This is an incredible find! This vintage velvet blazer is in great shape and has such beautiful detailing. The buttons are velvet capped and the spare is still stitched into the lining, which is also in perfect condition. The pockets are functional. This is a union-made garment and is a vintage size 12 which I would say is a medium. It's a little shorter in the body which is perfect for the current cropped styles. My favorite part are the pleats in the shoulders which create a slight balloon effect, giving this blazer a decidedly Victorian Vibe.
Measurements!
23.5" from the shoulder seam to the end of the sleeve (with about 1.5" on the inside if you needed to have the sleeves lengthened)
18" acrossfront under arms.
17" from throat to bottom front
20" from base of neck to bottom back
Some info on Evan-Picone from Wikipedia:
In 1949, [Charles] Evans conceived of adding a fly to women's skirts. He approached Joseph Picone, a 31-year-old tailor and immigrant from Sicily who made clothes for Archie Evans, and asked him to manufacture a sample. With seed money from Evans' father, Evans and Picone formed a company that same year named Evan-Picone to make and sell their product. (To make the company name easier to pronounce, the "s" was dropped from Evans.) Picone set up an assembly line to manufacture the skirts in a storefront located at Fifth Avenue and East 46th Street. The company was the first to use darts in the pockets of women's clothing, to inhibit rips and tears. The skirts were a sudden success, and the company quickly expanded into high-end, hand-stitched women's slacks as well. Evans hired his mother, Florence, to be the chief sales manager. He also hired his brother Robert as a salesman. Charles Evans became one of the first celebrity fashion designers. Within two years, Evans, his brother, and Picone were millionaires. In 1962, Revlon purchased Evan-Picone for $12 million in cash.
Shopping second-hand is one of the easiest ways to reduce your carbon footprint. You are saving hundreds of gallons of water involved in textile growth/production (Approx. 713 gallons for a new cotton shirt & 998 gallons for a new pair of denim jeans) as well as the emissions, fuel, and plastic involved in production and shipping! So by shopping small and reusing what we already have, you’re actually making a huge impact! You make saving the world look GOOD, mama!
