Marks and spencer 100% polyester dress.

[stephanie connor]

Hi there I came across this dress in a little charity shop and paid about £4-5 for it I really liked it and thought it was probably 1970's can anyone verify this for me.

 

[Pinkcoke]

Can you upload a picture of any labels please? If it just says Marks & Spencer rather than St Michael, it's likely to be a recent retro style dress. Have you seen the label resource entry here?

 

[stephanie connor]

No it says st micheals, i have a picture. sorry nearly called it marks and sparks. Was'nt thonking when i sent in original pictures. Its even got a little hand stiched label in it of its original owner.
thanks what do you think.

 

[stephanie connor]

Just looked at labels in fasion resource it closely resembles the 1970's one but its a bit fadde as you can see.

 

[Pinkcoke]

That poly knit was used in the 60s & 70's a lot. The intended shape would be clearer if you could get it modelled at all. It looks fairly short; has the hem been taken up at all?

 

[stephanie connor]

I think it may have been it looks hand stitched it came to just below my daughters knees, and she is about 5ft 8inches tall, on me it comes to way below the knee but i'm only 5ft 1.

 

[catwalkcreative]

The dress (and label) looks 1970s - I'd say early to mid 1970s.

 

[retro ruth]

That's definitely a 70s label. I'm not at home to check my M&S resources, but I know that having the size in a circle like that, plus having the metric European size, didn't appear on 1960s labels. I believe 1973 or 1974 is when that size circle thing became the norm on St Michael labels, though it did occur earlier.

 

[Midge]

It looks a lot like the label in the 70s St. Michael dressing gown that I recently posted. Good to know about the size circle thing, Ruth, as mine has that too , as well as bot UK and European sizing.

Karin