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Ever wondered who really is OLGA? As some of her tags say, "Behind Every Olga there really is an Olga". Here at Sweet Cherry Vintage, I offer you exquisite vintage Olga nightgowns and undergarments.

It is hard to believe that the Olga Company, one of the most sought after brands in vintage (and modern) lingerie, began with a measly $10 in the forties and reached volume sales of $67 million. Well the Olga behind Olga made it happen with her incredible undergarment designs and dedication to making women feel ultra feminine and beautiful. Olga Erteszek, designer and founder of the Olga Company, left her native Krakow, Poland and immigrated to California with her husband, Jan Erteszek, in 1939. Jan was a lawyer who found work in sales after coming to the US and Olga, whose mother was a corsetière, worked in a factory making brassieres and girdles.

Now let's not forget that during World War II, sacrifices were made. Lingerie companies were assisting in the production of parachutes for the army and fabrics were rationed. When Olga saw a woman with hosiery rolled to her knees one day on a trolley, she told her husband that women should at least have something to hold up their stockings, even with the sacrifices being made during the was. With Jan's support and encouragement, she rented a sewing machine for $5 and spent another $5 on material and sewed a dozen lace-trimmed garter belts. A buyer for Bullocks-Wilshire department store bought the garter belts, and the Olga Company began. By 1950, the company was fully established in the lingerie industry.

 



In the early years Olga was directing seventeen designers, making fashionable lingerie that enhanced, shaped, and smoothed a women's body. Jan was the head of marketing and sales in the Olga Company, and had Olga appear in the company's advertisements as early as 1952.

Vintage Lingerie Sale! Our Summer Sizzle Sale With $9.95 Auctions

Vintage Lingerie Sale!

 Our Summer Sizzle Sale With $9.95 Auctions

Sweet Cherry Vintage Summer Sizzle Sale!

Our online boutique at Sweet Cherry Vintage is having a ONCE IN A LIFETIME "Summer Sizzle Sale" with EVERYTHING starting at $9.95. Vintage nightgowns, including a pink  Olga, in her Designer Line, beautiful Vanity Fair gowns, sweet chiffon babydolls and vintage nightgowns galore! 
Here are a few to wet your whistle ;)

Vintage OLGA DESIGNER COLLECTION Long PINK Night Gown Dress FULL SWEEP Lacy Sz M

VIRGINIA WALLACE Vintage BRIDAL Long Nightgown Negligee Gown Lace Wedding Dress

ULTRA FRILLY Vintage PINK Nightgown BabyDoll Panty Nylon SET Sissy Gown 2X XXL

Vintage Hot Pink Double Chiffon BabyDoll Nightgown Nighty Sissy Gown Lingerie S

PINK Vintage FROTHY Chiffon VAN RAALTE Nightgown Robe Peignoir Set Lingerie S/M

VANITY FAIR Vtg BRIDAL Chiffon Lace LONG FULL SWEEP Peignoir Robe Dressing Gown

Vintage Peach VAN RAALTE Nightgown SWANS PRINCESS Chiffon Slip-Gown Lingerie 36

Vintage Lingerie Flower Power! Get Ready For Spring!

Psychedelic Mod! Get ready for spring in vintage nightgown by Olga. What a rare treat from Olga! You can get this gorgeous frock here by Empress Jade Of The Universe. Empress Jade Of The Universe says..

A Rare Vintage 60s Olga Nightgown to add to your collection. 

- Incredibly sheer and silky nylon (more like Miss Elaine nylon; very transparent and lovely)
- Fun "Mod" floral print
- Bright tangerine, hot pink, lime, yellow and purple
- Loose fitting, unstructured pullover nightgown 
- Adorable, tiny puffed sleeves
- Deep scoop neckline with ruffled white lace and elastic ( could be worn off the shoulder if desired)
- Maxi length skirt flared to a soft sweet

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Olga Nightgowns and Vintage Lingerie by Sweet Cherry Vintage

Olga Nightgowns and Vintage Lingerie by Sweet Cherry Vintage

The Olga brand was started by Olga Erteszek, a war refugee from Poland, who came to the U.S. with her husband in 1939. With only $10 in her pocket and the skills she had learned from her corsetiere mother, Olga began a business making lace garter belts on her kitchen table with a rented sewing machine.

