cblev65252
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posted on June 28, 2008 02:32:53 PM new
I posted this on the eBay vintage clothing board, but I sometimes think you have to be a member of their clan to get much help. Maybe someone here can help.
This dress I think is 1960's? Or is it 1970's? Midi length skirt (comes down to just before the ankle). The tag says it's an Eloise Curtis for Happinstance. The shirt is pleated with small pleats. Is there a name for that? It closes with a metal zipper.
This one is 1960's?? I'm guessing late 1960's, but sure could use some confirmation. Tag says Sandy Delnet for Jack Kramer California. It's a sheer gauzy material.
I love, love, love this next dress. It's red velvet. 1930's? Is the neckline a sweetheart neckline? The sleeves are ruched and I'm not sure what you call the v-like waist treatment. Both the front and back come to a point in the center. The front is slightly shorter than the back and it has the metal side zipper.
Thanks!!!
Cheryl
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roadsmith
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posted on June 28, 2008 03:10:20 PM new
Third dress definitely has the sweetheart neckline. These are really interesting items!
If I were listing them, I'd google the maker's names to see if they're still in business -- or, more likely, went out of business at some point, which could help you date them somewhat.
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zippy2dah
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posted on June 28, 2008 06:29:06 PM new
I LOVE the Eloise Curtis. I wish I were 20 years younger.
Google "eloise curtis great escape happenstance" and click on the newspaperARCHIVE.com link for an EC ad from that period. Her stuff was fairly pricey when new and is still popular now.
Here's a more formal EC listed on Etsy for $145.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_gallery_1&listing_id=7870792
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niel35
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posted on June 29, 2008 12:58:37 AM new
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_gallery_1&listing_id=7870792
[ edited by niel35 on Jun 29, 2008 12:59 AM ]
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cblev65252
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posted on June 29, 2008 07:23:18 AM new
zippy - I love the Eloise Curtis, too! Unfortunately, since I quit smoking I can no longer wear a 5. WAH!!!! I can't get the skirt hooked. I'm 51 and I'd still wear it if it fit.
I contemplated fixing the seams on the red formal one and keeping it. I don't have any idea where I'd wear it, though. Also, it's very, very long. Even on my 5'6" frame it drags the ground. It's 60" long in the front and about 62" long in the back. I'd have to have really high shoes, which I can't wear anymore.
Cheryl
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otteropp
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posted on June 29, 2008 07:45:30 AM new
Good Morning Everyone!
On the Eloise Curtis dress, could the skirt be called 'Accordian Pleated'
I know that is what we called them in the UK at that time.
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amber
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posted on June 29, 2008 09:03:33 AM new
Nice to see you back Otteropp, I hope you had a good break. Now I guess you will be joining the rest of us wading through our store to update shipping costs! What a pain, I am SO sick of it!
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cblev65252
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posted on June 29, 2008 10:49:31 AM new
Accordian pleats! That's it. Thanks. Couldn't remember what they were called.
Cheryl
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otteropp
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posted on June 29, 2008 11:17:03 AM new
Glad I could help!
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ladyjewels2000
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posted on June 30, 2008 04:18:58 AM new
The top two look 60's or early seventies to me. You definitely want to put gauzy in the title of print. If it's real full - spread it out (& photograph) and measure the "sweep" Also the sleeves look puffy if that the right word. I think these are all things that buyers want to know about.
On the velvet - that's really a sweet dress too. 1930's style was copied so much that you almost have to go by the way it was made. The metal side zipper may be your best clue that it is really from the 30's.
You probably already knew all that but just in case, it's tips I've learned from occasionally selling vintage clothes.
Nice pieces
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neglus
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posted on June 30, 2008 05:23:35 AM new
I found this in one of those newspaper archives you have to pay to see...
June 6, 1969 Chaleston Gazette (BTW I think that was the day I graduated from High School)
ELOISE CURTIS for HAPPENSTANCE The Clothes to Escape In... Young groovy clothes for fun and freedom for anytime of day and way of life for adult women who want to get away from it all, and if ever a season calls for a breakaway, it's this one. Whether it be bare midriffs, mini tops, cutouts or jeweled bra dresses and cocktail pants, ELOISE CURTIS designs have young inhibited shapings as evidenced here in white pique with jeweled mini top and long flared pants 110.00 ELOISE CURTIS Fashions Exclusive
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards?refid=store
[ edited by neglus on Jun 30, 2008 05:30 AM ]
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carolinetyler
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posted on June 30, 2008 05:38:33 AM new
That gingham outfit is too cute! Prairie items are in right now - at least according to a magazine I was reading at the pool. I would make sure Prairie and gingham were in the title for the first item - it's adorable!
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 Caroline
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neglus
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posted on June 30, 2008 05:51:23 AM new
The $110 in the Eloise Curtis ad was LOTS of money in 1969! Tuition plus room and board at my private college was $4100 - my daughter's college quotes fees for 2008-2009 at $42,200.
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards?refid=store
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cblev65252
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posted on June 30, 2008 06:30:18 PM new
Wow, neglus, cool ad. Sure wish I could wear the outfit! I've been going through my closet getting rid of countless outfits I can't wear anymore. Not smoking anymore is a good thing. . .not being able to wear the clothes I love is not.  The second dress I can wear and if it doesn't sell the first time out, I'm keeping it! Hey, I can honestly then tell Ken I tried to sell it.
Cheryl
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zippy2dah
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posted on June 30, 2008 08:15:59 PM new
Don't you dare trade your newly pink lungs for a skinnier waist or I will come to your house and slap you silly.
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