Eloise Curtis for Happenstance 1960s

Gingham summer dress
1960s
America
By ‘Eloise Curtis for Happenstance’
This dress is made from cotton gingham with cotton lace daisy braid trim. The handkerchief hemline is reminiscent of the 20s. There is a back plastic zipper and cotton broderie anglaise lace trim on cuffs and hem

Other Information
Eloise Curtis, Inc. and Young Things, Inc. (Young) are two New York corporations. They made dresses in the same premises at 498 Seventh Avenue in New York City. The ownership of the two corporations was the same. Eloise Curtis and her husband, Harry Jaffe, owned all the stock of Curtis and, although the stock of Young was never issued (and the subscription price never paid), apparently it was in their ownership also. Eloise and Harry directed and operated the two enterprises. Eloise designed the dresses, the piece goods were cut on the premises, and the garments were sewn and finished by outside contractors. Curtis made dresses for women; Young made dresses for children. The only reason there were two corporations instead of one was that union labor on clothes for children is cheaper than on clothes for women. The separation was to facilitate this advantage for the children's clothes.
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