Since then Olga has grown to become one of the leading intimate apparel brands in North America. Known for superior design and garments that flatter all figure types, Olga has strived to maintain the personalized touch of its founder in each garment.Olga Erteszek along with her husband Jan (1913–1986), a lawyer, came to the United States in 1941. Fleeing Poland and the invading Nazi army, the young couple left their family and most possessions. After emigrating to Russia and then Japan, they both eventually secured a visa and landed in California.

As the daughter of a corsetiere, Olga worked in a sweatshop making girdles and brassieres, and Jan found work in sales. One day she spotted a woman on a trolley with hosiery rolled to her knees. She said to Jan that it was a shame that women didn't have at least some bit of finery to hold up their stockings, something to make them feel feminine no matter how severe the sacrifices or how limited their funds were during the war effort. Jan encouraged her to create something herself to facilitate the woman, so with a $5.00 sewing machine rental and $5.00 of material, she got started.

Olga sewed a dozen or so lace-trimmed garter belts that Jan sold to the foundations buyer at an elite department store. And this started an industry that blossomed to employ 2,000 women. Enduring from the 1940s to today, Olga is known as America’s leading maker of fashionable lingerie, sleepwear and loungewear. At one time, Olga directed a team of 17 designers who were dedicated to change the look of women’s confining “unspeakables” to fashion pieces that shaped the bust, smoothed the tummy and enticed the gentlemen. Jan found his calling as the head marketing and sales director. It was Jan who insisted that Olga herself appear in the advertising under the tag line, “Behind every Olga there really is an Olga”.

Holding the woman's record for patents at 28, Olga brought women many pleasing, comfortable and fashionable undergarments. In addition to winning many industry awards, Olga and her husband were honored for their community and humanitarian work. In 1985, they received the California Industrialist of the Year Award for lifetime achievement. Olga was one of the first businesses to initiate profit sharing for employees, and in 1967 it became a publicly owned corporation valued at $67 million. In 1984, Olga was ranked as a Fortune 500 company and one of the best 100 companies to work for in America.

Courtesy of Wikipedia.

Be sure to see many gorgeous OLGA gowns here at Sweet Cherry Vintage Lingerie:

OLGA Vintage Nightgown FULL SWEEP Long Gown Black XL Ne...

OLGA Nightgown Pink Vintage TWIST/CRISS CROSS Gown LRG ...

OLGA Vintage Nightgown MAGENTA PINK Long FULL SWEEP Neg...

OLGA Vintage Nightgown BURGUNDY Long FULL SWEEP FormFit...

OLGA Vintage Nightgown Robe RED Set Peignoir Gown TAGS ...

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Olga Nightgowns And Vintage Lingerie

Olga Nightgowns and Vintage Lingerie.

 It is hard to believe that the Olga Company, one of the most sought after brands in vintage (and modern) lingerie, began with a measly $10 in the 1940's and reached volume sales of $67 million. Well the Olga behind Olga made it happen with her incredible undergarment designs and dedication to making women feel ultra feminine and beautiful. Olga, ultra romantic. Olga, ultra beautiful. What more could a woman want or desire. Olga, queen of lingerie, she reigns!

A welcome addition to your finer lingerie boudoir. Be sure to shop my online store for more vintage lingerie and vintage fashion at Sweet Cherry Vintage Lingerie.


And..if you are looking for Olga nightgowns, I have plenty of those too!

"Vintage Style, Vintage Inspired" Nightgown, very much like that styled like Olga gowns.


Presenting a "Vintage Style, Vintage Inspired" Nightgown, very much like that styled like Olga nightgowns. This gown is not vintage, but made in a vintage style spandex form-fit bodice body-silk.

Olga nightgown original. Twist ruched bodice with shorter matching Olga robe.

