1980's Sporty Chambray Batwing Sleeve Zip-Up Dress with Silver Embroidery by NR1 for I. Magnin. Raglan shoulder & 3/4 length sleeve. Silver embroidered crest on left breast. Two pockets on front of dress.
100% cotton. Hand wash cold - do not wring or professional dry clean. Original tags still on garment inside left sleeve. Tag size 12.
Measurements:
Length 45", sleeves 22" long, bust up to 54".
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I. Magnin & Company was a San Francisco, California-based high fashion and specialty goods luxury department store. Over the course of its existence, it expanded across the West into Southern California and the adjoining states of Arizona, Oregon, and Washington. In the 1970s, under Federated Department Stores ownership, the chain entered the Chicago, Illinois, and Washington, DC, metropolitan areas. Mary Ann Magnin founded the company in 1876 and named the chain after her husband, Isaac. In 1988, Macy's bought I. Magnin and eventually closed the brand in 1994.
Ned Gould served during World War II; after the war he studied dress design in Paris. Upon graduation he worked with Jacques Fath, also in Paris and was partner and designer of NR1, dress manufacturer in Los Angeles, until his retirement at the end of 1988. He passed in 1991 at the age of 69.