60’s Vintage NARDIS OF DALLAS Navy Blue Short Sleeve Big Buttons Peplum 12 S Top

60’s Vintage NARDIS OF DALLAS Navy Blue Short Sleeve Big Buttons Peplum 12 S Top Great Condition! This was my mother’s in the 60’s, then I found it & wore it some. The size is marked as a 12, but it fits me like a Small. Sizing was much different then. Here is some History of the Company: The company was Nardis of Dallas, a successful manufacturer of women’s apparel, owned by the Russian-born Bernard “Ben” Gold who arrived here in 1938 from New York City where he had operated a taxi company for many years. Gold moved to Dallas at the request of his brother who, along with a man named Joe Sidran (“Sidran” spelled backwards is “Nardis”) was an owner in a near-bankrupt dress company. Ben Gold became a part-owner (and later the sole owner) and quickly turned the business around. When he brought in the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, other Dallas garment manufacturers were shocked (Time magazine used the word “horrified”). He also shook things up by employing African-American workers, the first such company in town to do so. The company eventually grew to become the largest clothing manufacturer in Dallas, with clients around the country and around the world. Nardis was one of the first Dallas clothing companies to have an apparel collection made in a foreign country: his upscale “House of Gold” boutique line specialized in silk, beaded, and sequined dresses and gowns, hand-made in Hong Kong.