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Schoolgirl frock brings to mind 'Christmas in Connecticut', Katharine Hepburn movies & a charming, mid-century Lolita. Wallace tartan -- bright-red, black, white, yellow. Scoop-neck, bare-armed ...
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Plaid tartan dirndl
sm/med$54
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Oxford cloth tie. Brick-red, turf-green and pale-gold stripes. A brass clip, made by sterlingware co. Ranleigh, pins the back. 55% wool/45% cotton. Purchased from Huntington's grand ...
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Anderson-Newcomb cotton tie
53 1/2"$24
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Raspberry-juice cardigan -- body-candy for color-lovers. Vivid 75% mohair/25% wool yarns. Boy-style V-neck --- airy scumble-stitching --- ribbed waist + cuffs --- skinny body. Five flat scarlet ...
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Lampl mohair cardigan
medium$58
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Skinny acetate tie, striped red & black. Petite red-on-black pixels offer the illusion of sharkskin. And miniature atomic missles barrel through the dark in unrelenting stripes. ...
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Atomic motif tie
56"$22
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Color*pattern*love. Delicious linen-weave cotton, printed in decorative, high-color, exaggerated florals. Mustard, blood-red, butterscotch, forest-green, orange. Partially-lined --- shapely pencil ...
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Cotton twill pencil skirt
sm/med$52
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Ah, the whimsy of the mid-century hostess apron -- embellished and decorative -- tied on just before the dinner guests arrived as a kind of flag of elegant, cheerful housewifery. Robin-blue, red and ...
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Sheer & floral hostess apron
one size fits most$22
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Olives on the chopping block. Cinnamon-brown. Rhodia cellulose acetate jacquard shows white-dotted orbs against a busy woodgrain. Narrow. Lustrous + silk-like. 'Woven in Italy'. ...
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Rhodia acetate tie
55"$28
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This lad of dark-printed burlap combines Victorian dose of ornate paisley with an unconventional material. Vanilla, scarlet, olive, mustard, grey and black. Skinny, with a square end. 'Hand printed ...
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Rooster paisley square-end tie
53 1/2"$18
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Silk velvet cocktail dress in deepest black. Best feature: a wide, see-through illusion lace waistband, its oversized daisies studded with flashing rhinestone centers. Wrap empire bodice with ...
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Velvet and daisies dress
large$135
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Mid-century pleaser. Pour your curves into this pretty posy of a sundress. Snow-white, soft-pink, rose-red. Criss-cross braid trim kicks some extra va-voom to the cleavage. Princess seams, ...
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Nat Kaplan mum-print dress
small$186
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Quilted dressing robe with exuberent floral border-print & feminine trimmings. Shimmery, silk-like fabric -- a washable acetate/Kodel polyester. Cream with a gold luster, printed Tang-orange, ...
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Quilted floral robe
med/lg$52
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Devil-red half-slip by Blue Swan. High-waisted. Below-knee-length. Glossy elastic band cinches the waist. One side vent. Eleven inches of tomato-red lace finishes hem. ...
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Blue Swan half-slip
large$30