Ellen Kaye Dresses

I recently added this fun and fabulous 1940’s Conversational Print dress by Ellen Kaye to my shop Noble Savage Vintage on Ruby Lane. It is one of my favorite pieces and I just adore it’s quirky print, which consists of a repeat of swordfish and a ladies head. I typically see 1950’s dresses from this maker. I decided to do a little bit of research.

1940’s Ellen Kaye Conversational Print Dress

It turns out that the name has been around since 1922, trademarked by LANG-KOHN, INC. of  ST. LOUIS.   Apparantly , St. Louis was the origin of the junior apparel craze.   In 1926,  Lang-Kohn, Inc. would become the company, that manufactured the first junior size garments in the country.  I found quite a few Ellen Kaye ads in the Newspaper archives and thought I would share a few.

Sunday, October 03, 1926, Sioux City, Iowa

San Antonio Express – Sunday ,September 07 ,1930

Sunday, October 08, 1939, Paris, Texas

San Antonio Light December 10, 1943

Charleston Daily Mail – 2/18/1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cedar Rapids Gazette – Wednesday ,September 09 ,1959

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1951 Future Movie Stars and Fabulous Fashion

Vintage Magazines are a wonderful resource tool for vintage sellers.. they often help substantiate a date or a style, especially in advertising.

They are even more fun when there are features showing fabulous clothing from an era and famous people wearing them.

Gifted a copy of a 1951 Life Magazine, I came across a most wonderful article!

Titled “Apprentice Goddesses .. Hollywood Hopes Some of these Dozen Damsels Will Be Big Stars.”

The article is pages of “future” Hollywood movie stars. The dresses are so absolutely FABULOUS, I hope you will enjoy them as much as you will recognizing these women before they were stars ~

From Left to Right – Phyllis Kirk, 22; Debra Paget, 17; Debbie Reynolds, 18; Jean Hagen, 25; and Nancy Olsen, 22.
Aren’t the gowns to die for???

Mala Powers, 20:

Jan Sterling, 20:

Arlene Dahl:

Barbara Bates, 24:

June Haver(do you LOVE this dress?)24:

Marilyn Monroe, 22:

Eleanor Parker, 28:

Did you recognize them? They are all so young and beautiful!

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