Hello Friends! I hope you had a marvelous weekend, I know I did as it was my birthday on May 4th. It was filled with friends, food, drinks and marvelous time with my husband. I was truly spoiled and want to do it again! But I have to wait another year so now it’s back to normal life, which means back to my blog I go!

The last time we left off I just wrote about Day 1 & 2 of my Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly weekend adventures, so now we are at the Friday of the event….POOL TIME!

Viva used to have just one pool party with bands, vintage swimsuit contests on the Sunday but due to popularity (always a lineup to get in) they have added a party each day of the event. We could not attend the Sunday pool party due to Toronto’s very own “Millwinders” being on right in the middle of the party, so we decided to make Friday our pool day.

The day started out cold, windy and dreary and we were positive that it was going to be a miserable day.

As you can see below there is no sun to be seen.

But then the clouds went away and the sun came out and that is when the party started. Like this lovely couple doing some dancing, how fun!

See happy smiling faces all around.

Side note about my vintage swimsuit. It is a “Ceeb of Miami” and I purchased it at Cabaret here in Toronto. The suit was in mint condition and I was super excited when it fit me like a glove. Next year I hope to enter it into the vintage swimsuit contest.

Men’s Vintage Swimsuit Contest-Winners

Photo credit: Monqiue Rondeau’s FB post in Viva Las Vegas 17 Vintage Swimsuit Contest

We ended up spending most of the day by the pool because they had a band, vintage mens swimsuit contest seen above (my vote was for the guy who looked like Clark Kent ) and lots and lots of great vintage looks to check out. You were never bored, not possible. Plus I got to hang with these lovely ladies for the afternoon and that is never a bad thing.

Now if the pool was not your thing you could of gone bowling.

Photo credit: Dean Villafuerte

Or you could of taken a Jive lesson if dancing is something you enjoy.

Photo credit: Dean Villafuerte

But for me and the gang it was pool day.

After we were done at the pool we all scattered to get food and then quickly changed so we could check out another Canadian band called “The Shakedown Combo“, a Rockabilly band/family from Nova Scotia. I have heard then before at the East End Rockabilly Riot right here in Toronto and I loved them a lot so I was looking forward to their show.

Here I am getting ready (only picture of me that night).

Photo credit: Dean Villafuerte

Shakedown Combo: Mother sings, father pays guitar and daughter bass….awesome!

If you get a chance to see this band live..do! They put on quite a show.

Sadly just after this show finished I got dreadfully ill which we later realized was food poisoning and the rest of my evening looked like this…

Absolutely nothing…sigh.

I heard that the evening was amazing though and the band my husband saw at 2am in the ballroom “Pat Capocci and Band” was really good and apparently my kind of sound (of course). So since I did not get to see them I’m going to end this post with a video of them at Viva so we can enjoy them together.

How was your Friday at Viva?

Here are my other Viva Posts: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday

Liz 🙂

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About a year or so ago, I purchased a gorgeous cardigan and it has quickly become a standard item in my wardrobe (scroll to the end to see my Ethel cardigan). The tag said that the brand was “Ethel of Beverly Hills” and a quick search on the internet brought up multiple gorgeous sweaters, each more beautiful than the next.

Ethel of Beverly Hills vintage clothing label on a vintage sweater.

I did find one Etsy seller (MsAnetVTG) who is selling 2 sweaters and she said that “The company was in business in the Los Angeles market from 1958 until the 1960’s, and even back then these sweaters were considered expensive”. So there is your brief brief history lesson on Ethel of Beverly Hills.

However, even though I cannot seem to find any information on them, I still think that their sweaters are absolutely gorgeous and I think I might start to turn into a collector very soon.

Lets take a browse shall we?

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Note:If you click on a link and the item you are looking for is no longer available, don’t fret. Etsy & eBay are filled with 1000’s of options and updated daily. Do a search and see what comes up. You just never know what you will find!

Ethel of Beverly Hills

Beautiful 1950s & 1960s Sweaters / Cardigans / Boleros

This Ethel is wool with gorgeous pearls and rhinestones creating the letter “A” I believe. I have seen a couple of sweaters with a letter on it, so I wonder if this was something that made them standout?

Ethel Of Beverly Hills Wool Beige Sweater Cardigan

Etsy seller-MsAnetVTG

As I just mentioned above, here is another beautiful black knit Monogram D bolero sweater.

Ethel of Beverly Hills -Black Knit Monogram D Bolero Sweater.

One more Ethel 1950s Sweater with an 8 inch monogrammed C on the left front outlined in pearls and rhinestones.

1950s vintage womens sweater/ cardiganwith an 8 inch monogrammed C on the left front outlined in pearls and rhinestones from Ethel of Beverly Hills

Source: Etsy

I love the cutouts in this 1950s sweater!

1950s Fashion: Ethel of Beverly Hills 1950s vintage sweater

Etsy Seller-WhynaughtShop

As we move down the list, it’s becoming clearer and clearer that you can’t miss an Ethel sweater can you? They have a very distinct style that was unique to their brand.

Like this wonderful arrow design in this sweater, it’s lovely!

Ethel of Beverly Hills vintage sweater with an arrow design

Etsy Seller-wearitagain

The blue sweater colour is perfect and I love the tree design that is made up of metallic gold stitched with applied pearl discs.

1950s Fashion: Vintage 1950s Ethel of Beverly Hills vintage sweater with a tree stitched into it.

Seller-Poppy’s Vintage Clothing

If your name started with a “C” this would be perfect for you! Well… it’s not actually initials in this knockout number but it almost could be with what we have seen above.

vintage sweater from Ethel of Beverly Hills. featuring a stiched in design.

Etsy Seller-greenthreadsboutique

Now an Ethel that does not fit the mold like the ones shown above….

I LOVE IT!! Vintage 1950s Hand-Knit Black Bolero with Cotton Fringe Accents by Ethel of Beverly Hills

Source

A 1950s Cardigan/ sweater in a pretty cream colour that is different from the others above (avail as of April 2023 HERE).

1950s vintage womens sweater/ cardigan by Ethel of Beverly Hills

Source: Etsy

Here is another style similar to the sweater above (this time from the 1960s). I feel as the brand moved into the 1960s they got away from their signature monogram look. Do you agree?

1960s Fashion: Blue mohair cardigan from Ethel of Beverly Hills.

Source: Etsy-AndSheWoreVintage

Here is a picture of one of my Ethel 1950s cardigans. Isn’t it a beauty?

1950s Fashion-Ethel of Beverly Hills 1950s sweater as seen on Liz from the Vintage Inn Blog.

Do you own an Ethel Sweater or did you have a favorite above? Maybe you happen to know the history of this brand? If so, please share!

Vintage Shopping: Do you love vintage cardigans? Then head to my Etsy Collection of vintage cardigans for sale (Including Ethel ones if they are avail).

Further Reading:

Vintage Fashion Designers (Archived Blog Posts)
Vintage Fashion 1920s-1960s (Archived Blog Posts)

Liz 🙂

Tag: 1950’s

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Ethel of Beverly Hills-Beautiful Vintage Sweaters

Ethel of Beverly Hills

Beautiful 1950s & 1960s Sweaters / Cardigans / Boleros