Hi everyone,
Bought this beautiful blazer today, clearly vintage but I’m having trouble dating it and finding any info on the brand and I want to learn more.
I’ve scoured the internet including the Toronto archives, luckily I’m a local so I have a slight edge but apparently not enough. In the archives of directories I can definitively say the company was around in the year 1970 and 1964 in Quebec, so not Toronto. There’s addresses for factories and a bunch of employees from the time. Otherwise there’s no information about Gay-Town or Gaytown online that isn’t listings of other pieces. Also known as Gaytown Sportswear Co or Gaytown Textiles.
The CA ID number dates it as 1997 which is definitely incorrect. This seems to be a common error. Based off the care label I do think it’s from the 70s but today is my first day of even exploring the vintage clothing realm so I’m not trusting my opinion on that.
Any experience or insight would be highly appreciated!
Bought this beautiful blazer today, clearly vintage but I’m having trouble dating it and finding any info on the brand and I want to learn more.
I’ve scoured the internet including the Toronto archives, luckily I’m a local so I have a slight edge but apparently not enough. In the archives of directories I can definitively say the company was around in the year 1970 and 1964 in Quebec, so not Toronto. There’s addresses for factories and a bunch of employees from the time. Otherwise there’s no information about Gay-Town or Gaytown online that isn’t listings of other pieces. Also known as Gaytown Sportswear Co or Gaytown Textiles.
The CA ID number dates it as 1997 which is definitely incorrect. This seems to be a common error. Based off the care label I do think it’s from the 70s but today is my first day of even exploring the vintage clothing realm so I’m not trusting my opinion on that.
Any experience or insight would be highly appreciated!