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Hansi Originals

March 28, 2019

I found this jacket at the flea market a few years ago, and it sat around waiting for me to research it for at least a[...]

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Greta Plattry

December 5, 2018

Greta Plattry was born Margarete Hutschnecker in Berlin, Germany on February 15, 1909. She married Fredrich Plattrin[...]

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Lilli Ann: The 1950s

April 4, 2017

[This post is a continuation of a previous post about the early years of the Lilli Ann company.] By the early 1950s[...]

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Graff Californiawear

March 29, 2017

I love California sportswear of the 1940s, and one of the most prominent labels was Graff Californiawear. It was the p[...]

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label from a Janice Milan dress by Mildred Orrick

Mildred Orrick

March 10, 2017

Mildred Orrick was born Mildred Boykin in West Virigina in 1906. Her father Richard was a preacher, and the family mov[...]

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Louella Ballerino

August 10, 2016

“Quiet Louella Ballerino has created a perfect furor down here. Everybody corners you to ask, ‘Have you seen Balle[...]

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Dorothy O’Hara

July 14, 2016

[Author's note: I initially wrote this post in January 2015, but I lost a lot of images when I switched hosts, and I f[...]

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Don Loper

March 8, 2016

For a serious Hollywood designer, there is a surprising dearth of information about Don Loper. A lot of people know h[...]

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Lilli Ann: early years through 1940s

March 2, 2016

A great deal has been written about the 20th century suit and coat label Lilli Ann, but I feel like not a lot of it g[...]

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Madeline Mancini

August 4, 2015

It's no secret that, apart from Ceil Chapman and Claire McCardell, I'm primarily obsessed with California designers o[...]

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