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The V&A will be putting on it's first sole exhibition of Mary Quant since 1973 and is looking for more items to include: https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/network/we-want-quant-help-us-bring-to-life-the-first-mary-quant-exhibition-in-50-years

We don't have this Zelinka Matlick label in our resource so I'm looking for opinions on whether this is more 1940s or 1950s. It could well be cusper.... the sleeves are raglan cut, full length and ever so slightly A-line shaped to the cuff. It is a 3/4 circle skirt and 40" from nape to hem. Bust...

I'm currently making a 17thC style pannier dress that needs to be used for a quick change. It would typically involve the performer wearing a chemise and stays pocket hoops tied on seperately a vast skirt (cartridge pleated) hooked on at each side of the waist a bodice that currently opens...

Have just discovered these and now would really like to own a pair! More versions can be seen here: https://theredlist.com/wiki-2-23-1185-1197-view-from-head-to-foot-profile-roger-vivier.html

scored this lovely little hat yesterday - I was wondering if anyone knew when the two tone straw was used, or has seen this funny little boucle wooly trim which is sewn to the straw? I would think the ribbon is rayon.

Looking at this 1940's straw halo hat and struggling to understand why it has this label on it: I asked and the internal grosgrain ribbon is only overlapped about 1" and sewn as usual, so I can't see how it means the hatband? The ribbon measures 19" so I'm not sure it's supposed to go around...

I am getting ready to list this thinking it was 1950s at the latest and since looking up the adverts and the label resource I'm beginning to wonder if it's not earlier. Certainly a lot of the ads around 1950 have the frilled hem and sweetheart neckline but I haven't been able to find any with...

In my head this was pretty solidly 90's - Fresh Prince of Bel-Air style - but I just looked up the trademark and it wasn't submitted until 2001. :/ Admittedly I was probably still watching Fresh Prince on reruns at that time but I would have thought this look dated by then. The picture 'frames'...

I found this after following a link for a 3 year glovemaker's apprenticeship offered by this british company! On their website they helpfully define the different types of seams used, which I remember us discussing a little while back: https://www.chesterjefferies.co.uk/our-gloves/ General...

I watched 'Ethel and Ernest' on the BBC iplayer the other night and discovered that Dorothy Perkins is in fact the name of a rose (in the film, the roses survive a bomb attack near the house during WWII). Since the early Dorothy Perkins labels had a rose logo it's safe to assume the label was...

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...

I really love the design of this dress, particularly how the bias cut fabric has been reversed in contrasting panels (hips and upper torso/sleeves) for a really smart subtle effect. The fabric is fairly lightweight with really good drape, cool and silky where satin on top, matte and crepe on...

If I may muse through this with you. I am new to burn testing, but I just didn't get what this fabric and it needs washing was so had to try it. From the outside the fabric has a linen look to the weave, is 'hard' feeling (though that could also be because it's not been washed for a while!) when...

from a 1950's dress, pictured. I see lots of similarly constructed and beaded cocktail and formal evening wear by this label but absolutely no info whatsoever. Not to be confused with Roebuck, which is another brand from this period but has no connection that I know of. This dress has *three*...

I was doing more digging, and came across this site with many articles on specific button topics and a good basic button type ID which I found very useful for a novice button person and thought others may also find beneficial: http://bnb.jewelrymakingmagazines.com/community/button-corner#3_

I would have put this as 60s myself, but I've just read the label resource bio in which Emma gave closure of his named business as 1957, so maybe I'm underestimating how fashion forward Morton still was at this time? Hard to tell when I've rarely seen any of his designs post-war. This is made of...

I have just discovered this dressmaker or brand label and I love the style of work. Both pieces I have seen are c.1950s/60s strapless fitted bodices with matching skirts in velvet or chiffon and 3D decoration in embroidery or felt. I see at least one of our members has had a garment with this...

Name found inside a 1950s/60's evening oriental brocade covered round box bag on a gold sticky label with black text. I found evidence of Caroline Wisbey's in England, France and Australia, but no mention of a bag maker or designer.

I picked this up largely because I thought the tweed was exactly the same as my 1940s CC41 Harris tweed coat, despite it having no labels, but the pockets are lined in rayon crepe which certainly could be that old. The main lining is a satin more like acetate but apparantly also period as there...

I just submitted a one line entry for a Carol Brent label from some shoes I have but I see a lot of people have had Carol Brent branded items previously, can anyone add some different style/era labels or more info on the brand? All mentions seem to be 1960s and later, but Montgomery Ward was...

both soles feature R.T stamped into the arch, the maker's brand is already inside, so what could this mean/be for?

This is an old story from 2012 that resurfaced on FB but I'd never read it so thought others may also be interested: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20094629?SThisFB

from a very upmarket 40s/50s coat also labelled 100% virgin Juilliard wool. I got brief results from an Illinois newspaper before the subscription website closed me off. Lots of results for De Michel of California, but this doesn't match the label I'm looking at, which says "an original Michel...

I have seen this twice in recent days - first time I can't remember if it was the Strictly Come Dancing men in period costume or something else, but definetly Men, and then I've just seen what looks like a Victorian photo of some men in women's corsets and underwear, also with a ribbon around...

I bought this fleece dress the other day - never seen one before. It seems an odd material for such a shaped dress at first - this has a princess seam bodice attached to a box pleated full skirt with a cut hem - but they actually make a great winter dress! I thought it might be later repro - but...

from a c.1950's skirt suit:

This is deadstock so I have the dated tags when it was sold...

So...I got this dress thinking I could dye it navy, or black if that didn't cover the colour difference. Having now read how hard it is to dye rayon after it's been woven, due to the instability when wet. I'm looking at some options. P.S. The beads are silver lined, I don't know what material...

from the back of a German comercially made 50s/60's cocktail dress: I don't know if this is really as complicated as it looks, but I'd love to know how to do it. I repair so many vents that have torn here.

These are unmarked gold tone base metal. They have ribbon like inclusions in them like glass marbles do but the domes are irregular in shape, cold to the cheek and I don't know if that's a real insect or it just came out looking like one. Most of the material is a milky transparent white with an...