Braemar Label Question.

[sharedspirit]

Can anyone help me date this label? Thanks!

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[The Vintage Merchant]

no, but cashmere! and LOVE that color!!!! more pix? sometimes style of sweater can help determine date

basic crew? or cardigan?

 

[sharedspirit]

Here is another pic. The buttons are plastic with a gold colored coating on them.
It is so soft!

 

[The Vintage Merchant]

hmmm, the hems (sleeves and bodice hem) look more 80's-ish with that sort of finish, plus the buttons speak later-model rather than vintage-ier, too, however they may have been swapped out at some point.

the label does have an older look to it, but after all this, i guess i'm not much help for you. :duh:

thanks for posting the pic, someone with more brains may be along soon for you!!

 

[sharedspirit]

The buttons look newer. And they are very tightly sewn onto the sweater. I think they may have been added later but can't be positive. Would seam pics help? I can scan those. My camera just won't take close ups very well.

 

[lkranieri]

I searched one of the newspaper archives to which I have access and all results, except one, were ads for Braemar sweaters in newspapers from 1951 through 1960. The sole exception was a short 1972 article that noted that:

"Cashmere Sweaters Are Catching On" and "One fashion of the 1940s which is catching on again is the cashmere sweater. Started last fall by a few top designers, such as Halston, Bill Blass and Chester Weinberg, the cashmere sweater fits the trend back to more use of natural fibers. Old-time names in cashmere sweaters, such as Dalton and Ballantine, are readying groups for spring and next fall, while such Scottish names as Pringle and Braemar will be again heard from ..."

I wonder if you would find a designer label in your sweater if it was one of the later/early 1970s sweaters and that this is from the 1950s -- with replaced buttons. The label looks earlier to me, too.
Lynne

 

[lkranieri]

I forgot to add, however, that while the label looks earlier to me, the boxy style of the sweater looks later than 1950s. Are there any other labels anywhere inside?

 

[sharedspirit]

More pics & a label I missed the first time. Thanks!

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[poppysvintageclothing]

It looks late 70s - early 80s to me from the labels and the styling

 

[sharedspirit]

Thanks for all the help! I am leaning towards 70's -80's also but maybe someone will come along who knows more about Braemar cashmere.

 

[Ookoo]

I have a men's cardigan with a Braemar label, mother-of-pearl buttons, and the softest cashmere ever. I don't know much about it but it's one of my favorites!

 

[Ookoo]

Look at this e-bay ad for Braemar sweaters, the color looks similar to Sharedspirit's sweater:

e-bay link

 

[sharedspirit]

I would call my sweater butter scotch. It's a good word for the color. Thanks for the info ookoo

 

[lkranieri]

From a Web site about dating vintage clothing:

"sewn-in labels that indicate the type of care were first required in the United States in 1972, when the Federal Trade Commission introduced the Care Labeling Rule. Similarly, care labels were introduced into the United Kingdom by the Home Laundering Consultative Council around 1975."

Lynne

 

[Circa Vintage Clothing]

I would date it as late '70s: it's boxy but hasn't got the dropped shoulder that became popular in the '80s, is too boxy for the early '70s and the labels suggest it's fairly modern.

That's the most popular colour for cashmere, I think - I call it camel. I have a cashmere coat in that colour. I will never go travelling again with a coat of any other material, it's so wonderfully warm, light and soft.