White dress from the fifties? Need help dating

[Ineke Veenstra]

I bought this wonderfull white dress with matching jacket.
- Zipper on the side (above the zipper is not part of it. That is fabric that is letting loose)
- Metal zipper from 'Prym'
- A little pink bow on the back of the dress, inside, on the lining, so it's not noticeable while wearing.
- Label Werner La Haye on the jacket only.

I want to know the age of the dress, and maybe somenone can tell me something about the label.

 

[foreveraftervintage]

Hi, My initial impression looking at the dress and jacket is that it's really cute but too short to be a 50s dress if it's adult size. When looking through the photos I noticed that the zipper looks like a nylon coil zipper. I am not sure if my eyes are playing a trick on me but while the zipper head looks like metal the teeth do not look like metal. The detail and interior construction looks nice. I am not a dressmaker but I think the hem looks original and so does the zipper from the outside which makes me think this dress and jacket would fit mid 60s or possibly a year or two later better.

 

[retro ruth]

Agree it looks more sixties than fifties, and that certainly seems like a nylon zipper.

The label font also looks much more likely to be a 60s design.