If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
Jockeying for Position: How Boxers and Briefs Got Into Men's Pants
Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Blood, Sweat, and Steel: My Afternoon with the Ace of Swords
'The Great Gatsby' Still Gets Flappers Wrong
Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
Forget TV Pickers, Meet the Real Mavericks of the Antiques World
Coveting The Craziest Cat-People Collectibles
Posted 3 months ago
carmenisacat
(12 items)
I found these in our warehouse. The red coat is darling with lace trim, mother of pearl (faux) buttons and three tiny embroidered flower details. From Millicent's of San Francisco, circa 1960. The yellow coat seems a bit earlier from "Polara" which is not to be found on the internet. Below the Polara there is "a tidy kins product" and I have discovered that label to be a forerunner of the Tidy Kins products of the 50's. I am thinking the coat dates from late 50's or maybe a bit earlier than that. Any help would be appreciated. Both coats are in excellent condition with no holes or stains.
Womens Clothing“Clothes make the man,” said Mark Twain. “Naked people have little or no in…