New to "vintage-ing" and need some help dating a few pieces I picked up!

[AmandaMarie30]

Hello, and thank you for looking at my post. I am definitely a new kid when it comes to shopping for vintage, but I found some interesting pieces and was hoping that maybe someone here with a bit more expertise might be able to help! First I found this great blue and black hounds tooth skirted suit set ($10.90), I'm guessing that it may be late 70's, the skirt also falls to about mid-calf. Then I found another skirted suit set, which is the label that reads Patra ($8.90), I'm guessing that this one might me from the late 50's-early 60's (a tv show I recently worked on used similar style clothing). Lastly the Harve Bernard coat, this one I am unsure about. It has a made in China label, and also has sizing written in Spanish, but either way I dig the coat. So any information that anyone could give would be greatly appreciated! Best to all ---Amanda

 

[Jonathan]

The Pendleton suit looks 80s to me because of the cutaway front to the jacket and the double breasted buttons, and the Patra also looks to be 80s from what I can see... The coat is nice quality but things only really started being made in China in the mid 1990s, so this coat dates from within the last 15 years.

 

[cactusandcattails]

Hi Amanda. Welcome to the VFG forum

It is probably not a good idea to try to date garments based on style alone. I think all of your items are probably late 80/90s or newer. The pendleton may be an exception, but the cut of the jacket and buttons look newer than 70s.

The labels on the other garments rule out 50s & 60s. You would not see such label info on items of that age.

 

[The Vintage Merchant]

also, Amanda, if you could re-size your photos (a lot) smaller (like 400 to 600 pixels wide, max.), that would be very helpful, too. thank you.