Fashionable Clothing from the Sears Catalogs

Author: Tina Skinner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780764326158
Category : Advertising
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The Sears Catalog series continues with this latest look at the early 1930s fashion trends. Hundreds of photos show the popular dress styles for men, women, and children. Everything from fur, gowns, dresses, and suits; work clothes, shoes, and even the undergarments are covered in this volume! Glorious hats, smart and chic gloves, and other accessories can be found here as well. The slim silhouette was the "look" for women during this time. These styles focused on feminine curves by way of figure-hugging gowns, dresses, skirts, and sweaters. Fur, whether a coat, wrap, or stole, was a must-have for women of this time. Fashion followed what was worn in Hollywood. Sportswear for women was influenced by a more masculine style. Sport suits, leather jackets, and middy slacks became popular. Men wore swanky suits, and new styles were bursting forth in this new era. The double-breasted jacket became popular in the 1930s, and suits were tailored with squared shoulders to give the visual effect of a larger torso. The tennis/sport shoe became popular during this this time, thanks to Hollywood's adopting this fashion. Hats for men and women were worn to stylishly complement their ensembles. Take a look at the fashions of yesteryear that were declared "fashionable" by the actors and actresses in Hollywood and designers in New York.

Everyday Fashions of the Sixties As Pictured in Sears Catalogs

Author: JoAnne Olian
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486134237
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Scores of illustrations with their original captions specifying colors, sizes, prices. Items include lingerie and playclothes to bridal ensembles, Madras jackets, and vinyl slicker coats. Introduction. Over 300 black-and-white illustrations.

Fashionable Clothing from the Sears Catalogs

Author: Tina Skinner
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Designers &
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
Illustrations of clothing available for purchase from the catalog.

Everyday Fashions of the Twenties

Author: Stella Blum
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486134091
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
Accurate record of actual dress of the Roaring Twenties in over 150 pages of mail-order catalogs, selected and with text by Stella Blum. Over 750 illustrations, captions.

Everyday Fashions of the Fifties As Pictured in Sears Catalogs

Author: JoAnne Olian
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486316912
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 129

Book Description
One-piece strapless bathing suits and dresses with plunging necklines for women; business suits with wide lapels for men; bluejeans and plaid shirts for girls; and much more. Over 300 black-and-white illustrations.

Fashionable Clothing from the Sears Catalogs

Author: Tina Skinner
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
Illustrations of clothing available for purchase from the catalog.

Fashions of the Thirties

Author: Carol Belanger Grafton
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486275809
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 66

Book Description
From rare issues of the Fashion Service Review: 476 sharply detailed, easy-to-reproduce spots of authentic period apparel for men, women and children. Suits, dresses, coats, hats, shoes, neckties, swimwear, tuxedos and evening gowns, fur stoles, sweaters, pajamas, gloves, handbags, jewelry, undergarments, and much more.

1930s Fashion: The Definitive Sourcebook

Author: Charlotte Fiell
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1787398900
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 512

Book Description
From the turbulence of the 1930s emerged the Golden Age of Glamour. Framed by two world-changing events – the economic crash of 1929 and the outbreak of the Second World War – the 1930s saw new looks emerge and thrive, despite economic and social uncertainty. This was the decade of the bias cut, the statement shoulder, the puff sleeve, the tea dress, the fur shrug and the floor-length evening gown. It was also the era that saw Hollywood challenge Paris's fashion crown and its stars become fashion icons, signalling a new grown-up direction in womenswear design. Packed with over 500 original photographs, illustrations and sketches from the decade, this is an essential guide for any fashion historian, student or vintage enthusiast. These classic images have been selected from popular fashion publications of the day, mail-order catalogues and Hollywood studio press shots, including material from Chic Parisien, Harper's Bazaar, Sears, La Femme Chic and film studios Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Paramount. Authored and edited by renowned design historian, Charlotte Fiell, this volume also contains an authoritative introduction by fashion historian, Emmanuelle Dirix, as well as the biographies of the key designers and fashion houses of the period.

Historic Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog Plant

Author: John Oharenko
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439616647
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 134

Book Description
Located on the site of the original Sears Tower, the historic Sears, Roebuck and Company catalog plant is one of the nations most unique landmarks. Representing American ingenuity at its best, Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald combined technology, commerce, and social science with bricks and mortar to build the Worlds Largest Store on Chicagos West Side. Completed in 1906, the plant housed nearly every conceivable product of the time: clothing, jewelry, furniture, appliances, tools, and more. The complex employed 20,000 people, and merchandise orders were processed and delivered by railwithin the same day. During the first two decades of the 20th century, almost half of Americas families shopped the over 300 million catalogs published in that era. WLS (Worlds Largest Store) Radio broadcasted the Gene Autrey show from the top of the tower, and the first Sears retail store opened here on Homan Avenue and Arthington Street. In 1974, Sears moved to the current Sears Tower. Thanks to many individuals who fought to save these architecturally and historically important treasures, the administration building, the original Sears Tower, the catalog press-laboratory building, and the powerhouse remain today. There are currently plans for redeveloping these buildings into housing, office, and retail space. A new Homan Square Community Center stands on the site of the merchandise building.

A Decade of French Fashion, 1929-1938

Author: Mary Carolyn Waldrep
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 048679783X
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 114

Book Description
More than 100 selections of day and evening wear from full-color French catalogs produced for the international market document changes in fashion from the stock market crash to the dawn of WWII.