"Lanz Originals"- Vintage Dresses

Deja Vu Vintage Finery has started on the right foot this new season! We just consigned some amazing and in great condition, Lanz Original, mid century vintage dresses. We currently have eight Lanz dresses in stock with us today. We have been gaining positive and wonderful responses with our new dresses and have sold many others as well this past month. 

A brief background on the Lanz Original dresses, Lanz was started in Salzburg, Austria in 1922, by Josef Lanz and Fritz Mahler. Before fashion, Lanz specialized in ski wear and supplied traditional folkwear costumes for Austrians attending the Salzburg music Festival (think The Sound of Music.) They noted their costumes were also bought by tourists (Americans) traveling to Austria in the 1920s and early 1930s. During the mid 30's Lanz relocated to New York, leaving the company there in the hands of other family members. He than opened a new branch of the business in 1936. Lanz began to expand their business by creating fashions that were inspired by traditional Austrian folk-wear, but followed the lines of current fashions.

Lanz of California was established in the 1940s, and they began to manufacture Austrian-inspired clothing in the US. By the early 1950s, the Lanz of California label was owned by Nornie and Werner Scharff, and the European and American companies were totally independent of one another. By 1978, there were two Lanz companies in the US, Lanz Originals, which was still making dresses, and Lanz of Salzburg, a sleepwear maker. Around 2001, Lanz Originals stopped production.

Since Lanz has stopped production making dresses, Deja Vu Vintage finery has the following in stock.

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Lanz Wool Dress $122

circa: Late 50's early 60's

Lanz Eyelet Sundress $150

circa: early 70's

Lanz Cotton Dress with Heart Buttons $90.00

Circa: Early 50's

button detail from above picture

Lanz Sleeveless Dress $122

Circa: Early 60's

Lanz Flannel Blue house dress $105.00

Circa: 1950s

Flannel dress close up detail

Fun Fact: Lanz clothing was originally based on traditional Austrian trachten, and the clothes were never intended to be “fashion-forward” in the first 30 years of the company.

Fashion's Night Out 2012

 

This year, Fashion's Night Out turns 4! The exciting and uprising global event will take place next Thursday celebrating the trade of retailers, fashion and to help restore and boost the economy all while having fun shopping at your favorite retailers.

The official hours of FNO will be taken place from 6pm to 11pm only on September 6th 2012. Here in the United States, FNO is a collaboration of American Vogue, the Council of Fashion Designers of America, NYC & Company and the city of New York. FNO is global initiative to all celebrate Fashion's Night Out.

 Shop and join editors, fashionistas, designers and stylists from all over as they all flood stores all throughout the country and the world for fashion's most celebrated date of the year. Last year FNO was celebrated in eighteen different countires with over 4,500 events in the United States all associated with FNO!

 

 Want to be a part of the FNO community? Shop and celebrate the trade at your local Saks Fifth Avenue at The Gardens in El Paseo in Palm Desert, CA.

The event takes place Thursday September 6th, 2012 where you can find fall beauty tips, an eyelash bar, D.J., Champagne and Candy Bar from 6:00 pm. to 8:00 pm. I am looking forward to this event as we all should get together and talk fashion over some shopping and champagne.

For all Deja Vu Vintage Finery fans, we are OPEN and back to our regular store hours open Wednesday- Monday 10am-5pm, Closed Tuesdays.
We look forward to seeing all of our fabulous customers!!