It’s true that many of the true vintage (pre-1980s)  items that I discover don’t have labels.  Sometimes the label is missing or has been removed and or these items have been custom-made.  Sometimes a commercially-made item never had a label.  It’s the quality of the materials, the workmanship and design which are the most important to me but it’s always fun to find maker’s names that I know.

There are times when I don’t recognize a name and it may be difficult to find reference to it on-line.  Other times, the brand is well-known and those are the ones I’ll list below.  Although some of these brands are still in production, their vintage products are different and better, generally, than what they make now.

Naturalizer and Air-Step (shoes and purses)

Bobbie Brooks (sportswear)

Red Cross (shoes)

Princess Gardner (leather wallets)

Carol Craig (dressy dresses)

Frank Starr (dressier dresses)

Lanz (women’s clothing)

Stetson (hats – mostly men’s)

Fashionbuilt (coats)

Trifari (jewelry)

Koret (women’s clothing)

Coro (jewelry)

Sarah Coventry (jewelry)

Napier (jewelry)

Hudson Bay (car coats)

Gunne Sax (dresses)

Swirl (casual dresses)

Jantzen (sportswear, swimsuits)

Deliso Debs (women’s dressy shoes)

Morris Moscowitz (handbags)

Ande’ (purses)

Barbizon (lingerie & sleepwear)

Vanity Fair (lingerie & sleepwear)

RayBan (sunglasses)

Nellie Don (dresses)

Marshall Field (department store brand – Chicago)

Stix Baer & Fuller (department store brand, midwest)

Sax Fifth Avenue (high end store brand – Chicago)

Monet (jewelry)

Bulova (fine watches)

Keds (tennis shoes)

Skips (tennis shoes – Montgomery Ward brand?)

Carol Brent (Montgomery Ward brand)

White Stag (sportswear)

Ship ‘n Shore (blouses)

     There are well-known names that I can’t think of right now, and many others. Always a pleasure to uncover one, and it’s always a delightful surprise!  You just never know . . . . .

Morgana Martin, the magicvintagespy

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