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Definitely contact Betsey Johnson via however you can - I suspect there is a story behind it...

It's not impossible that it does up at the front - usually that's for nursing but the 'norm' is not the rule. It's like pockets - a lot of dresses have pockets, especially in the mid-late 19th century, but it's often said that dresses don't have pockets.

That makes sense - I saw that movie but a long time ago when it came out and had forgotten that name. I thought maybe it was in reference to the Beatles song Penny Lane and John Lennon wearing an Afghan coat, except Penny Lane was on the Sgt. Pepper's album, so it was just before they went all...

These are what you are looking at The skirt should be a bit longer in the back, so that should also tell you which way the dress is worn.

It's the shot where the fabric is pulled up the neck. I didn't look closely at all the photos. For an evening dress from this period, the opening should be in the back. Do you have any provenance on the dress?

Very nice -a summer evening gown and yes, c. 1860-63 would be my guess. Not in perfect shape, but certainly presentable. It's definitely on the mannequin backwards. Let me know when you put it up for sale.

That is a pretty one. I have never heard the term 'Penny Lane' for these coats before, and I have also never heard they were made of Yak. The original ones were made of karakul sheepskin. I have always assumed these were from the late 60s-70s and don't recall them being worn into the 80s as they...

Really tough to tell without handling it, but I suspect it's a blend like maybe a linsey-woolsey?

I really don't think so, however, it is from a desirable period - 1790s is really hard to find, and there was that recent Regency auction where 1790s dresses took high bids. I think the fabric, and possibly the dress, is likely Dutch - they liked dark grounds, and dark cotton dresses are less...

I believe Normandie was out of Montreal. The purse looks late 1950s to me - nearly identical to a brown purse we have from a going away outfit worn in 1957.

It's so hard to put dates on shoes since the early 2000s as footwear is no longer driven by gradual changes in fashion - it's more about designer labels, long term trends that recycle year after year, and retro styles. These would have been available at the same time as platforms and...

That evaluation is shocking - I wouldn't have expected to see it go for more than 5000.

Winklepickers are still being made by a few companies - T.U.K. has them...

It's definitely a Chinese brocade. It reads as silk in the pics, but may be rayon. It looks home made to me - well done, but not professional - perhaps a dressmaker (the sewing of the trim in the lining , and the points of the blue under sleeves are a bit awkward for proper couture work). It's...

It's post war - probably early 50s, and 'made in Belgium' is normal...

Beaded purses like these were made in various workshops in Belgium and France just after the war for export and I don't think I have ever seen any of them labelled with a maker's tag - they often have a store label and they weren't cheap, so you will find Saks, Bergdorf, Holt's etc. level labels...

It reads as silk in the photo, in which case it could wash quite well, but if its rayon, the results might not be as good - why would anyone add that brown flower to a wedding dress??? Very odd choice.

BARGOON pricing!

There is a bit of a range in the styles, but they alll look c. 1918ish to 1928ish. The first pair with the black galosh is the earliest - late teens into the early 20s; the second pair with the brown laces is the newest - late 1920s because of the round toe; the pair with the bar strap early-mid...

NEVER wash velvet.... looks mid-late 60s to me 66-68, and an embossed? velvet where a pattern has been heat stamped into the surface.

I suspect its wartime British - the lack of pockets, small amount of fabric for hemming, narrow collar, no cuffs... but I have never heard of a royal patent before...

Very pretty - these are hard to date because there hasn't been any really good research done on dating beaded bags, and they can fool you. I suspect this one is mid 19th century - 1850s-60s. However, I have also seen some that were identified as Dutch traditional dress and made into the 20th...

I've never seen a Lilli Ann with a printed lining.

I remember my sister wore dresses like this when she worked in an office in Toronto in 1973/74. They often had matching shorts/panties, and she wore them with platform sandals, long straight hair, and big hoop earrings.

Postwar 40s at the earliest, but I think more likely mid-late 1950s because they are good quality, and likely made for a more mature, established client. The cups are cut with a seam which suggests a more torpedo shape - typical of that era's silhouette, and the skirts are cut quite full, also...

Gucci moccasin loafers with snaffle links are typical of Gucci footwear - definitely trademarks of the company. Problem is they have made essentially the same style of version of the same thing since the late 1960s, so dating them is nearly impossible - its down to subtle differences that can...

Maybe it will give more opportunity for shops that specialize in target markets, like quilters. We don't have Joanne up here in Canada - we have Len's mills and Fabricland which deal exclusively with fabrics and home sewing - no hobby stuff - that's all carried by Michael's.

It's post 1978 because of the logo (it was Simpson Sears before 1978), and pre c. 1995 due to the coloured care logos (which stopped in the mid 90s due to NAFTA).

I know its not vintage, but a popular source for fabrics etc...

It looks like a cross-body beaded purse with cord strap - late 1970s/80s, and probably made in India - I bet it's an Indian brand of zipper.