Party Lines..is this an Emma Domb?

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This label looks just like the Emma Domb/Party Lines label but doesn't list Domb. Does anyone know the relationship? Is it a Domb? I've also posted a pic of the whole dress so I'm not just being a label tease :)<p>
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These are all just theories...

Hmm...could it be an "early on in the business" example...where Emma Domb's name didn't hold any cache at first and they were focusing on the message/niche of the business being party dresses, and then soon later her name become known, and was added because it meant something to folks?

In the resource, the Emma Domb/Party lines label that is there is from the late 40s. Because of the belted treatment, to me this dress looks earlier than that. I have seen a lot of items with that same feature that were very early 40s/prewar (but i am known to be wrong so bear with me). If that is true, than the theory would make sense.

The other idea would be much dryer contract situation/business decision where there was an order for a boutique and what sealed deal was her name not be so prominent on the particular dresses or something. Or maybe some other partnership/red tape situation. Or maybe she herself didn't design this one but a protege/apprentice did using her design tastes.
 
The dress reminds me of a dress Judy Garland wore in "Strike Up the Band" in 1938. The Judy Garland doll from that year had a similar dress, too. I think the dress HAS to be Emma Domb, too, or as Lizzie says, made by a an apprectice. It is very lovely!
 
What a lovely dress! Well, I know next to nothing about Domb, but based on the little I have seen, this is very "Domb-like"! Very informative thread here--I learn SO much every time I pop in....
 
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