50s waitress style dress but...

[maltby]

it's modern, right? does anyone have any familiarity with the brand based on the pics of the tags? I know its prob a reproduction but I just liked it anyway and can't seem to say no to things I like because addiction.

thanks

 

[themerchantsofvintage]

Cute. I'm seeing 70s.

 

[The Vintage Merchant]

yep, agree it's more 70s influenced than 50s, but, it could in fact be from the 80s and 90s when retro restaurant/diners were the rage.

at The Hard Rock Cafe (the first one opened in 1971), we wore white uniforms that looked like vintage waitress/nurse outfits, with a white apron, and even a little white headband/hat. (ours were all white)

There were also restaurants that when certain songs came on, the servers jumped on the bar and/or counter-tops and would dance a routine: I don't recall the name of the restaurant, but their uniforms were diner-looking as well. That was in the late 80s/early 90s.

yours is cute! love the gingham look buttons!

 

[Pinkcoke]

Could you show the belt buckle please? this may help with dating. Also Baumwolle is German, so you are likely to be looking for a German manufacturer. The care symbols look like the earlier sort and there is no tumble dry symbol present (added in 1985) so I do think this is 1970s or perhaps early 80s as Mary suggests.

 

[Circa Vintage Clothing]

I see early '70s by the collar but there were a lot of uniforms around worn by women in many occupations up to the early '80s. I had a number of jobs in the early '80s where I wore similar uniforms but without the gingham. I wore them in hospitality jobs: waitressing, cooking, housekeeping. The collar does make me think yours is at the earlier end of the time period though.

 

[maltby]

thanks everyone, helpful as always. it's having a much needed soak this morning but before going in, I snapped some belt pics and here they are

 

[thespectrum]

Happy Days ran from the mid 70s to the mid 80s & that show spawned a number of retro diners & restaurants, as Mary referenced.
I am seeing a real waitress uniform from a retro diner, and it looks like it's from the above time period.
It's really cute!

 

[Pinkcoke]

Thanks Maltby the buckle looks 70's too to me.