Ethel’s 49er Pendleton Jacket

Ethel Mertz (Vivian Vance) wearing a 49’er Pendleton Jacket

The Classic 49’er Pendleton jacket was popular during the I Love Lucy early years and was seen on Lucy, Desi and Vivian in various episodes and promotional stills. Here we see Ethel (Vivian Vance) wearing hers.

Pendleton 49er shirt jacket
Pendleton 49er shirt jacket

You can tell whether a vintage Pendleton 49er jacket is a man’s size or woman’s size by the color of the label, the womenswear label is always white, and the menswear label is blue.  Early Pendleton labels did not have a Woolmark symbol,  it was not used before the mid 1960’s.