 1948 advertisement for a Superfit whole slip, which has the lace at the bottom , with the ribbon beading above. The somewhat-blurred text says: "It's a season when new fashions make new and thrillingly different Easter gifts. Of lovely lingerie with romance and sentiment of...

You can see here the earliest reference I found to "Christian Dior Chapeaux" from a 1958 blurb. I searched for some information about a label change to just "Dior Chapeaux" (if that is what your label says), but I found only "Christian Dior Chapeaux" references until 1986. I didn't find any just...