Line Up Some Corduroy Particularly suited to the colder months, corduroy makes a wale of a good sportswear fabric for both men and women. About the origin of the name corduroy: Parlez-vous français? If so, you may have made the assumption corduroy means something like “cord of the king,” with some sort of royal lineage. Here’s the skinny, from the VFG Fabric Resource: There is argument about the derivation of the name corduroy, with many claiming it got its name from the French corde du roi, or King’s cord, and that it was used for the clothing of servants in French royal households in the 17th and 18th centuries. It may have been a form of marketing (wear a fabric worn in the presence of French nobility!) by an English entrepreneur. There are many weights of corduroy, defined by the number of wales per inch. The lighter, finer corduroys have tiny wales and as many as 25 wales per inch in the case of featherwale, while widewale (also called jumbo and elephant cord) can have as few as two wales to the inch. (Read more about corduroy in the Resource.) Whether your choice of wales are upscale or tough-as-nails, on the straight and narrow or high, wide, and handsome, you’ll want to winterize your wardrobe with our line up of vintage fashions made from corduroy!
At The Vintage Merchant we have this 1960s reversible vest that features a coal black thin wale corduroy front with a coordinating classic foulard print on the back, that reverses to a foulard front, with a black cord back on the other side. We've shown it on our male mannequin, but it's a fun and versatile addition to any well dressed woman's wardrobe, too.
1970s Courreges Paris Corduroy Skirt Sand Coloured Cotton Size 00 Small 1960s Corduroy Ski Jacket St Moritz by Almor Canada Ladies Size L 1950s Green Corduroy Smoking Jacket Bond Fifth Ave NYC Cotton Mens S M 1960s Norfolk Style Corduroy Jacket Coat Mens Size M 38
Vintage 1950s Koret of California Circle Skirt Black Corduroy My Vintage Clothes Line on Ruby Lane https://www.rubylane.com/shop/myvintageclothesline
1980s shirtdress 1970s Lady Lee western style jacket 1980s pleated corduroy skirt 1980s corduroy bomber jacket
