Royal Hawaiian Dress.. Date and material help please.. thanks!

[AnyDayNow]

I have this dress by Royal Hawaiian and I thought it was 60's and think it is barkcloth. The label resource shows a pic of this label and has a 1950 date on it.. is this 60's though? And onto barkcloth - the fabric is different feeling than cotton, more course and it has "ridges" for want of a better word. The pattern is silk screened I think and the white parts feel almost painted? on.

 

[AnyDayNow]

Okay.. in searching I finally found a dress with material that looked similar and a fabric tag. It is cotton made to look like barkcloth so that answers that question. And I'm pretty sure it is 60's so I'm pretty sure my searching has answered all my questions but thanks to anyone that has looked!

 

[MyVintageCocktail]

Could be 70's as well, early. I have a Royal Hawaiian with that same label, which I dated to the 70's, and I also had a Shaheen with exactly that back treatment. The Shaheen, I think, was early 70s. The one other long Hawaiian dress I had with a Watteau pleat that was from the 60's had a much different treatment. So, on yours, my best guess is early 70's. (I posted earlier, but only half my post made it.... the rest of it seems to have been lost in cyberspace.)

Though I've had a lot of Hawaiian apparel over the last couple years, I often still find them very difficult to date!

 

[MagsRags]

I would agree with 60s, possibly 70s. Labels can be confusing because manufacturers don't necessarily change them very often, so you can't judge era based on that alone. The maxi dress was pretty much a 70s phenomenon.
The back treatment on your dress is called a watteau panel, being a full back panel that then falls loosely from the bodice.