Everyday Fashions of the Thirties As Pictured in Sears Catalogs (Dover Fashion and Costumes)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.48 (592 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 048625108X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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It published a general merchandise mail order catalog and consumer guide from 1888 until 1993. was founded in 1886 in Chicago, Illinois. Catalogue.Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalogue and the 1908 Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalogue and the 1908 Sears, Roebuck & Co. It published a general merchandise mail order catalog and consumer guide from 1888 until 1993. Catalogue. I
It is the author of the 1897 Sears Roebuck & Co. It published a general merchandise mail order catalog and consumer guide from 1888 until 1993. About the Author Sears, Roebuck & Co. It published a general merchandise mail order catalog and consumer guide from 1888 until 1993. Catalogue and the 1908 Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalogue and the 1908 Sears, Roebuck & Co. was founded in 1886 in Chicago, Illinois. Catalogue. Catalogue.Sears, Roebuck & Co. . was founded in 1886 in Chicago, Illinois. It is the author of the 1897 Sears Roebuck & Co
An ambitious marketing operation, it could not afford to take chances on haute couture; its fashions were geared as closely as possible to the prevailing tastes of the American people.For this historically accurate sampling of authentic 1930s fashion, Stella Blum, former Curator of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, selected for reproduction 133 representative pages from rare Sears catalogs of the period (fall and spring catalog for each year from 1930 to 1939). For evening wear, longer dresses replaced flamboyant beaded short gowns while cloche hats, another twenties trademark, were replaced by berets, pillboxes, and turbans. The seriousness of the accessories and dresses endorsed by such Hollywood legends as Loretta Young, Claudette Colbert, and Fay Wray.For historians of costume, nostalgia buffs and casual browsers, these pages afford a rare picture of how the average American really dressed during the thirties. Reckless spending is a thing of the past."You'll see here how simpler women's fashion designs — of more traditional, affordable material — recaptured the feminine form with a more natur
Attention costume designers Xta Dutch Great resource. "Good overview for the price." according to Phyllis Herring. I have to agree with the other reviewers. Modern fashion tends to look "dumbed down". I've owned this book for some time and refer to it often. Not to copy, necessarily; but to find inspiration. There are clothes available that still look "classic". Many of the original Sears pictures were in color but are reproduced here in b&w. Many of the reproductions have a. GameraGal said Saddle shoes $"Saddle shoes $2.Saddle shoes $2.49 in 1939 GameraGal I own four books in this 'Searies' (Twenties, Thirties, Forties, Fifties) and I cannot recommend them highly enough. They are jam-packed with a great mix of pictures in good proportion which show the morphing of fashions over the decade(s). Dominant are women's clothing (formal, casual, dresses, hats, coats, shoes, with some undergarments, sportswear, nightwear,. 9 in 19Saddle shoes $2.Saddle shoes $2.49 in 1939 GameraGal I own four books in this 'Searies' (Twenties, Thirties, Forties, Fifties) and I cannot recommend them highly enough. They are jam-packed with a great mix of pictures in good proportion which show the morphing of fashions over the decade(s). Dominant are women's clothing (formal, casual, dresses, hats, coats, shoes, with some undergarments, sportswear, nightwear,. 9 in 1939 I own four books in this 'Searies' (Twenties, Thirties, Forties, Fifties) and I cannot recommend them highly enough. They are jam-packed with a great mix of pictures in good proportion which show the morphing of fashions over the decade(s). Dominant are women's clothing (formal, casual, dresses, hats, coats, shoes, with some undergarments, sportswear, nightwear,. 9" according to GameraGal. I own four books in this 'Searies' (Twenties, Thirties, Forties, Fifties) and I cannot recommend them highly enough. They are jam-packed with a great mix of pictures in good proportion which show the morphing of fashions over the decade(s). Dominant are women's clothing (formal, casual, dresses, hats, coats, shoes, with some undergarments, sportswear, nightwear,. .Saddle shoes $2.49 in 1939 GameraGal I own four books in this 'Searies' (Twenties, Thirties, Forties, Fifties) and I cannot recommend them highly enough. They are jam-packed with a great mix of pictures in good proportion which show the morphing of fashions over the decade(s). Dominant are women's clothing (formal, casual, dresses, hats, coats, shoes, with some undergarments, sportswear, nightwear,. 9 in 19Saddle shoes $2.Saddle shoes $2.49 in 1939 GameraGal I own four books in this 'Searies' (Twenties, Thirties, Forties, Fifties) and I cannot recommend them highly enough. They are jam-packed with a great mix of pictures in good proportion which show the morphing of fashions over the decade(s). Dominant are women's clothing (formal, casual, dresses, hats, coats, shoes, with some undergarments, sportswear, nightwear,. 9 in 1939 I own four books in this 'Searies' (Twenties, Thirties, Forties, Fifties) and I cannot recommend them highly enough. They are jam-packed with a great mix of pictures in good proportion which show the morphing of fashions over the decade(s). Dominant are women's clothing (formal, casual, dresses, hats, coats, shoes, with some undergarments, sportswear, nightwear,. 9. I own four books in this 'Searies' (Twenties, Thirties, Forties, Fifties) and I cannot recommend them highly enough. They are jam-packed with a great mix of pictures in good proportion which show the morphing of fashions over the decade(s). Dominant are women's clothing (formal, casual, dresses, hats, coats, shoes, with some undergarments, sportswear, nightwear,