Hi all Recently bought this from a local charity shop and I was wondering if anyone can help with who might have made it as there is only a care label in it and date it as I'm thinking possibly 1970s but I'm not sure. It came with a lovely peaked cap too. I guessed it as possibly the size for a young teenager when it was made
I think it's early '60's - C.1963. I did a search for Courtelle. It's an acrylic invented in the late 1950's in Great Britain. This information from "WikiPedia" : In the late 1950's Courtaulds Ltd began investigating the production of an acrylic fibre later to be called "courtelle" by a process of solvent polymerisation I also did a quick search for 1960's cape skirt suits and think it may have looked something like this when worn with a matching skirt:
A 1968 girls Simplicity pattern #8072 shows a similar double breasted cape and also a dress that appears would be slightly shorter than the cape. As a young girl - circa 64 to 66 (so long ago now!) - I had a coat with a matching dress and cap in plaid but in blues and greens.
