mulceber
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So here's an interesting question that occurred to me and I thought it might drum up some useful discussion: we're all aware that there are four contracts (Fried-Ostermann, Knopf, Cable 27753, Perry 1756) that don't have a name on the label. There also seem to have been a few Doniger jackets with an unnamed label. I have some thoughts on this issue, but there aren't any firm answers so far as I know, so I thought I'd open it up for discussion. Why/how do we think this happened?
Some relevant points:
Anyway, I hope this generates some fun banter and speculation.
Some relevant points:
- this change doesn't seem to be like the collar stand, where once the the AAF stops requiring it, nearly everyone drops it. Names seem to drop off the labels piecemeal. Sometimes they only drop off some of the labels in a contract.
- manufacturer's names seem to be a lot less common on other flight garments (for examples, gloves - as we saw in that thread by Carl that recently popped up) than they are on jackets.
- The jacket makers did not make their own labels. The labels were made under contract by specialists, just like every other material in the garment.
- Sometimes the same label maker made labels for multiple jacket contractors: we can tell because they just *look* the same. The most famous example of this is probably the Cooper label, which you can just *tell* was made by the same people who made Rough Wear's labels. Likewise, the company that made the labels for the Perry 1756 looks to have also made the Knopf labels:
Anyway, I hope this generates some fun banter and speculation.