Olga nightgown original in burgundy. Classic full sweep style.

Olga nightgown original. in peach with matching peach chiffon JC Penney robe.

Olga nightgown original. Pink lace swirl full sweep RARE nightgown.

Olga nightgown original. Pink with long sleeves. Ultra rare!

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Vintage Lingerie, Nightgowns and Peignoirs OLGA Nightgowns!

Vintage Lingerie, Nightgowns and Peignoirs. This week's RARE OLGA Nightgowns Styles.


Olga Style 9299
I am showing off today this stunning Olga two tone purple set. The peignoir dressing gown robe is obviously not an Olga, however, looks absolutely amazing with this ultra rare Olga gown.

Vintage lingerie nightgowns and peignoirs. Always trying to come up with something quirky, newsworthy and fun. Sometimes you just draw a blank. Keeping it real, and real simple.

I was lucky enough recently to come across some very rare Olga styles. Never before seen styles. Here are a few, and currently up for sale and auction on my Sweet Cherry Vintage eBay shopping site.

Deep Sapphire Navy Blue Satin Olga Style 92094. With original store tags that read" Olga Flame Lights A Fire Under Fashion" , hence the flame like pattern in the satin bodice. STUNNING.

My lord.. a sweet Georgia Peach of a gown. Olga Style 9211 with chiffon peignoir robe, that I have paired up with this sweet delightful gown.

The beautiful red Olga Style 79200 For Vandemere above is more of one of your "classic" huge sweep gowns, however, it is made for Vandemere, which makes it a little more rare find.

Another sapphire blue Satin jewel, ultra rare in Olga style 92114. The color is amazing in a true sapphire jewel tone.

Last but not least.. one of my favorites. A stunning Rose Floral Nightgown Olga style 92280 and Raspberry Red/Pink with TAGS Robe Olga style 94280

It is hard to believe that the Olga Company, one of the most sought after brands in vintage (and modern) lingerie, began with a measly $10 in the 1940's and reached volume sales of $67 million. Well the Olga behind Olga made it happen with her incredible undergarment designs and dedication to making women feel ultra feminine and beautiful. Olga, ultra romantic. Olga, ultra beautiful. What more could a woman want or desire. Olga, queen of lingerie, she reigns!


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Olga Nightgowns and Vintage Lingerie

Olga Nightgowns. Ever wondered who really is OLGA? As some of her tags say, "Behind Every Olga there really is an Olga". Here at Sweet Cherry Vintage, I offer you exquisite vintage Olga nightgowns and undergarments.

It is hard to believe that the Olga Company, one of the most sought after brands in vintage (and modern) lingerie, began with a measly $10 in the forties and reached volume sales of $67 million. Well the Olga behind Olga made it happen with her incredible undergarment designs and dedication to making women feel ultra feminine and beautiful.

Olga Erteszek, designer and founder of the Olga Company, left her native Krakow, Poland and immigrated to California with her husband, Jan Erteszek, in 1939. Jan was a lawyer who found work in sales after coming to the US and Olga, whose mother was a corsetière, worked in a factory making brassieres and girdles.

Now let's not forget that during World War II, sacrifices were made. Lingerie companies were assisting in the production of parachutes for the army and fabrics were rationed. When Olga saw a woman with hosiery rolled to her knees one day on a trolley, she told her husband that women should at least have something to hold up their stockings, even with the sacrifices being made during the was. With Jan's support and encouragement, she rented a sewing machine for $5 and spent another $5 on material and sewed a dozen lace-trimmed garter belts. A buyer for Bullocks-Wilshire department store bought the garter belts, and the Olga Company began. By 1950, the company was fully established in the lingerie industry.

In the early years Olga was directing seventeen designers, making fashionable lingerie that enhanced, shaped, and smoothed a women's body. Jan was the head of marketing and sales in the Olga Company, and had Olga appear in the company's advertisements as early as 1952.

From 1964 to 1978 she was featured in advertisements with a slogan that said, "Behind Every Olga There Really Is An Olga." This tag line can also be found on the labels of nightgowns, including the 1960's Sleeping Pretty collection.

