Authenticate & date my VERA scarf, please?

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scoutsmum

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Seriously, it never dawned on me that I might find a fake Vera, until I received an ASQ about it. Can you take a look and tell me what you think? In the great world of faked items, I've never heard of a fake Vera. Have you?

Vera Scarf
 
I have a Vera Scarf with the same tag as yours but I'm hesitant to put it in my store as I'm not sure if it is vintage. I think yours is authentic - I don't know if it is vintage. I am waiting to see if someone comes along and tells you that it is or that it isn't.
 
it's not exactly the usual vera, that's what has me. Vera used color like it was going out of style. I don't recall one quite as girly or soft toned.
 
i've had pastel-y ones before, but never such a tiny/watercolor-y/fuzzy-esche one; her prints are typically pretty bold and abstract rather than small muted-y florals

those are all highly technical terms, too, of course. :wacko:

Sara is a Vera scarf enthusiast, she may have more specific knowledge for you
 
I'm also wondering because of the color. I think it probably belonged to someone like me (who tried to wash a Peter Max last year and diluted the color terribly!) :no:
 
From the VFG Label Resource "VERA"

The earliest scarves (1947-early 1950s) have "vera" in small print with no symbols.

The labybug & © (C in a circle, copyright symbol) were added to the small "vera" in the late 1950s. The ladybug remained into the 1960s, and the "Vera" got bigger.

Sometime in the mid to late 1960s, the ladybug was removed. Copyright symbol remained.

Signature continued to get larger and bolder through the 1970s and 1980s.

Vera died in 1993. At that time her name was licensed. The post-1993 scarves have a small "vera" and the copyright symbol.

I think your scarf falls in the last category; post 1993

Wait I take that back, I see it has the ladybug and that large signature so 60s?? I have had some muted vera scarves
 
I'm intrigued by the fabric content tag (this is the first I've heard of "vinal"). I googled the term to see when it was first patented and if that could maybe help with dating.

Found this link:

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/dprk/facility/industry38.htm

and this one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinalon

So, it seems the stuff has been around for awhile, and is still used in North Korea but nowhere else. . Apparentlyit's hard to dye (as well as stiff and shrink-prone), making it an odd choice for a printed scarf; then again, maybe that explains the muted colors?
 
I can't think of any reason for someone to fake a $3 scarf.

It is odd to see one with a capitalized Vera and ladybug, but no trademark symbol on the scarf itself. If not for the ladybug, I'd say 80s.

But whatever the age, I'm sure it is authentic. I've seen pretty ones like this, though they are not the usual Vera fare!
 
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