inspired by this post:
design in thread on notcot, i decided to photo some of my favorite woven tags in my closet
i love this little lace dress, A Topaz Original. couldn't find much info about the brand, but there are quite a few vintage stores selling similar (read:nicer!) dresses than the one i have...
i bet she doesn't put her foot through the lace every time she wears it.
Beeline Fashions were like the Avon lady of home clothes buying, or more like a Pleasure Party? ew. maybe it will be like my Halston and i'll bring it back from the dead when i'm a famous american sportswear designer.
speaking of great american design, this sweater was sold at one of the
first department stores in the US. too bad those aussies ran it out of business in the late 80s... we need more neon yellow mohair and nylon sweaters!
like a lot of department store clothes, this has their tag sewn in over the original designer, GYN LES. lots of other beaded sweaters and such are available from this brand online. i'm amazed at the easy availability of pieces from a brand that's got to be 40 years old, it's like how i own multiple pieces from Garay.
from the opposite end of the east coast, this little dress is from Shifts Internationale of Miami. they seemed to specialize in screenprinted dresses, mine has warnings "not to rub" the print, which is bright poppies with tiny little SI's hidden among them it... si! a lot of the prints and trims are really similar to things i've seen by lily pulitzer, but i think the fabric is cheaper. hence how you're not allowed to... rub it.
the west coast now... i've always loved this dress from
alex colman of california. they were one of the first, if not the first, american brand to work directly with japan in their production, and all of their printed fabric was custom. guess that explains my reptile print day dress, with the delicate hand-picked gathers at the waist and corded trim! colman was one of the first californian designers to bring the laid-back west coast look nationwide. pretty rad, dude.
another california clothier, Anjac Fashion, still has clothes coming out of it's original building, if not under the same label. there seem to be links for Dorman Fashion, Ada's Fashion, among others. the building really seems to be the focus, as it's on a major street in LA and was the site of a huge
garment worker's strike in the 1930s.
Miss Oops!, another CA label, just included since it was in the post that inspired this one... i think mine is a newer example. (nice stain, right?) i don't know that they've made clothes since the 80s, but it seems like now there's a brand called
Miss Oops! that makes silly fashion accessories like butt crack covers and single-use adhesive underwear.
just from a
division of pendleton... one of the
oldest fabric makers in the country. too bad mine's a diffusion made of imported fabric, kind of strays from what they're known for, don't you think??
after that disappointment, save the best for last! jackie o's main man, black silk, goodwill, THREE DOLLARS... you're jealous. right? right. anyway,
oleg, time for a new website! it ain't '96 anymore, this isn't geocities.
a last note: if you buy a lot of vintage like i do, you've probably found International Ladies Garment Worker's Union tags in a lot of things. for an ebay page, this is actually pretty helpful for
dating clothes with IGLWU tagswell, i'm off to
ruin wear some vintage to work today, i'm in that mood!
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