Date and fabric help on 'Helen Bond' blouse?

[retro ruth]

Date and fabric help on \'Helen Bond\' blouse?

Hi everyone,

Can anyone help me date this blouse? I couldn't find anything about the Helen Bond label, (though I found out a great deal about Helen Bond Carruthers! Presumably no connection) Inner seams are overlocked.

Also would you desribe this as lace, or is there another, or more specific, term for it? I think it's probably a cotton-synthetic blend, but it could just be synthetic.

Thank you!

Ruth

 

[thespectrum]

Looks like a late 50s to early 60s blouse, very pretty, a pointelle knit in a diamond lace pattern. The more stretch there is, the more synthetic content it probably has.

 

[retro ruth]

Thank you, that's really very helpful.

I thought it might have been a little later so good to know, and pointelle is new term for me. It has little stretch, so probably more cotton.