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A 1968 article I found about Miss Elliette noted that: "Miss Elliette, as she is known in the trade, provides her customers with enough yards of floating chiffon, ruffles and sequins to satisfy the most sentimentally romantic of tastes." I'd say your fun dress has "enough yards of floating...

The RN database gave me this little bit of information about the RN number on your cute top: RN Type: RN RN Number: 16971 Legal Name: SUNTIMERS INC Company Name: SUNTIMERS INC Business Type: IMPORTER,WHOLESALER,MANUFACTURING Address Line 1: 20 W 22ND ST City: NEW YORK State Code...

I think I checked a couple of the databases to which I have access, but I believe those clips came from the NewspaperARCHIVE .

Thank you very much, but I can't take credit for any of this. I just poke a couple of words into a database and with luck we find something relevant. As I said earlier, too, I learn so much more about vintage fashion this way and really enjoy the search. Every day I thank...well...Al Gore...

One 1971 article says: "Luis Estevez, designing for Sea Darlings, does his snappiest maillot in white jersey printed with diagonal stripes of black panthers, uses the same print on signature scarfs that make a coverup skirt with a fluttering hemline. He does some marvelous things with black...

Sure...I'll post it here in case anyone else wants it. I think this is the correct link: http://www.snotr.com/video/2630

The NYT articles on Orcel ranged from 1946-1959 and went through descriptions of his 1940s pancake hats, to his fluffy bathing caps, to his small hats for women "who are allergic to hats."

I found a few NYT articles about Gilbert Orcel. A 1959 one noted that Orcel was "a famous Paris milliner" who "eschews decoration in his daytime hats" and that "Every one of them is draped, tucked, pleated, rippled, and manipulated. The brims of his cloches, sluch hats, and sailors are fluted...

I can't tell you how many times I have played it already. It is hysterical, isn't it? I didn't want to risk anyone's wrath, but on the Web site where it appears it is titled "Are Women Born This Way?" which I thought was funny, too, but it obviously offended one of the commentors.

She's so cute... <iframe src="http://www.snotr.com/embed/2630" width="400" height="330" frameborder="0"></iframe>

I agree that is not vintage by the VFG definition (at least 20 years old), as everything I found about it was from the 1990s.

What a lovely dress. I found 1993 ads for George F. Couture, for mother of the bride dresses and gowns. I found a 1994 article in which a retailer noted that he buys mother of the bride dresses from only a couple of suppliers, one of which was George F. Couture, "because they are the most...

I think your guess at 1949 was right on. Here is a 1949 ad:

The two databases I checked had ads for lingerie/intimates by Anne Klein for Lily of France from 1974-1977.

Unfortunately, I doubt that there is anyway anyone can confirm the alleged movie history of that lovely dress. The Federal Trade Commission RN search gives only this information about that RN #:

Ummm...maybe Swiss beading: Swiss Beading Scroll down a little, on the right. I think the entredeux is above and below what they call Swiss beading.

Entredeux?

I found ads for Gene Shelly from the 1940s through the 1960s. Most of the very late 1950s through the 1960s ads were for her beaded gowns. One 1964 ad said: "During the recent preview of California collections for the nation's press, it was plain to see that the best way to stretch your...

I found a couple of 1969 and 1969 ads for clothing and at the bottom, where information was as to where you could buy the clothes, it said: "...and in Hawaii: The 5 McInerny, Ltd stores..."

I believe it is Errenno.

It was only a little bit of help, but you are most welcome. I, too, am impressed that you had a reply; that is wonderful.

Can you post a picture of the label?

That is, indeed, a wonderful photo and they all look so elegant. Great grandma's dress (she looks more like a 'great grandmother', than a 'grandma') is lovely. In my other life a thousand years ago I used to teach at a school for the deaf. It is rather unusual for two deaf parents to have a...

:jawdrop: That is FANTASTIC! Just FANTASTIC!

What an elegant coat. So far I found only a January 1996 newspaper reference to Rickie Freeman for T.J. Nites.

I can't help you with the fabric, but I found these two ads. The first is from 1965... and this one is from 1966... Please note that these are posted for educational purposes only. Kindly do not use them in any sale description. Thanks!

Hmmmm...yes...and now that I think about that, redness usually indicates a flush, or heightened state of (sexual) excitement, doesn't it...

Ohhh, that is just delightful! I am happy that Jonathan mentioned the function, as I never would have guessed that it was used for that--and why did they DO that? I, too, have a 1920s item that I have enjoyed for a couple of years and that has a tiny puff, too. The opposite side is a hinged...

I found this same 1957 ad--and very slight variations on it--through 1982.

I found La Flaque ads from 1965-1973 and while I never found your exact coat, this hat on this 1966 La Flaque coat was the closest I found: This 1965 article was also pretty illuminating: