Help dating Christian Dior prêt-à-porter Canada tag - Silk Set

[versachampagne]

Hello everyone!
First of all, happy new year and thank you for the work you do on this forum—it has been really helpful to me so far.
I'm reaching out today because I couldn't find any information related to my tag in the resource label.
During my usual rounds at charity shops, I found this Christian Dior silk blouse and skirt set for 6 CAD. I really like the blouse, the skirt a bit less, but I felt lucky to find a complete set, so I took both. However, I can’t seem to date this set and despite searching everywhere online, I haven't found a tag that says Christian Dior Prêt-à-porter Canada.

Could anyone help me with this? Thanks again, and sorry for the quality—resizing the photos made them less clear!

 

[Jonathan]

What's the full CA number? The last two digits are obscured by the '10' size tag. It looks 70s to me - hard to tell without seeing it mounted or handling it in person. I've never seen that label before, but Dior had a LOT of different labels, and in the 70s, designer labels were scrambling for sales....

 

[Jen S]

I would guess early 80s with the tie neck and the heavily pleated skirt.

 

[versachampagne]

What's the full CA number? The last two digits are obscured by the '10' size tag. It looks 70s to me - hard to tell without seeing it mounted or handling it in person. I've never seen that label before, but Dior had a LOT of different labels, and in the 70s, designer labels were scrambling for sales....

I just saw that, indeed, sorry! The full code is: CA00763
Thanks for your help!

 

[Ranch Queen Vintage]

Hi @versachampagne, may we add your label to our resource when we nail down a date?

 

[versachampagne]

Hi @versachampagne, may we add your label to our resource when we nail down a date?

Yes sure hope it will be helpful! Thanks a lot for all the infos already in the label ressources!

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

It looks 70s to me as well.

 

[Jonathan]

The CA number is for Montreal manufacturer Irving Samuel, who was in business from 1947 to 1995. He was known for high-end fashion, and was the best, or one of the best of Canada's RTW manufacturers. He was the type of manufacturer who likely bought toiles from Dior and did legal knock-offs, and licensed lines. I could see it going into the 80s, but just - 1980/81, but I am thinking more likely 1977/78ish - too short for 1979 - hemlines plummeted that year.

 

[versachampagne]

Thank you so much for all this information! Do you think this is a licensed line or a legal copy?
Does it have any value, in your opinion?