Tonight: well, there you see it. Left side; Jane Derby suit, Hattie Carnegie suit. Jane Derby has the advantage of still being alive in 1959.
First - what I forgot to add yesterday:
This woman would have worn Antilope.
"FAVOURITE'S RETURN. Jacket and dress, above left, of wool gabardine. Fresh news here, caramel colour, white linen cuffs. By Jane Derby, in Forstmann gabardine; about $225 ($1,805). Ronay handbag. Both at Saks Fifth Avenue, suit also at Neiman Marcus."
Even Vogue can't get excited about this. Jane Derby was a stalwart "better dresses" designer from the 1940s to the early 1960s. I am simply cribbing from her obituary: a very lady-like designer, she softened the edges of 1940s military look, believed skirts should be no shorter than mid-calf, was from tiny Virginia town that doesn't even list her as a notable native, lived in Manhattan and Bermuda for many years, while managing to raise Hereford cattle.
She gave Oscar de la Renta his start, which makes perfect sense.
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| Swiped again from that eBay seller. |
Next up: a red jersey suit that would have looked a lot better in red. Lilly Dache hat; Hattie Carnegie suit. Hattie Carnegie was one of fashion's originals - a completely American success story. Immigrant from Vienna, took fake "rich" name, could not sew and never made a dress herself, fabulously rich in the 1920s. . . but she died in 1956.
So, who designed the suit? I do not know.
Tomorrow: a fine example of fashion photography.
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