In 1967, Olga Company became a publicly owned corporation with a value of $67 million. The Olga Company was one of the first companies to offer it's employees profit sharing. They made the Fortune 500 list of best 100 companies to work for.

In 1984, Olga Company was sold to Warnaco (Warner's, etc.) for $28 million.

Olga Erteszek held the women's record for patents. Her designs included the built-in bra nightgown, the seamless bra, the massaging bra, and tummy flattening panties. Jan and Olga were honored for their community and humanitarian work and in 1985 they received the California Industrialist Of The Year award for life time achievement.

Jan Erteszek died in 1986. In 1979, at age 73, Olga dies of breast cancer. One of their daughters, Christina Johnson, is currently the design director at Warnaco for Olga's Christina, a sporty line of lingerie, which was originally trademarked by Olga Company in 1981.

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Vintage Lingerie OLGA Nightgowns

Yep, another shameless self promotion, but wanted to show off this gorgeous OLGA ROSE COLORED GOWN.

Ever wondered who really is OLGA? As some of her tags say, "Behind Every Olga there really is an Olga". Here at Sweet Cherry Vintage, I offer you exquisite vintage Olga nightgowns and undergarments.

It is hard to believe that the Olga Company, one of the most sought after brands in vintage (and modern) lingerie, began with a measly $10 in the forties and reached volume sales of $67 million. Well the Olga behind Olga made it happen with her incredible undergarment designs and dedication to making women feel ultra feminine and beautiful.

Olga Erteszek, designer and founder of the Olga Company, left her native Krakow, Poland and immigrated to California with her husband, Jan Erteszek, in 1939. Jan was a lawyer who found work in sales after coming to the US and Olga, whose mother was a corsetière, worked in a factory making brassieres and girdles.

Now let's not forget that during World War II, sacrifices were made. Lingerie companies were assisting in the production of parachutes for the army and fabrics were rationed. When Olga saw a woman with hosiery rolled to her knees one day on a trolley, she told her husband that women should at least have something to hold up their stockings, even with the sacrifices being made during the was. With Jan's support and encouragement, she rented a sewing machine for $5 and spent another $5 on material and sewed a dozen lace-trimmed garter belts. A buyer for Bullocks-Wilshire department store bought the garter belts, and the Olga Company began. By 1950, the company was fully established in the lingerie industry.

In the early years Olga was directing seventeen designers, making fashionable lingerie that enhanced, shaped, and smoothed a women's body. Jan was the head of marketing and sales in the Olga Company, and had Olga appear in the company's advertisements as early as 1952.

From 1964 to 1978 she was featured in advertisements with a slogan that said, "Behind Every Olga There Really Is An Olga." This tag line can also be found on the labels of nightgowns, including the 1960's Sleeping Pretty collection.

In 1967, Olga Company became a publicly owned corporation with a value of $67 million. The Olga Company was one of the first companies to offer it's employees profit sharing. They made the Fortune 500 list of best 100 companies to work for.

In 1984, Olga Company was sold to Warnaco (Warner's, etc.) for $28 million.

Olga Erteszek held the women's record for patents. Her designs included the built-in bra nightgown, the seamless bra, the massaging bra, and tummy flattening panties. Jan and Olga were honored for their community and humanitarian work and in 1985 they received the California Industrialist Of The Year award for life time achievement.

Jan Erteszek died in 1986. In 1979, at age 73, Olga dies of breast cancer. One of their daughters, Christina Johnson, is currently the design director at Warnaco for Olga's Christina, a sporty line of lingerie, which was originally trademarked by Olga Company in 1981.

Vintage Lingerie OLGA NIGHTGOWNS & LINGERIE in all styles and colors!

Sweet Cherry Vintage is offering so many different VINTAGE OLGA styles and gowns right now. an incredible OLGA RARE DESIGNER SET, and a RARE SATIN OLGA CAMI & TAP PANTY right now in gorgeous colors and designs.