40s/50s? velvet blazer

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Jessica

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Hello! Please help! I have a dating question on a gorgeous vintage velvet blazer. We don't come a lot across of items older than the 60s but believe this one might be 40s/50s. Could anyone help date?

The button holes are sewn by hand. As is all the lining on the inside - all sewn by hand.
Please see pictures below and tell me what you think. Thank you so much
 
It's a little hard to tell because of the way your model is standing, but I think you have a men's velvet blazer from the early 1970s. May have had a matching pair of trousers at some point.

I suspect the buttons aren't so much hand sewn, as repaired by hand when the machine stitching unravelled. I do this all the time for jacket button holes. What fabric is the lining? Looks like a polyester bemsilk or an acetate - a '40s, '50s jacket would have a different lining and be more structured. If the lining is put in my hand it may be a replacement or a home made job.

Can you please try to include the photos in your post rather than posting external links - photobucket gives you some code you could cut and paste, or you could upload them as a file (click on More Options). There's also a FAQ post about how to post photos.

UPDATE: I've just had another look at your photos and I can't even tell which side the button and button hole are on - if you have a clear shot of the jacket shape (without it all being scrunched up) it will help.
 
Jessica, you can paste your photos so that they'll show up right in your post by using the photobucket code--sometimes people don't want to click a link to see shots; it's better to have them in the body of your post. You're more apt to get more folks viewing and responding!

I agree the jacket is likely to be 70s. If we could see a shot of the front full on without the shape of it and how it falls being distorted by the model having her hands in the pockets? I think I see princess seaming on it, which would mean it's a women's jacket. That sort of velveteen fabric (it looks more like velveteen rather than velvet because of the short nap, which I can see in the photo of the buttonhole) was very popular in the 70s. I agree with Nicole that the hand-stitching around the buttonhole looks more like a repair rather than an original bit of work.
 
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