Sixties Suit?

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Safarijo

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Can anyone help me ID label and date? My uneducated guess is 63/64 only because of miss trade mark R on union label.
 

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Its hard to say about the date as you cant really see the overall shape in the photo very well. I am thinking maybe a bit later 60s.

I am not familiar with the label. It looks like a nice set though.
 
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For best results, it will help if we can see the suit being worn, either by a model or a mannequin but this style is very distinctive: it always reminds me of the 1962 Doris Day film "That Touch of Mink" so I will date at approximately 1962ish (61-63)
 
That Union label was used from 1963-1974 so it cannot be earlier than 1963. I agree we need to see the suit on a model or mannequin - or even hanging so we can get see the relative length of the skirt and jacket.

It looks like a very nice set!
 
Safarijo said:
Can anyone help me ID label and date? My uneducated guess is 63/64 only because of miss trade mark R on union label.
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I was hoping that someone could identify the Monsieur Jacques label and I was wondering if it was kind of like the Monsieur X label for Dior reproductions in American department stores! The union label is also missing the registered trademark symbol and I know they changed the label in 63 but did not get a trademark until 64 that's why I was thinking it was 63 early 64 anybody out there can confirm this?
 
I'm thinking that that label may not be the brand as it says "fabrique de" which I assume means fabric of. So maybe that is just the maker of the fabric and not the design of the ensemble.

The set, as far as I can tell, looks early to mid 60's to me. I'm guessing 63-65.
 
TheVintageVortex said:
I'm thinking that that label may not be the brand as it says "fabrique de" which I assume means fabric of. So maybe that is just the maker of the fabric and not the design of the ensemble.

The set, as far as I can tell, looks early to mid 60's to me. I'm guessing 63-65.
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'Fabrique de' actually translates as 'Made By' or 'Manufactured by' or perhaps 'from the Factory of'. The verb fabriquer means 'to manufacture'. It doesn't refer to fabric, as in material, more like fabricate, as in make. This is a maker's label, not a fabric label.
 
Fabrique in French means 'fabrication' not the textile, so the label should mean that it was made by Mr. Jack, however, the ILGWU label certifies it was made in the U.S.
 
Jonathan said:
Fabrique in French means 'fabrication' not the textile, so the label should mean that it was made by Mr. Jack, however, the ILGWU label certifies it was made in the U.S.
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I assumed that since it had a US ILGWU tag that it could not have been made in Belgium, so it was likely the fabric. Guess that deduction was not the right one. Good to learn something new though...but still confusing with the contradictory tags.
 
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