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Meet Mr. Dino

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Earlier this month, I recommended the labels Paganne, Leonard and Goldworm to those who appreciate Pucci-esque prints. Another designer of great prints in the ’60s was Mr. Dino. According to the Vintage Fashion Guild, the business was owned by Max Cohen, who designed all the prints himself. Cohen’s wife, a fan of Dean Martin, came up with the name “Mr. Dino.”

There are quite a few Mr. Dino items available online, some of them at very reasonable prices.

This is what I think of when I think of Mr. Dino
Maxi dress and matching shawl
$185 at Dorothea’s Closet Vintage

Sold, but still viewable at Vintage Virtuosa
I would have loved to have owned this one.

The eBay seller of this long skirt says it was handmade from genuine Mr. Dino fabric.

All the Mr. Dino pieces I’ve seen have a signature in the print a la Pucci. You can see the signature on the homemade skirt.

If you get a Mr. Dino, make sure it’s signed! And if you bid on eBay, please snipe!

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  1. Wow! Very reasonable. I
    love the Blue Velvet
    Vintage and Rusty Zipper
    pieces.

  2. I love the 2 black and white ones and the 1st colourful one-thanks for sharing these vintage designers-its nice to look out for them!

  5. Hey pallie, love to know that our Dino has inspired the fashion world as well..never was, never will be anyone as cool as the King of Cool..oh, to return to the days when Dino walked the earth…

  6. Yeah right! One look at these imeldarific prints and I’d say ol Mrs Cohen is a nice bushy beard. Mr Dino! How heavenly old school camp…oh wait it was the 60’s so it’s highly probable LCD doing the rounds, maybe Mrs Cohen never existed. Anyhoo I’d buy anything carry the name Mr Dino.

  9. Thank you for stopping by! I’m not a person who has a sharp colour sense, but this is just delicious! It is harder and harder to find this vintage, elegant and original dresses now!

  13. I’m loving a lot of those prints…just not the accompanying shapes….

  15. GET OUT!
    i have a busily patterned velvet vest that i got…oooo, quite a good many years ago from a thrift shop in southern CA. “Mr. Dino” is the label. now i know.

  16. i’d love to own the first sweater with the big flower on the cleavage. <3

  17. I have the very same Mr Dino dress in the first photo from CMadeleine’s Vintage…I know that without a doubt my dress is an authentic Mr.Dino as it was given to me by the original owner who bought it on her honeymoon back in the 60’s.It does have the Mr.Dino label but I must say that nowhere on this dress is there a signature.I know you’re saying that every piece you’ve seen has had this but I must share this info so that others aren’t misled into thinking that perhaps they are not getting an authentic item when shopping for a Mr.Dino creation.

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