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Vintage_Visage
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Im actually thinking 90s?
A big tip is the labels, in the 70s care and fabric contents became required ( I can not remember exact date mis 70s?) but there were no regulations on how that was, so they will deffinately look different than 80s labels. In the 80s standard care symbols and content requiremnts came out so the labels will be more uniform and much fuller of print.
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A big tip is the labels, in the 70s care and fabric contents became required ( I can not remember exact date mis 70s?) but there were no regulations on how that was, so they will deffinately look different than 80s labels. In the 80s standard care symbols and content requiremnts came out so the labels will be more uniform and much fuller of print.
Hope that helps
persephone60
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Thanks--I knew that it was 80s or later based on the care label as well. What makes you think 90s rather than 80s?
MyVintageCocktail
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I'm thinkin' very late 80s with this--although it's hard to tell late 80s from early 90s a lot of the time, there was a period in the late 80s when polka-dots were HUGELY popular. I had several polka-dot dresses and outfits ca. 88/89 from my own wardrobe and a couple of pieces I've picked up as vintage in more recent years.
Of course, polka dots never really disappear and are always popular, so could be 90s, too. If those are slightly dropped shoulders, which it looks like in the photo but I can't really tell, I'd still go with late 80s.
Of course, polka dots never really disappear and are always popular, so could be 90s, too. If those are slightly dropped shoulders, which it looks like in the photo but I can't really tell, I'd still go with late 80s.
Vintage_Visage
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My main reasonin is small polkadots were popular in the 90s and bigger ones in the 80s. But as anne said hard to tell on a hangar the actual shape.
Vintage_Visage
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Oh wait, they are squares, perhaps more late 80s then?
persephone60
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Yeah, they're squares, which is what made me think 80s too. But all the polkadot info is helpful--thanks!
MyVintageCocktail
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Woops, didn't see the squares--but in any event, as you alluded to, the "polka-dot" type of pattern was popular then. And, as Jennifer said, it does seem as if slightly bigger dots were more popular in the 80s, but I think they got very small in the 90s, didn't they?