Comments on: Part III: How to Tell its Vintage by Labels & Tags

By: Lucine

Lucine — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 02:17:21 +0000

I believe that Chetta B was founded in the early 1980’s. Here’s the link to an article I remembered from awhile back: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.deseret.com/platform/amp/1988/7/7/18771112/chetta-b-br-one-of-the-hottest-design-teams-on-the-fashion-scene

By: Dax

Dax — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 04:17:24 +0000

Greetings,
As for the RN dating guide, I am not sure it works for Ralph Lauren clothes.

I have a Ralph Lauren shirt here (four actually) with RN# 41381
According to your RN equation this would mean that the shirts were made in 1970, which I am almost positive that they were not.

Is there a different formula for 5 digit RNs?
It seems that RNs are only given out once for the manufacturer, which means that they shouldn’t be used to determine age.

I love your site, I have been wandering around it for almost two hours now. :) But I still haven’t found the answer to my initial question of how to determine the date of my Ralph Lauren merchandise.

Can you please help me?

I believe the horse label is from the 80s and the Box label started in the 90s.

But there is also a number underneath the tag that my beother has told me is the actual year of manufacture, for example…

s(02) he said was from 2002.
s(04) was from 2004.
But then I came across something like 863… and I began to question that theory. :)

Can you please help me find an answer? I cannot find it on the internet anywhere that I have looked.

Many thanks, love the site!

Dax

By: Sheila Dawson

Sheila Dawson — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:58:04 +0000

You can use this site if all you have is an RN number, and you don’t recognize the name. If you just have the name and you want the RN, this site can help https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/textilern/wrnquery$.startup

By: Sheila Dawson

Sheila Dawson — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:52:16 +0000

I found the RN Number for Chetta B. it is 60299 this is the site, I use to identify vintage labels I don’t know, very useful.https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/textilern/wrnquery$tts_rn.queryview?P_RN_TYPE=RN&P_RN_SEQ=60299&Z_CHK=44775

By: sonu

sonu — Fri, 31 May 2013 07:03:19 +0000

you should be give all informations about all brands tags

By: Ader

Ader — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:14:51 +0000

Hi! According to RN calculating method that you described, a dress that I have recently bought was made in 1975. However, there is no lot number, only style, size and RN. It says dry clean, made in USA.
It’s all new new and there is attached a large tag.

Is this RN method really reliable?

By: Tammie

Tammie — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:39:17 +0000

In reply to Sammy Davis Vintage. Most of the info I found on Chetta B was that is was found in 1980. See post just above this one. The website I have included is only 1 that state the date of Chetta B, but there are others as well. :-)

By: Sammy Davis Vintage

Sammy Davis Vintage — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:59:07 +0000

Wow Tammie this is amazing information on the manufacturer Castle Hill … I LOVE LOVE LOVE R&K Evening & Just in Thyme & R&K Originals (seen them all vintage) and didn’t know that they also produced Chetta B. They founded Chetta B in 1995, though, unless this is saying I was wrong? LMK in the event I need to change! So awesome! XO

By: Tammie

Tammie — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:50:27 +0000

Hi Sammy,

First I want to thank you for your articles. I have learned quite a lot from reading them. I just finished reading an article of yours on dating by the label. One of the labels you used as an example was “Chetta B” which by your research was founded in 1995. Now…the only reason I ran another searched after reading your article is because I have a fromal dress that I picked up the other day that is identical to a dress that an old friend had purchase between 1982-1984 that I absolutely loved, but because I could not remember the label of that dress…I could not be completely sure that the dress I found was from that time. After doing a bit of research on “Cheeta B” I found a site (included) that states that the company was founded in the 80′s which would match up to the time frame of the dress that my friend purchase back in the early 80’s.

Company info website: http://www.manta.com/c/mmfc151/b-chetta-inc

Thank you again for your informative articles!

Tammie

By: Sammy

Sammy — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:41:49 +0000

In reply to Joy. Hey Joy! Late reply here: SO GLAD you were able to use that RN math and figure it out! I love that. *geek out* xoxo