GORGEOUS
BONNIE BOERER
FAMOUS OLD NIGHTCLUBS
LUSH VELOUR TOP
ENCRUSTED WITH
RHINESTONES, SEQUINS & BEADS
WHAT A FABULOUS HEAVY VELOUR TOP WITH THE NAMES OF FAMOUS BY-GONE NIGHTCLUBS IN THE HOLLYWOOD AREA & RESTAURANTS THAT THE WELL-KNOWN STARS LOVED BEING SEEN IN - IF YOU LOVE THE OLD NIGHTCLUBS LIKE I DO HAVING SEEN SO MANY OF THEM IN THE 40s / 50s MOVIES & HAVING BEEN IN SOME OF THEM, YOU WILL LOVE THIS GORGEOUS VELOUR TOP BY BONNIE BOERER - THE TOP IS ENCRUSTED WITH THE MOST GORGEOUS COLOR OF SEQUINS IN EMERALD, BURNT ORANGE, PURPLE, HOT PINK & SILVER - ALSO BEADS & LARGE SPARKLING RHINESTONS ADORN THE TOP - CIROS WAS AN EXTREMELY POPULAR NIGHTCLUB IN THE 1940's & 1950's UNTIL IT CLOSED IN 1959 - THERE WERE 4 BROWN DERBY RESTAURANTS IN THE HOLLYWOOD AREA - THE FIRST WAS BUILT IN 1926 BUT THE MOST POPULAR ONE WAS THE ONE AT HOLLYWOOD & VINE BUILT IN 1926 THAT WAS CLOSE TO THE MOVIE STUDIOS & WOULD CONSTANTLY BE MOBBED WITH MOVIE STARS - IT CLOSED IN 1985 - THE ORIGINAL TRACADERO WAS OPENED IN THE ‘30 AS A NIGHTCLUB ON THE STRIP WHICH ALSO DREW MOVIE STARLETS & OTHER FROM THE FILM INDUSTRY - ANOTHER TRACADERO OPENED IN THE ‘50s -
LUCY’S EL ADOBE IS A MEXICAN RESTAURANT ACROSS THE STREET FROM PARAMOUNT STUDIOS ON MELROSE KNOWN FOR NOT ONLY THEIR DELICIOUS MEXICAN FOOD BUT FOR THEIR PATRONAGE FROM PERFORMERS & STARLETS OVER THE YEARS - EARL CARROLS’S WAS A VERY WELL-KNOWN NIGHTCLUB FROM THE ‘40s ON THE SUNSET STRIP WHICH IS NOW ANOTHER BUSINESS - ROMANOFF’S WAS A ‘50s NIGHTCLUB RESTAURANT WHOSE CLIENTEL INCLUDED MANY FAMOUS CELEBRITIES & STARS - THE GLAMOROUS COCONUT GROVE NIGHTCLUB WAS LOCATED INSIDE THE AMBASSADOR HOTEL WHICH CLOSED IN 1989 - IF YOU LOVE & REMEMBER THESE OLD FABULOUS NIGHTCLUBS WITH ALL THE GLAMOUR & THE MOVIE STARS THAT MADE THEM FAMOUS, YOU WILL LOVE THIS PLUSH VELOUR TOP PERFECT FOR FALL & WINTER WITH JEANS & SLACK BY BONNIE BOERER
By: Bonnie Boerer & Company
Size: S/P - the label says small/petite but I wear a size 8 - 10 & closer to the size 10 & it fit me
Fabric: Cotton & nylon Velour
Approximate measurements:
Bust: 48
Sleeves from neck: 29-3/4
Shoulder to shoulder: cannot measure because of the way the sleeves are set in at an angle
Bottom of top: 29 - 47 stretched tight
Length: 27-1/2
Condition: Very good
Care: Hand wash
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