Prominent Designer Mail Order A861; ca. 1954; Original by Esther Reifer - Misses' Sleeveless Sheath Dress and Shirt-Jacket « In Esther Reifer’s talented hands, summer’s favorite fashion – the jacket dress – takes on a look of special chic. Unlike so many costumes you’ve seen, this American designer’s dress and jacket look smart together – yet the dress by itself is equally important fashion-wise. Wear the ensemble to town in the morning – wear the dress alone for dinner and dancing in the evening. Mrs Reifer made her Original in contrasting fabrics – the dress in dramatic black pique, the “shirt-tail” jacket in red and white corded cotton.” (as stated in Ottawa Citizen, June 10th, 1954