LESLIE FAY DRESSES LADIES VINTAGE UNIQUE (2) PC LUX SKIRT SET

LESLIE FAY DRESSES LADIES VINTAGE UNIQUE (2) PC LUX SKIRT SET LIGHTWEIGHT NO LINING EXTREMELY COMFORTABLE The Leslie Fay Companies, Inc.—the second-largest maker of women’s clothing sold to department stores—designs, manufactures, and markets moderately priced and better-priced women’s dresses, suits, blouses, coats, and sportswear. Its clothes are marketed under several labels, including Albert Nipon, Kasper for A.S.L, Evelyn Pearson, and Castleberry Knits. Leslie Fay was founded in 1947 by Fred Pomerantz, who had produced dresses for the Women’s Army Corps during World War II. The company was named for his daughter and offered department stores substantial profit margins for carrying the company’s line of stylishly conservative women’s wear. Pomerantz was a colorful figure in the New York garment district; he reportedly had a liking for gambling, and people on the street knew when he was at work because his distinctive Rolls-Royce was parked outside the company’s Broadway offices.] Leslie Fay went public in 1952. From 1959 until April 1982, the business was called Leslie Fay Inc. Leslie Fay acquired several companies during the end of the 1980s, buying the assets and trademarks of Albert Nipon, Inc., for $8.3 million and Mary Ann Restivo, Inc., for $5.3 million in 1988. It also assumed Mary Ann Restivo’s $3.9 million in liabilities. In 1989 Leslie Fay acquired Non-Stop Fashions, Inc., and NS Petites Inc.