Goldworm Dress

jauntyrooster

jauntyrooster

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Hi All,

I picked up this Goldworm dress - not in love with it - but it was such a great price I decided to grab. Have found lots of info concerning Goldworm but I am a little curious about dating this - I lean toward 70's but am just not confident enough yet to say for sure. There is a very similar label in resource that says 60s/70s. Also, there is something sort of interesting on the tag itself. The fabric contents have been blacked out with a pen and there is handwriting under the word Goldworm that says "50% Metallic" - you can just barely make it out in photo. So anyway - would love help with dating, any thoughts you might on the pattern, and any thoughts you might have on the handwriting on the label. My fear is that it is fake or something but am hoping for something much better. If it turned out fake, I would be out a whole $3.00 so I guess I can live with that! :)

Also - mannequin doesnt do this dress justice bc of poor fit. Dress is very shear and def metallic. Slinky would be a word that comes to mind. I can see it with a pair of go-go boots!

As always - I appreciate all of your insight. I have learned so much here in the past weeks.

Regards,
Maureen
 
I agree with the dating, also. And I can't see that it would be a fake.

I have a Goldworm dress that is a poly knit, and I have seen several other Goldworm dresses in non-wool knits. Their polyester knit is a finely spun, nice-feeling/looking type. Not the evil, cheap poly. My dress has a label similar to yours, but the "Made in Italy" line is where the line on yours is blacked out. I wonder why anyone would black out the line with the metallic content? That is so odd. Looks like it's lurex.
 
Another strange piece of the label puzzle is that the blacked out part says 55% cotton. So the label was hand-corrected to read 50% metallic and 50% poly. They also made a note to change the poly content from 45% to 50% . This is just too weird. I can't see a retailer doing this and I can't see an owner doing this. Weird.
 
Just rly wondering if not original label. It dsnt look to br hand sewn in but I would be highly doubtful of cotton in this dress and it dsnt seem likely goldworm put in wrong tag.
 
I've seen another goldworm dress with that metallic fabric but with different print, I didn't buy it at the time because it had damage and was pricey.
 
I am thinking the mystery of the label may never be truly solved but I wanted to say thank you to everyone. Such great info concerning Klimt and also the help with dating. Not really sure what to do with this dress as of now. I feel like I am not established enough to sell with the crazy tag - will have to stew on it for awhile. Again - a big thank you for all your thoughts and info - it is always fun and interesting to hear what everyone thinks.
 
Had you considered trying to use something to remove the marker from the label, of course carefully protecting the dress itself?

Goldworm worked both in wool knits and also with poly. I have a really beautiful maxi dress from Goldworm that is poly.

Anne of Vintage Baubles wrote a great blog about Polyester and you can see my Trevira 2000 poly Goldworm gown on it here: http://reflectionsofvintage.blogspot.com/2010/04/not-all-polyester-is-evil.html


If you're interested in learning more about the Goldworm brand I did a rather in depth interview with Susan Goldworm, daughter of Robert Goldworm which can be found here:

http://alwaysplayingdressup.blogspot.com/2008/05/samuel-and-gertrude-goldworm-started.html Part 1

http://alwaysplayingdressup.blogspot.com/2008/05/today-we-continue-our-interview-with.html Part 2
 
I did actually find your interview online when I "Googled" Goldworm - really interesting. Thank you for the input - hadn't thought of trying to remove. My worry is that, if I am successful, I then have an incorrect tag as it lists cotton in the dress which I would be very doubtful of. Again, just not sure where I will head with the dress. I just need to find a buyer who knows about Goldworm. Currently, I don't have that sort of client base so may sit for awhile.

Again, thanks to everyone for weighing in!
 
I see no reason you should not list it because of the tag.... It's not like the tag has somebody's name written across it or that the blackout was done sloppily. Most people who know Goldworm and buy it to wear probably won't care too much about the label. I wouldn't try to remove the marker--if it's permanent and you use something like rubbing alcohol to try and remove it, it'll smear and the tag will look worse.

Really, this is a quirk, not a fatal flaw.... Could be, as Kristine says, a second (wrong tag put on at the factory and dress was sold to an outlet). Honest, it's not like this is a $300 dress and the crossed-out line on the tag makes it worth $150! My guess is that on this dress, the "off" tag won't make a lot of difference in the price. This is a dress, I think, that someone will buy to wear, not to display or collect (unless it's the family), or re-sell.

Just disclose, show the label, and state what you think is the correct fiber content. I imagine the dress will sell. I have heard that sometimes the family will buy Goldworm pieces--perhaps they will run across your listing.
 
Not fake. They probably just used an old label, and corrected the info in the factory themselves. I've had a few labels like that in the past. Here is one I had with the poly metallic.

gold3.jpg
 
Just a belated footnote to this discussion - I was blogging away about one of my own Goldworms, and I noticed that there was no Flickr group where images of them (and, maybe labels etc) could be pooled. Since Shaheen has his own group, and so on, I thought a Goldworm group would be justified.

It's pretty empty at the moment. Please feel free to add images:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/goldwormdresses/
 
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