Fashionable Clothing from the Sears Catalogs: Late 1930s (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (556 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0764324853 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 159 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Colorful sweatsuits became a uniform of comfort. Explore the suggestive lingerie, slinky dresses, and tight jeans women wore on the town and the safari and rodeo styles men wore to disco dances. This book is indispensible for fashion historians and collectors of fashions of the 20th century.. The everyday clothes of American consumers of the early 1980s are shown in hundreds of pictures that portray the Preppie era when dress-for-success clothing helped build a corporate culture
Wonderful fashion overview of the period. Yet another fine book from Schiffer's growing series of this kind. The images from the catalog are reproduced clearly and sharp. The colors also look well defined. The focus is primarily on women's fashions, as there usually is in this series, and there is a sampling of men's and childrens clothing, too. We will probably never see fashion like this again. The level of detailing seems almost "fussy" (bows, buttons, embroidery, pleats, gatherings, shirring and the like) but it can be pretty to look at and I can almost begi. Five Stars Robin Great books.