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Please credit RetroRuthUK An Ui Maikai label slightly different to the one already in the resource From a 1960s cotton maxi dress ADDED TO THE LR 6-28-24, THANKS RUTH! A Ghost label we don't have Out of interest, I've seen several versions of this label, and the embroidery thread is always...

My hunch is early to mid 80s. Probably not any later than that, by the care labels. very nice. I can’t see anything that suggests custom made.

All on UK ebay with international shipping 70s Grecian crinkle cheesecloth gauze angel sleeve top 80s pure silk blouse 70s dagger collar blouse or jacket 70s disco lurex black silver sweater

You could look at Irregular Choice shoes who do really whacky heels. Not quite like your desired fish shoes, but lots of novelty heels. ETA they are a UK brand which started in the late 1990s Eg squirrels

1990s bias cut viscose crepe dress by GHOST

OMG I'm finally listing again. All on Ebay, shipping worldwide from the UK 70s purple Indian block print S-XXL mini dress cotton gauze tunic 60s Hawaiian UI MAIKAI barkcloth maxi dress vtg hibiscus watteau tiki B38" M-L 1970s blue floral ditsy print cotton a-line skirt W34" Sz 16 knee...

Hmm, not my area of expertise, but I'm sure you realise, the tag could have come from a different hat, and ended up with this hat somehow over the years. given there’s nothing on the actual hat to indicate it’s by Dior, I don’t think you can be sure that there’s a connection between Dior and...

I was also thinking 90s rather than 70s. Because of the overall shape, but also I have this idea that the 70s hippy wear tends to have symmetrical pattern placement, whereas by the 90s manufacturers didn't always bother so much with that. So, your bodice, one side different to the other, doesn't...

In the UK care labels were usually there in the early 70s, and even the late 60s. So its absence suggests it might have been removed, rather than an earlier date.

@Ranch Queen Vintage tagging you about potential label submission.

Would a late 70s dress have shoulder pads? I'm wondering if it's early 80s. Here's our label resource entry on Hardy Amies: https://vintagefashionguild.org/resources/item/label/amies-hardy/ We don't have this label. If we could nail down the date, it would be good to add it, if you are...

Think V waist, or dropped waist, very full skirt perhaps tiered, fitted bodice, off the shoulder, or puffed shoulders. You can find this is mid 19th Century and the 1940s, especially evening wear.

It was a bit like this though - the one at the front - 1940s pattern

Sorry it's so long ago I don't have the photo's anymore.

I do believe there was a Victorian revival look in the 1940s. I had a late 1940s evening dress once that was very 'Victoriana'

Agree with 70s. those metal loops at the side suggest it had a detachable strap that has presumably been lost. can you tell if the outside or the lining is real skin/leather, rather than vinyl? The inside looks like vinyl not real leather but it’s hard to tell from a photo. Agree that reptile...

Thanks for this, I wasn’t sure if this was hand or machine.

Yes as @Jen S says for me it’s mainly the print, she’s described well why I instinctively felt it couldn’t be 60s. While artificial fibres can be used to rule out an earlier date, natural fibres can never be used to confirm an early date. They don’t disappear even if they become less common...

I can see why you thought 60s. By both the style and the construction. I think this may be later and home sewn. Over lockers became available to home sewers I think in the 60s, but probably weren’t common back then. However by the 80s 90s it’s not unusual to find overlocking on a home sewn...

That’s really cool!

Also for some reason later labels no longer have the royal warrant. It’s possible it was rescinded but I’ve never been able to find any information on that. Or maybe it was only used on ‘water proof garments’ as per the warrant text on the label, and therefore it doesn’t appear on say wool...

It’s possible I suppose, but the main label appears older too, looking at those in the VFG label resource. The main label plus the care label are saying 70s-80s to me.

That’s a useful guide, but you’ve misinterpreted a few things. The washing symbol on your label means Do Not Wash. That symbol will never have had a number, either before or after 1985, as the numbers referred to washing machine cycles so aren’t relevant to this instruction. Same for a hand...

I tend to think multiple languages is something that appears more often the later an item is, but this probably varies from manufacturer to manufacturer.

thanks the main label appears identical to the 1960s one in our label resource- doesn’t mean yours is also 60s as labels may be in use for decades, https://vintagefashionguild.org/resources/labels/#resource_items-42 I think it’s probably not as early as 60s due to the care symbols, which...

Is there any care tag other than the aqua 5 one? ETA it looks like there’s one in the pocket that we can’t quite see.

Great information! Thanks. The workers certainly look happy!

They appear to be a relatively small family firm who may have stopped trading before the internet. If they were mainly manufacturing for other companies like M&S, they might not have had a much of a public brand. It’s not so surprising there’s not much out there about them.

This is presumably the site you found. I also found this, which doesn't tell you much but has some marvellous photos of their workforce, see below, which look to be late 50s/early 60s. It says they moved location in 1968, but still in Hastings in the UK. Presumably they moved manufacturing out...

There's some fashion magazine photos featuring her clothes here: https://lizeggleston.com/category/designers/angela-gore/