C. 1950 Juli Lynne Charlot Gingham Applique Dress and Belt

True vintage 1950s 2pc gingham dress and matching belt 

Made by Fashion Designer- Juli Lynne Charlot 

• Materials Cotton

• Measurements (all measurements taken flat in inches)

Bust 36-37 inches, 

waist 26 inches

hips free

skirt length 30.5 inches

top of strap to waist band 19 inches

over all length 49 inches

Full circle skirt

Dealer note: This designer dress is best fit for a small person. No additional stretch.

• Condition - This dress is in over all great condition, gently used and purchased from original owner. We noticed a few extremely faint scuffs at torso below bust line, a light spot at bottom of right strap... a faint brown spot at back of skirt below zipper, size of pin head, and finally the skirt was pinned to be shortened, alteration was never completed , and pins left small indentations at skirts hem. Please use photos as reference.

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Fashion designer

In 1947, at age 25, Charlot was invited to a Christmas party in Los Angeles and planned to create a dress for the event. Having little money, though, she decided to make her own skirt to wear, instead. Charlot stated in February 1953 "If I had known how to sew, or had the money to purchase better materials, I would have never made the circle skirt."^[4] Additionally, Charlot's mother owned a factory which used felt, which allowed her to use that material.^[4]

A week later, Charlot made two more circle skirts, taking them to a Beverly Hills, California boutique just prior to Christmas 1947. They were sold immediately; this started the Juli Lynne Charlot California company. A New York City dress manufacturer soon decided to invest some money in the factory.^[4]

After Christmas 1947, a Los Angeles boutique requested a non-holiday motif. Charlot designed a skirt with the idea stemming from Dachshunds.^[2] The skirts at the boutique in Beverly Hills were quite popular and sold out; in early 1948, Charlot designed a similar skirt with poodles, which was more successful than the previous skirts based on dachshunds.^[2] The president of Bullocks Wilshire ordered the poodle skirts, which were then displayed in windows along Wilshire Boulevard.^[2] The skirts were also ordered from Neiman Marcus in Dallas and Bergdorf Goodman in New York City.^[2] Charlot's designs were so successful that one of them appeared in a national ad campaign for Maidenform bras in 1952.^{[5 - Wikipedia}