Ladys vintage hand-made waistcoat/vest by Elizabeth Bence, 1950s.
Check out my other vintage goodies on Gumtree! Very collectable ladies vintage hand-made red waistcoat/vest by Elizabeth Bence, a notable Sydney couturier of the 1950s. Elizabeth Bence was dress designer to Sydney's rich and famous, designing haute couture wear for more than 40 years. But she began life in a small village in Slovakia, cosseted in a wealthy family and private girls’ school. All this changed with the arrival of the Germans in 1940. She was sent to work in a camp near Auschwitz, p