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Hi there, Could you please show us the dress in question? We might be able to tell you if washing would be safe for it.

Don't worry, we all learn from the dating you discovered! :)

I've got the winter bride covered Harry Keiser wedding dress Opalescent sequin wool cloche Opalescent beaded bag Mid-length gloves with tiny mother-of-pearl buttons

Bumping this up for our guest. I'm not at all an expert in this, but my first guess would be 70s.

Great questions Marian! Summer woolens include tropical worsted and Palm Beach cloth. Goodall Worsted Co., of Sanford, Maine, purchased the patent for a warm-weather wear fabric developed by William S. Nutter in 1908. Goodall called the fabric Palm Beach cloth and sold it directly to...

50s Pale Aqua Blue Modernist Print Dress by Kabro of Houston

In a comment on my first Fabric Friday post, Barbara @Rue_de_la_Paix made the observation that linen is a fabric and flax is the fiber used to make it. This is an excellent point—some of us say linen is the fiber, but it is quite true that flax is it's source. Flax is the name for both the...

Same. I see a couple of other scarves with this logo for sale online, but the seller of those does not seem to know the designer/brand.

Thank you Suzanne! Mary Jane, I know just what you mean—those silky poly blouses, often from the 1980s on. There is a difference in the hand as I'm sure you have experienced. To me, as smooth as silk feels, it has a subtle "tooth" to it compared to polyester, which in this fine filament form is...

I am not sure what I'm seeing with the name—would you please show us the skirt and also divulge where you live? These will give us clues.

Not really the right material for fall, but the leaf theme is strong— 60s Red, Yellow, and Green Leaf Raffia Embroidered Black Low Heel Shoes by LaRose 10N 40s Womens Black Patent & Mesh Oxfords Shoes Drew Arch Rest 9 1/2 N 40s Black Velvet Tall Handbag with Golden Belt Buckle Clasp - Ingber

50s/early 60s cotton organdy shirtwaist dress with cotton lace 50s dotted swiss dress with white trim

I have never tried that Marian—so you literally do use all your senses for identifying fabric!

Last week Marian made a great point about the feel of a fabric as a way to know it. Hand is the tactile quality of a fabric, which can be perceived by feeling it. The words used to describe a fabric’s hand can help give a sense of how it feels and looks like to wear and how it will behave while...

Cotton is a fiber obtained from the cotton plant, a bushy plant of the genus Gossypium. The cotton fiber grows from the seeds of the plant in the seed pods, called bolls. The fiber, which is 90% cellulose, is naturally fine, soft, fluffy and absorbent. The length of a cotton fiber can vary from...

It looks lovely. Do you have a photo of the inside?

Yup, I had something very much like this in 1999.

I see there is a record (but not a photo) of a dress by After Dark in the V&A https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O19054/girls-evening-dress-after-dark/ Perhaps @Jonathan would know this label, or @poppysvintageclothing ?

Verily has an article about late summer/early fall trends, including square-toed shoes. It links to Jonathan's article "Shoes: The Sole Provider". https://verilymag.com/2021/08/summer-trends-sunset-colors-sqare-toed-shoes-boots-sleeves-swimwear-2021

I think raw, rough and textured is somewhat accurate, but not that it feels like paper—at least I don't think so. The wild silks I've handled were sort of like linen in feel.

Hi John, They don't come up a lot, huh? Have you already set up a search on Gem?

I love that pink beads set. :hearteyes:

Vintage Castlecliff Necklace 70s Gunne Sax pattern-made dress 60s pink lampshade hat 40s yellow rayon blouse

Interesting! I am pretty sure this is wild silk. I just found this page listing and showing many of the wild silks: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/mcguire/collection/wild-silks/ of which Tussah is the most often seen. I am surprised at the variety of weights and textures of these fabrics...

Claire, that was quite an experience, I'm sure! I'm amazed at the intricate hand weaving. Sounds like a job for the good ol' burn test. At least you would have a distinct difference between silk and rayon from that. Your heavier green fabric has the luminous look (and weight) of alaskine, but...

Died = dyed :duh2: (don't type when you just wake up) Victoria, your first dress is shantung, but I question that it is silk. It looks more like rayon shantung (made to look like silk). I may be wrong. The second is silk shantung for sure. The third looks like a heavier fabric, correct?

Oh yes, your dress is silk noil MJ. It can be dyed and/or printed.

MJ, your man's robe is silk shantung and it's iridescent. :hearteyes: Apparently there is a multi-language issue with the term, from what both Karin and Victoria have said.

This sold fast, but I have to share it. I knew the fabric print looked interesting, but until I got it ready to show I didn't see it was by Alfred Shaheen. I've never seen this print before and figured out it portrays Hawaiian petroglyphs. Also by Shaheen, an early 1950s Surf 'n Sand rayon...

I see a lot of people call silk noil 'raw silk', such as here. https://www.etsy.com/listing/973061165/vintage-raw-silk-skirt-peasant-skirt?ref=search_recently_viewed-2&frs=1