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Chasseur

Call Me a Cab
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2,494
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Hawaii
I got a couple of dresses for my better half for mother's day:

A New Look style brown 1950s dress:
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And late 1950s/early 1960s black sheath dress:
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VintageBaroness

One of the Regulars
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238
Location
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
I think this may be made of a rayon satin (I have a few 30s-40s dressing gowns and nightgowns....one of them has a "100% rayon" label in it and it has the same satin finish on the outside of the fabric and flat woven underside? Then again, it could be "parachute silk" (nylon), but (correct me if I'm completely wrong here), it seems to my nylon fabrics were not available until post WWII, which would make this a later garment than I believe it is (http://www.nyfashioncenterfabrics.com/nylon-fabric-info.html. Ah, yes, now I recall: both Jonathan Walford, author of Forties Fashion, and the Vintage Fashion Guild's site, confirm that: "Nylon was the first true synthetic developed by DuPont in the 1938, available to the American public in May 1940, used in stockings. Not used in clothing until well after WWII." In either case, SWOON!

I found this peach of a late '30s/'40s hostess gown for $6. Just when I was starting to think the thrift stores had run dry... :)

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The label is "G. Fox and Co.". It feels silky, but I think it's a synthetic... nylon?

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Rosie_Beau

One of the Regulars
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184
Location
Lincoln, UK
Hi Ladies. Long time, no see! I've bought loads but this is my most recent purchase.
I can't really afford it but I got it to cheer me up because I have a virus again.

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RodeoRose

A-List Customer
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415
Location
Vermont
Thank you so much for the info, Baroness!! I'll confess, identifying vintage synthetics is a skill I've yet to master. It does feel very satiny on the outside (when I first picked it up, I thought it might be silk) but is a matte weave on the inside, and hardly looks to be post-WWII... so it probably is rayon satin!

Rosie Beau, that gingham dress is such a dream!! I adore the sailor color! Hope you get well soon :)
 

DameWhoDrinks

Familiar Face
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72
Location
Memphis, TN
Everything is so cute! I have no clothes, but lots of accessories. Here's the big picture
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Here's the bag, its upholstery/carpet and seems to be 60s. I loove it
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Two scarves( I esp love the 70s colorblocked one...very laugh in)
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A small compact and a perfume compact
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Two records I plan on making into purses
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and not a purchase but a gift..some pulp!
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Dixie_Amazon

Practically Family
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523
Location
Redstick, LA
I won this white lucite purse at an estate auction last month.

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I also won a lot of demitasse cups and saucers and a cedar chest. I will post some of these once I have them sorted out.
 

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