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Well, that find was helpful, as it confirmed whether the 'L' was a size or part of the name. Good find! That enabled me to find this, from a 1962 newspaper article: "NEW YORK - A new division has been formed by R & M Kaufmann, Inc. of Aurora, Ill., dress manufacturers. It will be called mister L...

Even better to show both ways of wearing the hat holders. I can't tell for sure with your image, but your thicker hat holder appears to go behind the ear, but under the hair at the neck, correct?

Once in a while a post appears here with a question about the placement of the elastic band on (primarily 1940s) hats, or a photo is posted in which you can see the band under the chin of the mannequin's head. As I unpacked my millionth box here, from having moved here a year ago, I found this...

This is from a 2023 reference, but...a possibility, I suppose. "Hue Textile Garment JSC manufactures clothing. The Company produces shirts, jackets and other clothing for children, men and women. It is Vietnam's 11th largest Textiles & Apparel company by market capitalisation." and, also from...

In a 1931 edition of the Boston Herald: "...search of all known sources has failed to produce pictures of Mrs. Maria Theresa Hollander, who, in 1948, took the unheard-of step of starting a shop, as the first merchant to specialize in children's clothes..."

From a 1933 edition of Town & Country: "...the new East Fifty-seventh Street shop just opened by (couturier) Joseph...Under the stress of circumstances the store soon closed, and no one really hoped for a reoccupation of the building except the owners and Benjamin Pitman, who had been New York...

I found a bibliographic footnote in an online PhD(?) dissertation that the Maria Theresa Baldwin Hollander papers are in the collection of the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, Cambridge Mass.

I found confirmation of the start of Paradise Sportswear Ltd in an article about their 1954 incorporation. The owner/president of the Ltd company was Calvin Chun and in a different database I found references to the Ltd company until at least Jan 1982. Note that that company is apparently...

I found a photo of a garment with what seems to be an identical, but newer, Royal Surf label, and with a second label beneath it that had a registered identification number (RN#) that indicated Royal Surf is a product of the Paradise Sportswear Ltd company of Hawaii (see image here). I found...

-- A 1979 article said about Perry Ellis: "He opened the door to designing when he joined Vera Cos. five years ago as vice president and merchandiser of sportswear. Two years later he started designing his own line, Portfolio, before opening his own company, Perry Ellis Inc." -- A 1979 article...

Dangerous sports in a Christmas sweater? Too funny. Here is the label turned right side up, so it is easier to read...

This just came in an email to me from Interesting Facts and it may be of interest to you: "Zippers are part of our daily lives, whether on our jeans, coats, or bags, and as long as they work, they usually don't receive intense scrutiny. However, a closer look at various zippers will likely...

I assume your label is "JSC" based upon the identical "S" in the word "Script" you see below it and the "C" in the word "Classic." The "J" is not identical, but close. I have, however, only done a fruitless, cursory look for a clothing business with that label or those initials.

I was not able to find much information about Mr. Martin hats, but what I found thus far is: -- I started seeing mentions of Mr. Martin hats around the mid-1960s and I think the latest mention I saw was in around 1978 -- a small mention in an article in a 1969 newspaper noted: "At the budget...

A second 1957 article about the FTC complaint(s) stated: "Samuel Peltz...said he is still checking into the FTC charges against him and Harry and Irving Peltz, but it is his understanding that they relate to the fur operation at Breslau's, Washington, and not the larger operation in...

I found references in the early 1960s to a CT outlet store that may have been named--or owned by--an I. Breslau, but the latest Washington DC Breslau store I found was referred to in a 1957 article: "M.H. Peltz Inc., Baltimore, and Harry, Samuel, and Irving Peltz have denied Federal Trade...

I will continue to look for information for you, but I found this 1925 bit about the shop's start: "Mr. and Mrs. Henry J Breslau were the recipients of scores of congratulatory telephone messages and telegrams yesterday on the occasion of the third anniversary of the establishment of their...

...and THIS YouTube video shows a sleeping bag with a label very similar to yours, which the narrator dates to about 1901.

The one thing that stops my heart, with fun posts such as this one, is when I read with great anticipation that the poster's items belonged to his/her grandmother. I gleefully rub my hands in anticipation of seeing a lovely old Victorian something and when I scroll down to the photo and see...

I have a copy of this Vera book by Susan Seid. I don't know if/how it differs from the other book. It can be found through AbeBooks:

I found a couple small references to Equity shoes: --from a 2009 newspaper: "...Equity Shoes, founded in 1886..."; "(Leicester) was built on the boot and shoe trade, and Equity was Leicester's last large shoe factory."; "Equity, a co-operative owned by staff, was an emaciated husk of the...

FYI, from a 1977 article about the Lancasters: "Sixty years of marriage caused a celebration honoring George and Beth Lancaster. Beth was the owner of Beth Lancaster Furs in Long Beach for 32 years...I remember as a youngster going to her shop with my mother. I was not particularly "into" furs...

...but then I found a 1977 article that states: "...(her) clothes are so exclusive they can only be seen by appointment at her Park Avenue brownstone in New York."

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Nope, I just found a 1975 article about Fontayne, which mentioned her "East Side (couture) salon."

Perhaps her studio/store/salon was at this Hackensack address (in 1974)...

I saw fon Tayne, too, but since that spelling wouldn't produce any results that differed from Fontayne, I ignored it. I tried searching business directories for Fontayne, but with the size of NYC and not knowing where she might have been selling there, it was a bit overwhelming. That, however...

I am sorry to be slow to reply, but I spent quite a bit of time looking into every research resource of which I am aware and trying the searches with several variations on the search terms. One of the biggest issues I had with this search was the number of iterations of the subject's name. I...

Never mind...I just found it, too. Still digging.

Congratulations on the find. Under what name was her obit?