Self-fabric buttons and wide sash. Cuffed sleeves with buttons and shirt dress collar. The bodice fabric has a lovely sheen which is not captured well in the photos. Label: Chuck Howard Boutique. Late 60s/ early 70s.

Excellent vintage condition. Small spot on lining.

✂----- Measurements (taken lying flat, please double where necessary):

Bust: 18"

Waist: 12"

Length: 46”

Hips: 27”

*Please note that any letter sizing provided is only an approximation due to its variability. The above measurements are the most reliable way to determine fit.

Chuck Howard, was one of those designers of the postwar era that gave American fashions a distinctly American look. Born in Cochrane, Georgia in 1927, he studied dress design in Paris after the war and then settled in New York. He first worked as a photographer's model before working as a sketcher for New York designers including: David Crystal, Bill Blass, Anne Klein, and Richard Cole. After becoming the designer for Townley in the mid 1960s he began designing under his own name as well as creating a pattern line for Vogue until 1974 when he closed his own company and returned to Anne Klein to design their Studio Line. (info courtesy of Jonathan Walford is a fashion historian and co-founder of the Fashion History Museum in Cambridge, Ontario) https://shopthrilling. com/collections/vintagiality/blog/?p=12680