Vintage Inspirations/Fall 2016 Tabby: The Cat's Out of the Bag According to Merriam-Webster.com: 'Tabby originally referred to a kind of silk taffeta with an irregular wavy finish. The name was a corruption of ‘attābī, short for Al-‘Attābīya, the place where the silk was produced. The name for the cloth was adopted into Medieval Latin asattabi, and then into French astabis. English speakers modified the word to tabby in the early 1600s. They didn’t connect it to cats at that point though: the word was used solely for plain-woven silk cloth with a wavy moiré pattern. . . Within a few decades of the adoption of the word tabby, the word was also being used to describe the markings on the coats of some cats. By the late 1700s, the word was being used to describe the cats themselves as well. Eventually the fabric meaning of the word faded from prominence, and tabby was free to (eventually) devote itself wholly to kitties." (To see swatches of this fabric, and more, go to the VFG Fabric Resource Page: Taffeta) For this parade show off your moiré taffeta items, along with all things cat-related (so popular in Fashion, this season, once again): Novelty print fabrics, dresses, tops, aprons, blouses, kitten heels, and novelty accessories, plus jewelry.
Vintage Laurel Burch Colorful Silk Cat Scarf My Vintage Clothes Line on Ruby Lane https://www.rubylane.com/shop/myvintageclothesline
You can find this adorable vintage 1960s John Wolf Tabby cat novelty print apron at The Vintage Merchant:
This kitty brooch is in my Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/listing/452664844/60s-light-blue-rhinestone-kitty-cat-face These are from my sold archives www.denisebrain.com 1950s swing coat 1960s dress 1930s dress Peg Thomas handkerchief
Big cats - tigers and leopards - on an 80s oversized scarf 80s crazy cat lady vest From our recently sold archives, 80s kitten print cotton skirt 80s deadstock Korean silk fierce cat face t-shirt Jen
1950s Blue Taffeta Dress Hattie Carnegie Rhinestone Leopard Head Brooch 1970s Yves Saint Laurent Black Moire Skirt
. I JUST listed this upholstery fabric... imagine covering a padded headboard in it... or doing up the dining room chairs. Sigh. 10 yards.
