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I wasn't able to find much about Curran's, but what I found was around the time Mary Jane suggested: --- From a 1954 Lowell Mass city directory: "CLOTHING DEALERS-MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S-Curran, James P. (Fenway Clothes Shop) 198 Central..." (see note at bottom)*...

...and from a 1928 publication. Hut is German for hat...

This image is from a post on the FEDORA LOUNGE.

A search on the Fedora Lounge led me to this statement: "What is funny is the Gotisches Haus Hat Museum Bad Homburg thought the maker was Hellings Bonn which I told them was actually a hat shop and P. & C. Habig Wien was the hat company that made the hat."

I believe your hat is marked J.W. Hellings and Bonn (in Germany). I found a much newer hat with the J.W. Hellings and Bonn label and will look for more information about Hellings.

It is very, very, possible that the jacket IS from the 1970's, but the only ads I found were from the early 1980's. Not much difference between the dates at all--and far better than my wild guess would be!

There may very well be ads and references outside of these dates, but I only saw mentions of Golden Collection by Pioneer Wear from 1981-1983. I then saw a 1991 classified ad for someone selling a Golden Collection Pioneer Wear woman's coat. This is a 1982 ad for a coat from that collection...

The earliest references I found to Boutique Internationale were to the Boutique Internationale sections of department stores. The couple of ads were dated ca. 1953 and showed products such as gloves, billfolds, sweaters, umbrellas, etc., so I am not at all sure that was the same as your Boutique...

HERE https://vintagefashionguild.org/resources/fashion-timeline/ is a resource on the VFG website.

If you Google Kalamkari, you will find quite a bit of information about that hand-painted textile art.

https://fb.watch/pz09hvY8Ny/

One additional bit of information about Zig-Zag from a 1970 article: "We specialize in making our leathers the natural way...We don't spray-dye any of them, because we feel the natural colorations are beautiful as they are. We leave in the blemishes and barb-wire marks" and "Since our things...

A 1971 article about Zig-Zag Leathers noted that "Hal Friedman, president of the firm" and a former rtw salesman, started the firm with two others ("Ted Reich, a former Levi Strauss salesman, who handles administration and finance, and Americo Romero-Bar, a Peruvian who owns Alvin Duskin's...

I hope it answers your question to your satisfaction. Just a note that I had a typo near the end of my transcription; it should have been "...as a means of bolstering and supporting the EXISTING YSL business" not the exiting YSL business.

A January 1984 article about the new Variations line stated: "NEW YORK - While Yves Saint Laurent is all set to conquer Paris with his (new)...couture collection this week, fashion's four-star general has been busy devising another sort of sartorial invasion on American shores. It takes...

From an April 2000 article about the YSL Variation line: "According to sources, about half of the layoffs are related to plans to end production of the Variations diffusion line." and from a Dec 2000 article: "...the now defunct Variations line."

I found ads for London Fog's Limited Edition line from about 1994 to about 2005. This ad was from 1997 (please do not reproduce it anywhere else, as this is copyrighted and is posted here for educational purposes only)...

Well, as you can see in my post above, the label says Pure Silk…and it feels like silk.

Well, in a quick look I found a place in Pakistan referred to as a Radium Silk Factory, so maybe someone is still making silk referred to as Radium Silk. Googling the term may answer your question. This is the entire story I wrote a few years ago about my Radium Silk shirt, which led me to...

Ha! I was reading this thread to my husband, to give him some tips about internet searching as I used it here (he does a LOT of online genealogical searching) and no sooner did I show him the clip above than he said , "That is what Mahblo is." I asked what he meant and he replied "'Mah' is for...

Here is a bit of information that may help your search. Apparently the M and the H are for Morris & Harry Block...

From a 1973 article about Roose: "...spent most of her childhood in Wales recently, started her own dress firm, Anna Roose Designs, Ltd." I assume that was supposed to be "...recently started her own dress firm..." The article also noted: "The small company of dressmakers and cutters, based in...

I think he was the Roy Gaynor born in NYC Dec 12, 1932.

I will post blurbs as I find them...and I don't know if I will have time tonight to dig too much. I will try to search for more information tomorrow. From a 1959 article: "One of the able young men in this broad field is Roy Gaynor, sole designer for 'Anita Modes' dresses who, still in his...

Here is a little information about Dagmar Fashions, from a 1989 obit:

The designer was Lea D'Crenza (see photo), who died in 1999.

Karin, I found the additional attached 1862 Favre-Quiry reference you can see here, but I assume it is not for Marie Favre-Quiry. Can you help with some translating...such as what is Coutiers? May I assume "representants de commerce" is something like an agent for a business? And I assume the...

On page 637 of THIS 1881 publication you can see that Madame Marie Favre-Quiry was still at work on her "Robes et Confections" and we have a first name for her now...

I searched the internet for Favre-Quiry and found this entry in what is, apparently, an 1871 publication that seems to list Swiss businesses, but Karin can help you with translation. I gather tailleuse is 'tailor' (feminine form?) and I believe schneiderin is the feminine form of...

I found a little information for you about the label... A 1958 Miami obit for Daniel Silverman noted: "Daniel Silverman, 63...came here 15 years ago from Kansas City and was the proprietor of the Zoe Dress Mfg Co. Survivors include his wife Zoe and two daughters..." Another 1958 blurb stated...