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I have shoes from the 1950s with N/M/W and there are shoes still being made today in England using the american letter width system, so truthfully it never switched. It's just that one is a more simple format with less sizes.

I can see why you dither - there is a point in both decades where the fashionable shoe shape was quite similar - when the toe shape changes from pointed to square toed in the mid 60's and from square toed to almond toe in the 70s. These are c.1966 The key feature is the keyhole/cut out on the...

Both dresses appear to have the LA label attached to another label, rather than directly into the garment as all my LA's have. Please can you show the label underneath? I have to say both these prints are unlike any LA prints I have seen before, I've also never seen insects in LA prints. I...

I agree, also because of the trim across the bodice neck and the waist seam generally has more than one line of stitching, either when gathered to attach to the bodice for even spread or to finish the seam to prevent fraying, even when left just pinked elsewhere the waist is normally bound as it...

Mary Maxim have a children's pattern for a plane jumper but it's simpler. Could it be a Cowichan design? I think my favourite is the rocket launch jumper.

My thought was also that it is a flocked taffeta fabric. I have a rather grand ballgown with a skirt made of similar fabric. I suspect that most of the flocking has come off (hence the pepper bits everywhere) and you are left with the tacky glue residue on the fabric underneath. I agree these...

I had it on a 60's knit dress that was a nylon mix and I determined one of the fibres in the knit fabric had broken down causing the 'devil dust'. Best you can do it hang it on the line and beat it out like a carpet, or sell as is for costume/modelling use.

The buttons are men's cuff-links. Same purpose, but I don't think they were frequently seen on women's wear until the 50s.

I looked up Cotillion thinking it was a foreign word for cotton however I'd suggest it was the style name for the dress; I thought the definition and origin given for the word were just lovely: US: A formal ball, especially one at which debutantes are presented. From the French cotillion...

It looks more 1920s/30's when modelled. I'm thinking to go over a beaded or bias satin evening dress. I have that lining fabric in some 20s/30s jodhpurs. I wasn't sure what it was either but I think I decided on waxed cotton. (not confirmed)

Older news but I thought this was pretty fab, and such an apt museum to get them. http://www.kaapskil.nl/garde-robe-eng.html The discovery was made 2 years ago, during which time the items have been under preservation, but the information was only released earlier this year. They will...

Can you show the mark and hole please?

It looks late 1960s to me. That looks like either a design or a collections number. Was it deaccessioned from a museum perhaps?

That's great Linda! You mentioned you'd be willing to product test for them right? :D

It wasn't the Liberty building perchance? This is well before my time I'm afraid but your description of the architecture made me think of it. It's also one of the only buildings and companies large enough in central London to have supported something of that scale. I don't know though, just a...

There is a company that can make those two-part covered buttons (the link was given on an OLL thread) with fabric stolen from inside the jacket, it's the only sort you can't do yourself as it requires specialist equipment. I would get that done personally. You can buy replacement shoulder pads...

If I remember correctly the boutique line (a cheaper 'younger' range) was introduced in the 1960s. I'd suggest these were 1960s-1970s with the block heel / broad toe shape and crepe rubber sole. Ferragamo shoes made after his death in 1960 can be very classic in style for the period. The model...

I agree with early 80s, it might have had a self-fabric belt like this one Diana wears in 1981...

Can you show a profile/direct side on view and a direct view of the bottom (in hand) please. Also can you read what the boutique name is on the other label?

That's great evidence Lynne. It sounds like Miracle Sportswear were the equivalent of the british Sportaville who took the definition of 'sportwear' to a new fashion level. I don't think any of us would have guessed a golf viewing outfit!

I've never seen patterned items made exclusively for tennis - they tend to be of the plain white, sometimes with coloured trims variety. There are others here better informed than I on sportswear however. The bloomer/skirted bottom appears in swimwear around this time though as a fashion...

sounds (and looks, from the label illustration) like a 1950s summer outfit.

If you could show that please?

Hi Jason does it have another label such as a care label? if so could you show any details on it please.

I agree with a soft graphite pencil (wipe it off after) you can also just run a candle down it to distribute wax.

Cotton was still a common material for swimsuits in the 1960s and this being a plain and more traditional style for the period would fit with it being a set school uniform piece in a boarding school and the details sewn onto it certainly appear to be a name, class, possibly swimmer's number for...

This post explains why the majority of CA number entries give the same year: http://forums.vintagefashionguild.org/posts/313522/ Worded care instructions were around earlier but the symbols were fixed in 1956 if I remember the year correctly, and tumble dry was added in 1985. You will find the...

The pinafore style looks more 70s to me. The print looks like a take on Raggedy Ann (note the triangle nose).

Hi, that's essentially what authentication is; an opinion on whether someone thinks something looks authentic based on the supplied evidence. The design of the top has a 70's vibe to me, with the pastel block colours and eyelet lacing. Does it have a care label? if so please show both sides.

Also, if the soles are largely unworn a number of shoes I've had also had a logo pressed into the ball of the foot area. The lettering (or missing parts) may be more legible there.