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Fab! Like a housecoat but much more cool!

Welcome, and that’s a great jacket. We have a few Canadians here so I hope someone will be able to give you some insight.

I often wear vintage coats, and knitwear, i find both are easy to wear. Lately I’ve been buying 70s/80s/90s plain wool sweaters in classic shapes, for office wear. They are totally ‘stealth’ vintage, and I’ve bought them simply because they are such good value and quality, compared to buying new...

How great to have two. They appear to be a half slip with built in stocking suspenders, which is not something I’ve seen before. I wonder what era they are… someone here may know. If you have more specific questions, feel free to ask - I’m not sure exactly what you are hoping to find out.

Do you have two of them? You can read about Kayser here: https://vintagefashionguild.org/resources/item/label/kayser/

I was also thinking it looks like rabbit.

Looking at the ballantyne label resource entry, I see my assertion about 100% wording not being used in 1950s is completely wrong :BAGUSE:

I was thinking the precision of ‘100%’ for fabric content denotes later than 1950s, and fits more with later decades. Eg in the 50s you might see ‘All wool’ on a label, but I don’t think I’ve seen numerical values until later, when fabric content labelling starts to be more regulated. Late 60s...

This thread is making me want to buy a lace identification book.

Not really. It's some kind of bobbin lace.

The second one is not crochet. It’s some kind of multistrand lace, I think bobbin lace. Crochet is a single strand technique.

fumble drying and lioning ::ironing::

It looks like a boucle wool, or maybe poodle cloth? - and yes I expect you are right that is it wool.

The label matches the 1960s one in the label resource, and is also similar to an early 80s one. After that ‘Makers of Weatherproof Garments’ seems to disappear. I get a 60s or maybe 70s vibe from your coat, but hopefully someone else will have an opinion. The lack of care labels also suggests...

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I would say late 60s or early 70s. Very nice dress.

Agree with dating. Interesting that it’s made of ramie and acrylic blend. Ramie is a natural fibre similar to linen https://vintagefashionguild.org/resources/item/fabric/ramie/

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I love The Velveteen Rabbit! You might be interested in the VFGs fabric resource: https://vintagefashionguild.org/resources/item/fabric/velveteen/

Asking for an opinion on whether it is real or not, is the same as asking for authentication (anyone who tells you it is authentic / real or not, is giving you their opinion). Sorry to disappoint, but we don’t offer opinions or help about authenticity on these forums, please see the forum rules...

It was made by a home sewer, from a Vogue Sewing Pattern. You won't be able to find out who made it, it could be anyone. You can only try and identify the sewing pattern, but that isn't easy, as Midge has already found out.

Home sewn. These were high end sewing patterns by Vogue that came with a label. I believe Vogue Paris Originals were created by specific French designers.

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Oooh that one really is a puzzler. I am leaning towards 1980s. In my experience 50s/60s dresses are more likely to say 'Made in England', rather than 'Made in UK'. As Shusteroo says, the measurements and how they relate to the Size 14 might help. It's a tricky one.

Thanks Nicole! Been a long time coming.

Kurta’s are usually knee/calf length, worn over trousers. They al usually have side slits. This looks full length to me? Good point about the buttons. It could certainly be a woman’s garment. I didn’t mean it was definitely male. I wondered about Abaya too.

There are women’s versions of these, and many different regional versions.

Gorgeous The Ianthe design is from the original Art Nouveau era, but was only first printed by Liberty in 1967 when there was a significant Art Nouveau revival. You can read about here...

And I think the pocket is just a useful pocket! For whatever one might need to carry

one of these? Seems like there’s many variations. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thawb