The above is an image from ebay.
While thrifting a while back, I picked up a few scarves ($.50 each at the local hospice thrift – one of my favorite resources) for my daughter to encourage “dress up”. I brought them home and they sat in the bag until I could wash them. A few days later, I was hanging them up to dry after coming out of the wash and upon further examination, one of them was a VERA. Lucky days! I have always been a fan of VERA prints. Bright, bold and wonderfully full of sophisitication. Vera started putting her prints to fabric in the 1940’s and worked until her death in 1993. So, today I google’d vera. Here are a few things I found out:
They are relaunching VERA. The Vera Company
tons of collections out there – here are a few:
www.vintagedesignerclothing.com
www.anothertimevintageapparel.com
www.helloimfabulous.com – great photos of scarves
and here is a guide for Vera on (of all places…)ebay!
here’s an exerpt from the above link helping to distinguish Vera’s design timeline:
- Early 1950’s – small signature with no copyright or ladybug marks.
- Mid to late 50’s – small signature with copyright symbol and ladybug.
- Early 60’s – larger signature with copyright symbol and ladybug.
- Mid 60’s thru 70’s & 80’s – signature becomes larger still, copyright symbol but no ladybug.
- 1993 (following Vera’s death) to present – small signature with copyright mark.
and while entering Vera in ebay – I came across these wonderful collectible linens:
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