label info- Lee Parker Original

[grace8899]

I wondered if anyone had information on this Canadian label Lee Parker Original, got a blazer by them the other day which is super cool but can't find any info on the brand apart from one dress listed on a couture website but that listing gives no reference to who the brand are or anything :(

https://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/vINTAGE-LEE-PARKER-ORIGINAL-JACKET_33390879 <-- a different jacket

https://www.shrimptoncouture.com/pr...er-original-pleated-baby-doll-lime-green-coat <-- dress/coat

 

[MagsRags]

Interesting bust seaming! Does your jacket have a Canadian union label? It might help with narrowing a date.
The VFG label resource has an entry for union labels that includes two Canadian labels.

 

[Jonathan]

Not a lot to say about it... They were a Montreal manufacturer of women's fashions located at 1435 De Bleury Street. Founded sometime before 1944 and active until 1998. The company was liquidated in 2004 (typical story for most Canadian fashion manufacturers - the birth of fast fashion courtesy of low wages killed them) Your jacket is mid 70s - probably right about 1974 and probably had matching pants.

 

[Denitsa Kovacheva]

Jonathan above me is quiet right about that, the only thing is the company was liquidated in 1985 and its main director William Bucker passed this year. Based on that I don't think you will find a lot more information on the web

 

[Jonathan]

You are right, I was looking at another company with the same address. Interestingly, Lee Parker was originally incorporated and reorganized as a limited company in 1974, so they were shrinking as a company by 1974.