Rare 1920s Athenas Collegiate Sweater designer-la-mendola Onto this is a velvet

Onto this is a velvet fused design suggesting spray of young buds

With the dress comes the the correspondence - first the letter she sends to them inquiring after having a dress made after seeing the one her sister had

The print is subtle yet striking

Note that because it was a custom piece it has no label

Rare 1920s Athenas Collegiate Sweater designer-la-mendola Onto this is a velvetI did not realize that this was from the 1920s till I found a similar one in The Met collection (click here to see). I think this one is even better it is absolutely for a female given the Athenas lettering and the hand embroidered Marlene over the one pocket. It completely captures that time period and you can imagine the young cheerleader that would have worn it as she cheered on her beau! It has that rare, extremely personal touch that you can find