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Congratulations on the great PR, the fun shoes, and all the viewing hits they are collecting. Hope it all brings an equally fun buyer to your Internet doorstep.

What a wonderful article that is! It made me want to rummage through your shoe collection and to hear more. It also brought to mind a few questions: 1) In what do you store your shoe collection? I have some in the original boxes, but I know that is not archivally correct. 2) In the article you...

Hmmmmm...if you turn the dress so that the label is in the back--which should then put the ties at or near the sides I assume--can both sets of ties then tie together behind the neck?

How delightful to reminisce about those great 60s fashions. Wish I kept mine--and could still fit in them. Thanks!

The May 10, 1976 New York Times had an article about Judith Leiber bags made from shells. The bags pictured had feet and handles that resemble yours. I, too, found a not-very-badly-damaged Leiber bag, which I sent to the firm to be repaired. It primarily needed regluing, but they sent it back...

I found a 1957 ad for a plain Penrose cardigan made of "Finest quality Turbo-Spun DuPont Orlon for softer, luxurious texture."

Our very knowledgeable VFG seems to be right on the mark once again. I looked up that RN# and it is assigned to: AZ3, Inc. CORPORATION CALIFORNIA 2761 Fruitland Avenue Vernon CALIFORNIA 90058. I then looked up AZ3 in the trademark database, where I found that that company sold toiletries...

I noticed that, too, Kristine, so I turned it upside down and cropped it. Once I realized that the artist's signature is not "MADE IN FRANCE" but the cryptic thing above, I saw that it doesn't look any better this way, either.;)

In Fifty Years of Fashion: New Look to Now author Valerie Steele says: "Hot pants are extremely short shorts that were designed to be worn as dressy clothing for women." and "Unlike ordinary shorts, hot pants were usually made from formal fabrics such as velvet, satin, or leather."

Whenever I have a minute I look for more Erdrich info, but haven't found anything useful, other than a slightly later ad for the House of Erdrich (I edited my prior post to reflect that)...and a passport photo of Mark Smink Erdrich:

Sorry for the dribbles and drabs here... A WWI draft application for Mark S. Erdrich, born in "Austria Hungary" in May 1889 (his naturalization record says he was born in Romania in 1888) notes that he was self-employed in the "Cloak & Suit Business" with "Hurowitz & Erdrich."

Mark Smink Erdrich was born in Romania in 1888 and a 1924 passport application noted that he was traveling to Europe "for commercial business for Hurowitz & Erdrich; 31 East 32nd Street; New York City" so I guess he was part of that firm before he was associated with the House of Erdrich.

I have no idea whether these many iterations of "Erdrich & ____" are related, but I note that the earliest one mentioned "M. Erdrich" and the latest House of Erdrich ones mention the head Mark S. Erdrich... NY Times (Sept 3, 1919): "Sixty new corporations...were chartered today. They include...

DITTO! Thanks for that fun link.

The dress is fabulous on you, Linn. We need you to tour the US, stopping in with each of us for a photography shoot as you model our vintage items.

Jonathan, I defer to your shoe expertise, but aren't those protective overshoes called pattens? If not, what exactly is the difference (as they seem to call them clogs here, too). Ah, never mind. I see that the link I gave answers that! I saw those same things called pattens on so many other...

And how do we recognize shoe clips? I would like to post pictures later (have to run out), to have a visual ID of each of the three styles. I don't know if I have fur clips, though.

I have that same acorn necklace (because I live on Oakview Terr) and I think I bought it...oh...about 7-8 years ago from a catalog...I THINK.

Oooooo...I REALLY want that linen closet. Actually I need <u>lots</u> of those closets. Great, fun photos!

This 1901 "Christmas Gift That Costs But Little" struck me as an attractive way to display a small collection of hatpins, or to hold flowers or stickpins (if you use a tiny bottle). It is also a nice way to use and display a pretty old handkerchief, isn't it?

Great story and absolutely wonderful blog.

My favorite things--Miss Piggy and vintage fashion. And a fun 1950s fashion.

Your lovely coat seems to resemble the one in this 1939 Ombre Karabaa ad...

krimmer="grayish, tightly curled fur made from the pelts of Crimean lambs" (uh...I wish I hadn't read that) ombre="shaded or graduated in tone"

In one of the newspaper databases I found only three ads for Ombre-Karabaa coats and the ads were all from the summer of 1939. Two of the ads were identical and mentioned: "...enjoy almost identical features in "Volgalam" "Alaskan Kurl" "Ombre Karabaa" "Kara Pursian" and "H and H Hudson Seal"...

I found ads for Luisa Spagnoli angora sweaters from about 1955-1963. Your sweater looks more like the 1950s to me. I don't know how we could know the angora content without a label to tell us, but one Spagnoli ad said: "Gorgeous, fluffy, luxurious Angoras ... the Italian kind that don't shed...

Aha! I *thought* that box seemed an unlikely receptacle for those shoes. But what really confused me was the Kreep-a-Way ad that mentioned ""Ladies' Comfy, Kreep-a-Way house slippers, a large assortment and any color to match any kimona combination." Just another strange coincidence, I guess.

I forgot to add that the box looks early-30s to me. I also found a 1937 ad (no pictures) for: "Kreep-a-Way House Slippers; 69 cents - 98 cents - $1.49; Men's, women's and children's slippers. They help solve the gift problem and are very practicable and serviceable"

I think those are Japanese-type shoes (I don't know the name for them) and I found a 1917 ad for "Ladies' Comfy, Kreep-a-Way house slippers, a large assortment and any color to match any kimona combination."

The HiBeam Web site provided this bit of information about Kazuki: Article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) Article date:October 9, 2009 Byline: BEVERLEY LYONS STONE Roses legend Ian Brown claims he gets so many freebies from Japanese designer Kazuki Kuraishi he stopped buying clothes...