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Hi everyone!
I am a newbie to this forum and would like to introduce myself. I am in my twenties and live near Oxford in the UK and have been collecting WW2 military uniforms for a few years now but I have recently began a collection of vintage womenswear.
I have a question and wondered if anyone out there can help. I am particularly interested in Utility clothing and the associated labels. I also have a few items with the CC41 label in. However, recently I was at a vintage fair and spied a lovely mint green evening dress, which was not something I was in the market for that day, but it was beautiful; absolutely classic 1940s; almost mint condition apart from some fading and I did also see that it had a large 'Double Eleven' or 'Dinnerplate' logo on the label. I know the Double Eleven logo is a more unusual utility logo and have read from a few sources that this logo was post war and also for 'luxury' items. So, I bought the dress and took it home to see what I could find out about it. This is where I need some help! The label is printed and not embroidered as I would expect a wartime (or just post wartime) label to be. It features the Double Eleven logo and also states the dress is by 'PT Gowns'. The dress also has a label in a seam that IS embroidered in yellow and states 'Jays London 18'. I asked my partner what he thought as to its age and he reckoned late 40s as he has come across printed labels before.
I wondered if anyone out there had any idea as to this dresses age, who 'PT Gowns' were or who 'Jays of London' were?
Thanks very much!
I am a newbie to this forum and would like to introduce myself. I am in my twenties and live near Oxford in the UK and have been collecting WW2 military uniforms for a few years now but I have recently began a collection of vintage womenswear.
I have a question and wondered if anyone out there can help. I am particularly interested in Utility clothing and the associated labels. I also have a few items with the CC41 label in. However, recently I was at a vintage fair and spied a lovely mint green evening dress, which was not something I was in the market for that day, but it was beautiful; absolutely classic 1940s; almost mint condition apart from some fading and I did also see that it had a large 'Double Eleven' or 'Dinnerplate' logo on the label. I know the Double Eleven logo is a more unusual utility logo and have read from a few sources that this logo was post war and also for 'luxury' items. So, I bought the dress and took it home to see what I could find out about it. This is where I need some help! The label is printed and not embroidered as I would expect a wartime (or just post wartime) label to be. It features the Double Eleven logo and also states the dress is by 'PT Gowns'. The dress also has a label in a seam that IS embroidered in yellow and states 'Jays London 18'. I asked my partner what he thought as to its age and he reckoned late 40s as he has come across printed labels before.
I wondered if anyone out there had any idea as to this dresses age, who 'PT Gowns' were or who 'Jays of London' were?
Thanks very much!