Everyday Fashions of the Twenties: As Pictured in Sears and Other Catalogs Contributor(s): Blum, Stella (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0486241343 ISBN-13: 9780486241340 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1981 Annotation: 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. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Beauty & Grooming - General - Photography - Antiques & Collectibles | Textiles & Costume |
Dewey: 391.009 |
LCCN: 81065205 |
Series: Sears Catalogs |
Physical Information: 0.36" H x 9" W x 11.94" (1.36 lbs) 160 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Roaring Twenties, age of jazz and flappers, Model T Fords and Hollywood movie stars, was also a time when for millions the bulky catalogs of Montgomery Ward or Sears, Roebuck were a substitute for the window displays of Paris or New York fashion shops. Buying clothing through the mails had become an American institution, and entire families were often dressed via the U.S. Post Office. More conservative than the up-to-the-minute fashion shops, mail-order catalogs nevertheless offered surprisingly much of the haute couture. But, above all, they accurately record what men, women, and children were actually wearing in the 1920s. |