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The Vintage Fashion Guild™ (VFG) is an international organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of vintage fashion.
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Darlene Knitwear incorporated in 1953 in Manchester, New Hampshire as a manufacturer of fully-fashioned knit garments. Perhaps best known for its hand-screened French angora and lambswool blend sweaters in the mid-1950s and early 1960s, the company also made swimsuit and nylon hosiery. Headquartered at 1407 Broadway in New York, it also operated a knitting mill in Montreal, Canada where a number of exclusive blends with names like Andelon, Dartex, Minklander, and Fabulou were made. Darlene was in business into the mid-1980s when production ceased.
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from a 1950s cardigan
from a 1950s pullover
from a 1950s sweater