Need help dating sheer/silver metallic knit dress. 30's? 70's? Help!

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Opal

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Need help dating sheer/silver metallic knit dress. 30\'s? 70\'s? Help!

Hi everyone,
I would appreciate some help trying to date this dress! I think it is much older, but I've been advised that this is a 70's dress. To me it looks 30's, although the sleeves are pretty unusual. Am I correct calling them batt-wing sleeves? The dress is slightly big on my model, but not so big that the shape of the dress is misrepresented in the photos. I've looked for other example from Blum's Vogue, the dress shop this came from, and found that they spanned many decades. Help! Pictures below.
Thanks in advance,
-Opal

<img src=http://opal.killrobot.com/Gallery/blumsdress1.gif />

<img src=http://opal.killrobot.com/Gallery/blumsdresstag.gif />
 
I vote for 70s with that zigzag bargello effect in the knit. Perhaps late 70s ??? Is there a draw string? Somehow I think it would have one and tie at the waist.

Look forward to see what others have to say.
 
Oh, and there is no draw string. Here is a picture of the elastic waistband inside the dress. Plenty of stretch left.

<img src=http://opal.killrobot.com/Gallery/blumselastic.gif />

Some more pictures (sorry, wish they were better).

<img src=http://opal.killrobot.com/Gallery/blumsdress3.gif />

<img src=http://opal.killrobot.com/Gallery/blumsdress5.gif />
 
From the Trademark search:

Word Mark BLUM'S VOGUE
Goods and Services (EXPIRED) IC 025. US 039. G & S: MEN'S AND WOMEN'S FUR, FUR-FABRIC, FUR-TRIMMED, SUEDE, AND LEATHER APPAREL-NAMELY, COATS, SCARVES, JACKETS, SUITS, CAPES, STOLES, HATS AND MUFFS; AND MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CLOTH APPAREL-NAMELY, SUITS, COATS, JACKETS, AND HATS. FIRST USE: 19691002. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19691002
Mark Drawing Code (1) TYPED DRAWING
Design Search Code

Serial Number 73102383
Filing Date October 7, 1976
Current Filing Basis 1A
Original Filing Basis 1A
Registration Number 1076485
Registration Date November 1, 1977
Owner (REGISTRANT) EVANS, INC. CORPORATION DELAWARE 36 S. STATE ST. CHICAGO ILLINOIS 60603
Assignment Recorded ASSIGNMENT RECORDED
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Affidavit Text SECT 15.
Live/Dead Indicator DEAD


I would think 70s also. Looks like 1969 was the first use of this label.

Added: This is the only trademark reference I saw for Blums Vogue. I cant be sure this is the same label. So there is nothing definite in this.

What do the seams look like in the dress?
 
The depth of the armsceye is awfully deep for a 30s knit. And all the ones I ever had form the 30s did have a high, fitted armholes with very fitted sleeves and a natural waist seam

I think 70s as well.

Hollis
 
Someone on another forum suggested that it might be early 30's (Blum's Vogue certainly existed back then), but suggested that the dress is too big for the model. The waistband needs to be higher, and sit at the natural waist. Also the model needs to be bigger in the shoulder span so that the arm holes don't hang down as much. So, hmn...
 
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