A Lovely Vintage Miss Elliette Dress

I am delighted to share my latest vintage find  ~ a 1960s Miss Elliette dress.  It is a lovely black gown with layers of pleaded chiffon and lace trim.  I found this dress at the amazing Antique Adventures,  a consignment shop that sells mostly vintage furniture and home goods.  Finding a lovely vintage dress wasn't part of my shopping agenda that day, but it was a very welcomed surprise.  Without a second thought, I purchased the dress from a very nice women who said the dress belonged to her aunt.  I took it home and it fit perfectly!!!

Miss Elliette was a very successful brand of women's dresses  that were designed by Elliette Ellis.  After studying fashion at the Traphagen School of Fashion in New York City, she opened a dress house in California in the early 1950s and started designing her own line of romantic and feminine dinner and cocktail dresses. In a Fort Myers New-Press article dated December 25, 1968, Elliette Ellis stated "regardless of what those male designers are doing, most women want to look feminine, particularly in the evening".  The Miss Elliette dress house closed in the 1990s, but these lovely dresses can still be found on resell websites, such as Etsy, Poshmark, or eBay. 

The dresses are a reminder to a time when dressing up for festive occasions or even a simple dinner party was the norm instead of the exception.